Beary donation for Star children Hamburg, Hamburg, December 9, 2010. Yesterday, build-A-bear workshop has presented 30 bears the Hamburg Star Bridge Hospice. “Christiane Schuddekopf, spokeswoman of the Star Bridge, has accepted the plush donation: it was a beautiful surprise, build-A-bear workshop has provided for us and our children in the run-up to Christmas.” Whether for the seriously ill children themselves or their siblings that are fluffy soft bear each child a loyal companion and Playmate? Nicholas day were calling build-A-bear workshop 30 Hamburg children followed and arrived at the store in the AEZ, get to the charity action filled with love”to participate. With many loving wishes for help needy peers, each child brought a cuddly polar bear to life. With the action filled with love”, build-A-bear workshop to help not only children in need. It is also about small guests for the trials and tribulations of other children in their, City to raise awareness.
“Filled with love’ helps children to develop understanding and gives children in difficult life situations consolation”, Arnold C. Kulbatzki, Managing Director of bear Wagner GmbH explains. Already for the tenth time worldwide all 425 of the build-A-bear workshop stores participate in the charity auction. Build-A-bear workshop supported facilities in Berlin, Braunschweig, Hamburg, Hamelin, Heidelberg, Oberhausen and Frankfurt in Germany this year. Since the beginning of the action, more than 325,000 stuffed animals were filled and given away to various charities. About the Star Bridge children’s star bridge Hospice Hospice, a facility for children, adolescents and young adults is up to 27 years with incurable or degenerative diseases, for which no curative therapies are possible and have a limited life expectancy. It enables a common path from the first contact in the phase of the disease to the individual life form in the dying process. The Children’s star bridge Hospice opened in the spring of 2003 as a third House in Germany and is the first children’s Hospice in Northern Germany.
Bear Wagner GmbH, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany for more information see about the bear maker GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of the bear makers holding AG. A unique and emotional shopping concept behind their build-A-bear workshop brand: in the stores, bear lovers of all ages at seven stations make her personal toy. The parent company of build-A-bear workshop, Inc. has its origins in the United States; in 1997, company founder opened Maxine Clark in St. Louis the first shop. Currently, the company operates more than 400 stores. The first build-A-bear workshop in Germany opened in the fall of 2006. Today, there are stores in Berlin, Braunschweig, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Hamelin, Heidelberg and Oberhausen. Since spring 2010, the Germany business under the name changed its name the bear maker GmbH.