Boyds Bears Make Appearance on NBC's Today Show; Boyds Collection Donates 75,000 Teddy Bears to Today Show's Holiday Toy Drive.GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- At 8:30 am yesterday, bears and other beloved critters made by The Boyds Collection Ltd. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : FOB) appeared on NBC's "Today Show" to announce the Company's donation to the Today Show's 11th Annual Toy Drive. In front of the Show's more than 5.5 million viewers*, Boyds Vice President of Sales Michael A. Prager informed Today Show host Matt Lauer that Boyds has donated 75,000 bears and other products to the Toy Drive. The Company has donated approximately $1 million worth of product in each of the three years that it has participated in the Toy Drive. The donated products include a broad selection of "kid-friendly" Boyds bears, dolls and other critters that appeal to children of all ages. Gifts donated to The Today Show Toy Drive go to more than 220 children's service organizations serving more than 750,000 children nationwide, from Florida to Alaska. The organizations include: homeless shelters, domestic abuse shelters, schools, after school programs, daycare programs, children's hospitals, developmentally disabled preschools, youth centers, native American reservations, victims services, career training programs, foster group homes and other organizations that help families in need.** * Source: Video Monitoring Services Video Monitoring Services (VMS) [1] is a media monitoring company that provides news and advertisements monitoring solutions. The company is headquartered in New York with more than 18 offices in the United States. (VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. ). ** Source: "Today Show" website, accessible at www.msnbc.com. About The Boyds Collection Ltd. Founded in 1979, the Boyds Collection, Ltd. is a leading designer and manufacturer of branded, high quality, handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft collectibles and other specialty gift products. Boyds sells its affordably priced "Folksy with Attitude" collectibles through a large network of retailers, high-end department stores, selected catalogue retailers and other retail channels, including its Boyds Bear Country(TM) stores in Gettysburg, PA and Pigeon Forge, TN -- www.boydsbearcountry.com -- "the world's most humungous hu·mun·gous adj. Variant of humongous. humungous or esp. US humongous Adjective Informal very large; enormous: it was not a humungous box office hit teddy bear stores." The Boyds Collection was acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City-based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late-stage leveraged buyouts. It was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. & Co. (KKR) in 1998. It is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. (NYSE symbol: FOB). Information about Boyds can be found at www.boydsstuff.com. |
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