Your Private Guided Tour Through The Build-a-Bear Workshop
The teddy bear, a symbol of comfort for over a hundred years, will always be the most favored stuffed animal. The company believes that there is no better symbol of human compassion for others less fortunate than the teddy bear.
The Build-a-Bear Workshop retail store is where young and old are given everything they need to build their very own unique bear. A large variety of teddy bears and other stuffed animals are the basis for building your own unique bear along with hundreds of choices in clothing and accessories. The workshop has become the place to have birthday parties where friends gather together to celebrate and build a teddy bear to remember the occasion.
Build-a-Bear Workshop partners with charitable organizations that you may not be aware of, just to encourage participation by others to understand a cause they are supporting. Most charities know that when they offer a premium gift of thanks, the response to donations is much better.
Habitat for Humanity
One of the charities that Build-a-Bear Workshop felt the call to partner with is Habitat for Humanity International. Habitat for Humanity is a Christian-based organization that builds new homes or renovates homes for low-income families. The homes are sold with no interest charged and at no profit. Volunteers do the physical work and the materials come through donations.
Build-a-Bear built a special bear, inspired by the saws to build the homes, and named him “Sawyer”. Sawyer is a cute, 12-inch golden bear filled with beans making him particularly huggable and he’s sent to people who respond to the request for a donation. On the front of Sawyer’s red t-shirt it reads, “Home Sweet Home”. Response to direct solicitations for donations were not where they needed to be before Habitat began offering Sawyer as an incentive. Each donor can be constantly reminded by Sawyer, how they have helped people with their love and compassion for the homeless.
Saving the Children Is Most Important
Another charity that Build-a-Bear has partnered with is called Save The Children. American Idol star, David Archuleta, donated a song that was written just for Build-a-Bear, called “Let’s Talk About Love”.
Children are encouraged to help this latest fund raiser by signing onto the Build-a-Bear website and donating $1 to the “Love,Hugs,Peace” fund raiser. More than 38,000 young bear lovers donated on the site and were given a free copy of the song “Let’s Talk About Love” to download. You can also find a t-shirt offered by Build-a-Bear, that has the words, “Love,Hugs, Peace” written on the front. For every t-shirt that is sold, Build-a-Bear is donating 25 cents to Save the Children.
Build-a-Bear really does believe in the saying that charity begins at home, and they try to set an example for others, so they will help as well. We can all help Build-a-Bear Workshop help those less fortunate by becoming donors to the causes they support.
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