ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- National Hug Day is just around the corner, and this
year Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (NYSE: BBW), an
interactive destination where guests can create personalised furry
friends, is celeBEARating with bear hugs for an important cause!
Join in the fun and embrace the power of hugs with
Bearemy®, the Build-A-Bear mascot, in Build-A-Bear
Workshop stores across the country.
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In support of
Barnardo's, Build-A-Bear Workshop is inviting Guests to visit local
stores at 1 p.m. (all time zones) on National Hug Day and give a
bear hug to Bearemy, the ambassador of hugs. For every hug from
Bearemy, Build-A-Bear Foundation will donate £1 to Barnardo's (up
to £5,000).
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Additionally, now
through 15 Feb. 2018, U.K. Guests of Build-A-Bear Workshop can
share the love and support Barnardo's by donating in stores or
online at buildabear.co.uk.
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All donations will go
directly to the nonprofit organisation to help transform the lives
of the U.K.'s most vulnerable children.
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WHEN:
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1 p.m. (all time
zones) on 21 Jan.
2018
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WHERE:
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Build-A-Bear
Workshop stores
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For store locations,
please visit:
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https://www.buildabear.co.uk/storefinder
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VISUALS
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- Guests giving hugs to Bearemy
- Build-A-Bear Workshop make-your-own furry
friend experience
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About Build-A-Bear
Founded in St. Louis in 1997, Build-A-Bear, a global
brand kids love and parents trust, seeks to add a little more heart
to life. Build-A-Bear Workshop has approximately 400 stores
worldwide where Guests can create customizable furry friends,
including company-owned stores in the
United States, Canada,
Denmark, Ireland, Puerto
Rico, the United Kingdom
and China, and franchise stores in
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Mexico and the Middle East. The company was named to the
FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for the ninth year in
a row in 2017. Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (NYSE: BBW) posted a
total revenue of $364.2 million in
fiscal 2016. For more information, visit buildabear.com.
About Barnardo's
The charity has helped transform the
lives of millions of disadvantaged children in the UK, and
continues to help families to build a better future. In 2016/17
more than 272,000 children, young people, parents and carers were
supported by Barnardo's through more than 1,000 services across the
UK, such as young carers, care leavers, foster carers and adoptive
parents, training and skills or parenting classes. Visit
www.barnardos.org.uk to find out more. Registered charity No.
216250 and SC037605.
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