ANGOLA — Miss Northeast’s Outstanding Teen Elayna Hasty has partnered with Bears for Humanity.

The organization, based in California, has partnered with the Children’s Miracle Network, a cause close to Hasty’s heart as her charity of choice is Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.

“I’m a state ambassador,” she said. Bears for Humanity allows Hasty to sell four varieties of the hand-made, organic stuffed animals. Part of the charity outreach is that for each bear sold, a needy child gets a bear as well.

Hasty has been reaching out through social media to encourage people to purchase the stuffed animals. They use Global Organic Textile Standard products and are “hand sewn and stuffed with love by women and men from under served communities in the USA,” says the organization’s web site at bearsforhumanity.com.

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There is a link to purchase the bears on Hasty’s web site at donorthreesixty.com/ElaynasBearsthatCare/home

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Elayna’s favorite of the Bears for Humanity is a plush pink cuddly.

“At a young age, one of my favorite comforts was my pink teddy bear that I lovingly called Baby,” she says on the link at her web site, explaining why she wants to make a positive impact in children’s lives. “With every purchase, I will donate $5 to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.”

The toys cost $20 apiece. To assist Elayna, they must be purchased through her direct link. There are three shipping options. Elayna encouraged people to read carefully when making their order; the top option with free shipping donates the bear to a needy child and the donor does not get a delivery.

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Elayna established GAB Girls — Girls Against Bullying Girls — which has gotten national attention. Along with her anti bullying message, she has dedicated herself to helping hospitalized children.

For each bear purchased through Elayna, $6 goes toward her fundraising goal and a bear goes to a child at Riley. Currently available are pink and brown teddies, a lion and a monkey.

This is Children’s Hospitals Week through the Children’s Miracle Network. To mark the occasion, Elayna solicited donations for the cause at the Angola Dairy Queen Wednesday — free cone day. She took a picture of everyone in her Angola High School homeroom wearing stickers shaped like bandages that show their support for CMN.

She also plans to do an outreach at the Ronald McDonald House at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, donating some of the 50 bears she’s been provided to give away.

“I’ve been there once to volunteer,” Elayna said. “It turned out very well.”

Along with Miss Northeast Madison Seifert of Auburn and a pageant team, Elayna made a meal of baked potatoes, soups and other comforts for the families staying in the house. The Ronald McDonald House at Parkview is a home-away-from-home for the parents of pediatric patients hospitalized at Parkview.

Created by Vijay and Renju Prathap of Hayward, California, Bears for Humanity aims to provide high-quality, sustainably produced toys and soothe poverty. Along with CMN, its partners include the Semper Fi Fund, World Vision, Toys for Tots and Feeding America. One of its focuses is to provide a USA-made product.