Article: Dolls make a difference.

Byline: Jewell Cardwell

Feb. 20--She's not a doctor or a nurse. Yet, Jan Householder has found a way to make a difference in the lives of seriously ill children or those wounded by life itself. It's a simple concept: a doll.

A very special doll. Householder's special outreach is aptly called "The Giving Doll." Householder -- who retired from Wadsworth City Schools with 30 years of service as a family consumer science teacher -- designed the soft, cuddly doll to give to children in hospitals, shelters, foster care or those facing other difficulties. The cloth dolls are as different as the boys and girls receiving them: a variety of ...

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