Build-A-Bear Workshop Supports Marine Mammals Affected by the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
09 6월 2010 - 9:00PM
Business Wire
Build-A-Bear Workshop®, the interactive entertainment
retailer of customized stuffed animals, announced initiatives today
to provide support to the Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle
Rescue Program (LMMSTRP) within Audubon Nature Institute to help
marine mammals affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation is contributing $5,000 to
Audubon Nature Institute to aid the organization’s efforts of
helping marine mammals affected by the spill. Additionally, between
June 8 and June 27, Guests are invited to help support this cause
by making a $1 donation at checkout registers in any Build-A-Bear
Workshop retail location in the United States.
“In just over a month marine life has been greatly affected by
the oil spill,” said Laurie Conkerton, senior vice president for
development of Audubon Nature Institute. “We are grateful that
Build-A-Bear Workshop and their Guests are helping to provide much
needed relief to these animals in the Gulf of Mexico.”
Coordinated by Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, LMMSTRP is the
primary responder for the state of Louisiana for rescuing,
rehabilitating and releasing marine mammals (dolphins, whales and
manatees) and sea turtles. Audubon and LMMSTRP are collaborating
with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the U.S. Coast
Guard to ensure that they have the most up to date information
about the direction of the oil spill and any possible animals in
its path. When a call comes in for a distressed sea turtle or
marine mammal, the Audubon team will retrieve the animal and bring
it back to Audubon Aquatic Center for assessment and treatment. It
is anticipated that the greatest number of animals affected will be
sea turtles, such as the Kemp’s Ridley species which is currently
migrating to the beaches of Mexico to nest.
Build-A-Bear Workshop believes in the teddy bear philosophy of
being good people and good bears. Throughout its 13 year history,
the company has shared the hug of a teddy bear wherever needed in
local communities and abroad. Build-A-Bear Workshop has given
Guests a voice in supporting the causes that are important to them
and through its corporate donations and foundation grant programs,
has given more than $25 million to children’s health and wellness,
animals, literacy and other important causes.
“Build-A-Bear Workshop is dedicated to supporting animal
welfare, rescue and rehabilitation causes and strives to provide
Guests with opportunities to assist causes that are important to
them,” said Maxine Clark, Build-A-Bear Workshop founder and chief
executive bear. “By working together with our Guests, we all have
an opportunity to help save these animals.”
About Audubon Nature Institute
Audubon Nature Institute is a New Orleans based not-for-profit
which operates Audubon Zoo, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas,
Audubon Park, Woldenberg Riverfront Park, Entergy IMAX® Theatre,
Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, Wilderness Park, Freeport-McMoRan
Audubon Species Survival Center, Audubon Center for Research of
Endangered Species and Audubon Insectarium.
To learn more about Audubon Nature Institute, please visit:
www.auduboninstitute.org
or to donate, please visit:
http://www.auduboninstitute.org/oil-spill-rescue-fund
About Build-A-Bear Workshop
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. is the only global company that
offers an interactive make-your-own stuffed animal
retail-entertainment experience. The company currently operates
more than 400 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide, including
company-owned stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Ireland and France, and franchise stores in Europe, Asia,
Australia, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in St. Louis in
1997, Build-A-Bear Workshop is the leader in interactive retail.
Brands include make-your-own Major League Baseball® ) mascot
in-stadium locations, and Build-A-Dino(®stores. Build-A-Bear
Workshop extends its in-store interactive experience online with
its award winning virtual world Web site at
buildabearville.com®. The company was named to the 2009 and
2010 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®lists.
Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW) posted total revenue of $394.4
million in fiscal 2009. For more information, call 888.560.BEAR
(2327) or visit the company's award-winning Web site at
buildabear.com®.
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