Build-A-Bear Workshop Supports Literacy in Public Schools Across America through DonorsChoose.org
01 8월 2012 - 10:59PM
Business Wire
Build-A-Bear Workshop®, the interactive entertainment retailer
of customized stuffed animals, announced today that it will raise
funds for literacy programs in public schools through
DonorsChoose.org with the help of Guests this August.
DonorsChoose.org is an online organization that makes it easy for
anyone to help better the lives of children by providing funds to
public school teachers for classroom projects. Guests are invited
to donate $1 (or more) to DonorsChoose.org when they check out at
Build-A-Bear Workshop stores or at buildabear.com® now through
September 2.
“Teachers have always held a special place in my heart because
of the many great teachers I had as a child that helped me become
who I am today,” said Maxine Clark, Build-A-Bear Workshop founder
and chief executive bear. “We are excited to provide our Guests
with this opportunity to support DonorsChoose.org and continue
helping teachers with the resources they need to shape today’s
students into tomorrow’s leaders.”
The funding will support literacy projects in public schools for
teachers who are first time users with DonorsChoose.org.
Build-A-Bear Workshop first partnered with DonorsChoose.org in 2009
and the company and its foundation have since raised over $100,000
to fund classroom projects throughout the United States.
“We are thrilled to continue our relationship with Build-A-Bear
Workshop and thank them for empowering young people to give back
and make a difference in classrooms across America,” said Charles
Best, founder of DonorsChoose.org.
Since its inception in 1997, Build-A-Bear Workshop has given
Guests a voice in supporting the causes that are important to them,
such as children’s health and wellness, animals, literacy, and has
given more than $30 million through its corporate donations and
foundation grant programs to these causes.
For more information, visit a Build-A-Bear Workshop location or
DonorsChoose.org.
About Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. is the only global company that
offers an interactive make-your-own stuffed animal
retail-entertainment experience. There are more than 400
Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide, including company-owned
stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom and
Ireland, and franchise stores in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa,
the Middle East, Mexico and South America. 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 and entertainment destination
website at bearville.com™. The company was named to the FORTUNE 100
Best Companies to Work For® list for the fourth year in a row in
2012. Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW) posted total revenue of
$394.4 million in fiscal 2011. For more information, call
888.560.BEAR (2327) or visit the company's award-winning website at
buildabear.com®.
About the Build-A-Bear Workshop Friends Count
Celebration
Throughout 2012, Build-A-Bear Workshop® is celebrating its 15th
birthday and 100 million furry friends made. To thank Guests for
helping the company reach these milestones, Build-A-Bear Workshop
is hosting a year-long “Friends Count” celebration. The celebration
includes in-store events and charitable activities. The company is
also inviting Guests to share and read stories about others who
have made furry friends at Build-A-Bear Workshop at the website
buildabear.com/stories. For more information and updates on
Build-A-Bear Workshop and the year-long “Friends Count” initiative
visit buildabear.com®.
About DonorsChoose.org
Founded in 2000 by a social studies teacher in the Bronx,
DonorsChoose.org is a nonprofit website where public school
teachers describe specific educational projects for their students,
and donors can choose the projects they want to support. After
completing a project, the donor hears back from the classroom they
supported in the form of photographs and student thank-you letters.
Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins
for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class. In
the past ten years of operation, residents of 50 states and 10
countries have funded 287,136 student projects, channeling more
than $119 million in resources to over 6.8 million students.
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