Location
Columbus, Ohio 43206
Contact
Phone: 614-961-8355
Get Involved
Tears of Abuse
Although, most websites give you the statistics of abuse, Tear Bear understands the need to help you realize you are not alone and he has chosen to give you many scenarios that may touch on your situation, as well as statistics
Trust Coin
The Trust Coin is an attractive, eye-catching design that will serve as a communicator and once displayed, the person given the coin. Will be required to give their undivided attention and listen.
Release Yourself
Release Yourself allows you to release your innermost feelings related to abuse. You may submit poems, pictures, drawings, or tell your story. This can become a very therapeutic way of not only healing yourself, and many others around the world. By following the rules and guidelines listed below your submissions will be posted on the website.
RULES AND GUIDELINES
- All submissions will be subject to approval before posting to the website.
- Tear Bear organization reserves the right to refuse any illegal or unwarranted submissions.
- No gross profanity will be allowed
- One poem, picture, and story per person per day.
- Stories limited to 2000 words
- To protect the innocent, please do not submit true names or places
- All submissions will be posted in the order received
- All submissions will become the property of Tear Bear Org. and will not be returned.
- All submissions must be original, no copyright infringements will be allowed.
- You may e-mail or mail your submissions.
Contact Us
Please contact Tear Bear.
We will attempt to reply in a timely manner.
Each day 4.68 Children that Die Every Day from Child Abuse
Sponsorship
Sponsorship is a vital part of Tear Bear’s existence. Without the help of corporate and individuals, we would cease to exist. Please help us continue this much-needed service for our local community and communities nationwide!
Become a sponsor today.
Our Mission & Vision
Programs
Although most websites give you the statistics of abuse, Tear Bear understands the need to help you realize you are not alone and he has chosen to give you many scenarios that may touch on your situation, as well as statistics
The Trust Coin is an attractive, eye-catching design that will serve as a communicator and once displayed, the person is given the coin. Will be required to give their undivided attention and listen.
Abuse creates abusers.
I want you to know something that may give you a little insight about me and a lot of others like me. The abuse that happened to me is happening every day to someone else. We read about it in the paper, see it on TV and hear about it from friends or family. We may feel sorry for that abused person and may even shed a tear or two. But, if we don’t reach out and try to do something to stop this madness, then we really should save our tears. I believe with all my heart that abusers create abusers. In fact, I know this for sure, my family is part of that creation.
Have you heard the news, read the newspaper, or talked with friends/family? Every day there is a child that is hurt or died at the hand of an abuser. Headlines read…
Mother Is Charged in Death of Son 10 (Staten Island)
Stepfather is Convicted in Beating Stepdaughter Leading to Brain Injury (Boston)
11-Year Old Brooklyn Girl, Beaten to Death by Her Mother
Baby Reported Missing Is Found Dead at its Mother Home (Brooklyn)
South Florida gym coach accused of molestation pleaded guilty in a similar case in the 1990s
With reported headlines that are listed above, show the need for action, and Tear Bear believes concerned citizens will pull together for one big cause to help stop child abuse. Please volunteer, donate, spread the word, and most of all “it’s ok to tell” about known abuse.
It is said, “It takes a village to raise a child.” It’s going to take the National to protect them all!
Our Founder
Theresa Johnson, a native of Columbus, Ohio, and Tear Bear, Inc.’s Founder & CEO and child abuse survivor has dedicated over 20 years to help increase the awareness of all abuse by disarming the abuser’s weapon of secrecy stating, “It’s OK 2 Tell.
Statistics
Child abuse occurs at every socio-economic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education
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Nearly Half of all Domestic Violence Goes Unreported
Do You Have Trust?
I GOT THE TRUST.
The Tear Bear’s Trust Coin is an attractive, eye-catching design that will serve as a communicator, and once displayed the person given the coin will be required to give their undivided attention and listen.
The front of the coin displays Tear Bear and the words, “Tear Bear Says It’s OK to Tell.” On the back of the coin “Trust Coin – As the proper authority will you listen.”
On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide
Over 10 million abused animals die every year in the US
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Approximately 1 in 10 Americans aged 60+ have experienced some form of elder abuse.
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