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Collected Item: “Summer Reading Time”

Give your story a title.

Summer Reading Time

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Youtube Video

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

A friend whose child recently beat cancer started the Teddy Bear Foundation this last summer. He reads to children in both English and Spanish. Since he is no longer able to do so in person, he started a YouTube channel in order to read stories to children suffering from cancer.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#pandemicsummer, #childhoodcancer, #pandemic, #children, #parenting, #ASU, #HST385

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1WpOXGhgnM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1PoW_JGdKrmOd6qUODXx8H1eEtR_cETLjAXCQynO2OkRceaS_7SaK4Jws

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Dr. Stephen Watson

Give this story a date.

2020-04
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