Amazing Kids! Announces Second Annual Plush Toy Design Contest; Grand Prize Winner to Receive $1,000 Scholarship from Ty Inc. and Toy Designer Mentor.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2004 Amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. Kids!(R) has kicked off its Second Annual Plush Toy Design Contest for kids and teens. The contest is once again being sponsored by Ty Inc., (www.ty.com), creator of the wildly popular Beanie Babies(R) and the leader in plush toys. Budding young toy designers, ages 6-17, must create an original plush toy design and submit one to two drawings of the toy, a written description and a name for the toy to Amazing Kids! at: 1158 26th Street, PMB PMB Private Message Board PMB Print Measurement Bureau PMB Performance Measurement Baseline PMB Private Mail Box (non-USPS) PMB Plant and Microbial Biology PMB Private Mailbox PMB Physics in Medicine and Biology 485, Santa Monica, California For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades and Brentwood on the north, 90403. Complete contest rules are on the Amazing Kids! website at: www.amazing-kids.org/toycontest04.htm#top1. Contest deadline is October 22, 2004. The grand prize winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship and a chance to work with a professional toy designer as their mentor for a year. Other winners will receive a box of Beanie bean·ie n. A small brimless cap. [Probably from bean, head.] beanie Noun Brit, Austral & NZ close-fitting woollen hat Noun toys from Ty. The winning designs will be featured on the Amazing Kids! website in mid-November, 2004. For more information about the Amazing Kids! Plush Toy Design Contest, or the Amazing Kids! organization and educational programs, visit the Amazing Kids! website at: www.amazing-kids.org or call: 1-310-514-9203, or email: info@amazing-kids.org. Founded in 1986 by Ty Warner Harold Ty Warner (born September 3, 1944) is a wealthy American toy manufacturer and businessman. He is Chairman, CEO, sole owner and founder of Ty Inc., which manufactures and distributes Beanie Babies, Ty Girlz and a variety of other Ty plush items. , creator of the wildly popular Beanie Babies(R), Ty (www.ty.com) is the leader in plush toys. In addition to Punkies punkies see biting midge. (TM), Pluffies(TM), Teenie Beanie Boppers(TM) and Beanie Babies(R), the company's product line includes: Beanie Kids(TM), Beanie Buddies(TM), Attic Treasures(TM), Classic(TM), Baby Ty(TM) and Beanie Boppers(TM). The red Ty heart logo(R), recognized around the world, can be found on all Ty products available at finer specialty gift retailers. You can visit Ty on the Internet at http://www.ty.com. Amazing Kids! (www.amazing-kids.org) is a children's educational non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. based in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , California. Their mission is to inspire excellence in children and help them realize their own potential. The Amazing Kids! website is the number one website for "kids contests" and for stories about "amazing kids," based on its Google rankings. The website is also a highly regarded educational resource for educators and educational publishers from around the globe, and is frequented by journalists and other media professionals interested in covering the amazing achievements of children and teens. Amazing Kids! and Ty Inc. are trademarks of their respective organizations. |
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