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Build-a-Bear Foundation

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Build-A-Bear Foundation is dedicated to helping children and families achieve their best futures through its mission to add a little more heart to life and its focus on championing childhood literacy. Our long-standing partnership was rekindled in 2022 for Build-A-Bear’s 25th Anniversary, with the goal of distributing one million books and 100,000 reading buddy teddy bears to children in need by 2027. Build-A-Bear Workshop guests can support this mission by contributing a portion of their purchase of “Read Teddy” to benefit First Book, allowing us to reach even more children together.

graphic with text that says: "Double Your Impact to Help Give a Million Books! Help give a million books to kids in low-income communities this holiday season and beyond. The book you send may be the only holiday gift a child gets, and helping a child love books makes a lasting difference. Give by December 31 to double your impact through a Matching Challenge Fund from our generous friends at Pizza Hut — twice as many books with a single gift!" There is a red donation button in the lower right corner. On the left side of the graphic is an image of a young girl holding up a book and smiling.