(La Porte County, IN) - A local girl with a big heart is doing something to help other kids in painful situations.

 

Little Baylor showed up at the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office this week with a unique delivery: dozens of Squishmallows, those irresistibly soft and cuddly plush toys.

 

According to the Sheriff’s Department, Baylor, who goes to school in the New Prairie school district, had been collecting the Squishmallows for a while and decided to put them to good use. They are for officers to give to children in traumatic situations.

 

Sheriff's Captain Derek Allen says it's a reality they deal with more often than people know. “We see the worst of the worst, a lot of things that a normal citizen doesn’t see on a day-to-day basis, and one of the most tragic events is when there’s children involved,” he said. “Any sort of little item, or trinket, or gift—in this case a Squishmallow— that we can provide them just as a sign of comfort or care, this is going to help out tremendously.”

 

With her donation, little Baylor also included a handwritten note of encouragement for other kids. It read:

 

"I hope you girls and Boy injoy the stuffy when you are sad or alone a stuffy will be there for you know mater want you are ok and you are loved, enough, kind, and you matter dont be afraid of everything so you go out there and do your thing good luck girls and Boys. And that is why you are made.”

 

Allen says the Squishmallows have already been dispatched in patrol cars across the county, deputized to cheer kids up, courtesy of Baylor.