FEATURE/ New National Holiday Recognizes the Teddy Bear as One of the Country's Most Enduring and Popular Icons.Features/Lifestyle Editors SHELBURNE, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Nov. 1, 2000 Teddy bears are many things to many people --- a timeless and popular plush animal, a symbol of loyalty and friendship, a favorite security blanket security blanket n. 1. A blanket carried by a child to reduce anxiety. 2. Informal Something that dispels anxiety. Noun 1. , and for millions of Bear-Gram(R) gift recipients, a messenger of love. To honor the contribution the teddy bear has made to popular culture, The Vermont Teddy Bear Company The Vermont Teddy Bear Company is one of the largest producers of teddy bears and the largest seller of teddy bears by mail order and Internet. The company handcrafts each of its teddy bears and produces almost 500,000 teddy bears each year. (R) (www.VermontTeddyBear.com) inaugurated National American Teddy Bear Day to be officially observed on November 14 every year. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. legend, the date marks the day in 1902 that President Theodore Roosevelt, while on a bear hunting expedition in Mississippi was offered the chance to shoot a defenseless bear cub tethered Attached to a data or power source by wire or fiber. Contrast with untethered. to a tree. His refusal to do so was captured in a cartoon illustration that was widely circulated throughout the country. The image inspired Brooklyn shopkeeper Morris Michtom Morris Michtom invented the Teddy Bear. Morris was selling candy in his shop in Brooklyn by day and making stuffed animals with his wife Rose at night. The Teddy Bear came about in respone to the hunting trip Teddy Roosevelt went on in 1902 where he refused to kill the bear to make a bear in Roosevelt's honor and display it in his shop window. The first American First American may refer to:
"The cultural, sociological and psychological impact of the teddy bear on our culture is significant," said Vermont Teddy Bear Company CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Elisabeth Robert. "These huggable fellows have stolen our collective hearts and have come to represent everything that is good. The world needs more Teddy Love." The Company will celebrate National American Teddy Bear Day on the preceding Saturday, November 11 at its Shelburne, VT location and on November 14 at its Newport, VT location. At both factories, free birthday cake and ice cream will be served and a time capsule filled with Bear memorabilia will be buried. Additional activities are planned for the November 11 event in Shelburne. From 11AM-2PM, teddy bear physicals and first aid will be offered at the Bear Hospital located on the premises. The Company will take a formal family portrait of bears and their people (and take a shot at breaking the Guinness Book of World Records) and "Teddy", the Company's full sized mascot MASCOT - Modular Approach to Software Construction Operation and Test: a method for software design aimed at real-time embedded systems from the Royal Signals and Research Establishment, UK. will give Bear Hugs Bear Hug An offer made by a company to buy the shares of another company that is too high for the board of the target firm to refuse. Notes: If the target company says the merger is okay but they want a higher price, it is called a "teddy bear hug. on demand and pose for photos. Kathleen Straube, chief bear designer for the Company will sign bears and Tanya Stone, author of the new release Made in the USA: Teddy Bears (Blackbirch Press) will sign copies of her book. Free tours and activities will be offered throughout the day and a free tee shirt will be given away with every Bear purchased. For those who cannot make the trip to the Company for the celebration, a special free kit filled with ideas on planning events and activities in celebration of teddy bears is available upon request. The Vermont Teddy Bear Company is the nation's largest maker of hand-crafted teddy bears and the pioneer of the Bear-Gram gift. Every year, more than 130,000 people travel to the colorful factory to see how the Company makes more than 425,000 Bears a year for its Bear-Gram gift delivery service and personalizes each one to suit any gift giving reason, life event of holiday. To place a Bear-Gram order, customers call 1-800-829-BEAR or log onto the Company's popular website www.VermontTeddyBear.com. Note to editor: To see the famous cartoon illustration that marks the birth of the American teddy bear, click here (www.vermontteddybear.com/cgi-bin/vtbear.storefront/EN/product/tbday). For a free kit on planning activities and events in celebration of National American Teddy Bear Day, or for a copy of the famous cartoon illustration, contact: Cal Workman WORKMAN. One who labors, one who is employed to do business for another. 2. The obligations of a workman are to perform the work he has undertaken to do; to do it in proper time; to do it well to employ the things furnished him according to his contract. at 802-985-1362 or email Calw@vtbear.com. |
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