ETG- Norbert Bringing Smiles (excerpt)

January 25, 2022 00:01:06

Hosted By

Eric Kilbride

Show Notes

Norbert is a 3 pound pet therapy dog. His owner, Julie Steines has been working in children's hospitals, nursing homes, schools, etc.for almost ten years bringing smiles to those who need them. Julie and her mother, Virginia Freyermuth, Ph.D, had an idea to capture Norbert's contagious happiness and put it in a children's book, "What Can Little Me Do?". The book won several awards, even more hearts and has lead to a series of books since then. You can find more information about Norbert and their good works at https://www.norberthood.com.

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Speaker 0 00:00:00 But what resonated with people at this particular moment in time was, um, the importance of, of kindness and compassion and of, um, mutual respect, the importance of, of home. And, um, Norbert's message has been consistent over time and people appreciate that. Um, he tries to make people smile. And one of the questions that we would always have for children would we, when we would go into schools and do presentations is, um, what can you do to make people smile? We can all make somebody smile. What can you do to make people smile? And the answers that we would get would be, um, just so creative and so wonderful. Even from children as young as kindergarten, um, they would all know how to make someone smile. So I think in this particular time, when people were just dealing with so much and going through so much, it was just always nice to know that there's a way we can all think of making someone else smile.

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