| CHARITY BEAR and RELATED ITEMS |
| Each year I make a bear for charity, quite often specific to what the charity represents. Terry is in Lions Clubs International (similar to Rotary) and they raise money for various local (as well as emergency international) charities. Below are a couple of the recent "charity" bears showing which charity they were for and how much they raised. Below them is this year's bear. I also make large and small shopping bags from "Deans" centenary oilcloth material, together with pencil case and purse. Photos of these, together with prices, are below this year's charity bear. I've been doing these now for over 4 years and the profit raised has gone to the Moon Bears - so far donations have totalled over £400 together with over £200 raised on a charity bear 5 years ago. |
| This is "Kilimanjaro Joe". Based on my mascot bear "Joe", KJ was 13" high and had a knitted arran jumper and bobble hat, suede handmade rucksack and even had his own passport. He was taken on a trip up Mount Kilimanjaro by 3 brothers who were doing the climb with around 100 others for the VSO to raise money for a children's hospital in Nairobi. KJ had his photo taken lots of times whilst climbing the mountain (particularly by the Japanese climbers) and even had his passport stamped in and out of Nairobi airport. He was raffled and raised £230! |
| This is "Barnum" with his winning bidders. The evening was a "Tiara and Tie" Dinner to launch the "Find a Cure for Martha" Fund (part of Kidney Research). Martha has a very rare kidney disease with, at the moment, no known cure. She is a lovely little girl (her photo on the "home page" shows her with her mum at the launch night.) Barnum was 14" high and made from silver and purple mohair (Kidney Research's colours) and sported a clown's hat of mohair and matching ruff. He raised £180 and now lives with two little boys in London. |
| "DEAN'S CENTENARY BEARS" BAGS, PENCIL CASES & PURSES (In aid of Animals Asia & the Moon Bears) These items are very strong (I've been using one of the bags for 4 years!) Large Shopper (adult) £4:00 Small Shopper (child) £3:00 Pencil Case £1:95 Purse £1:50 All prices include p+p, but if you would like more than one item, please let me know and I'll adjust postage accordingly. |
| PENCIL CASE and PURSE Sizes 9.5" long x 5" deep and 5.25" long x 3" deep (the purse shows all 4 bears - two on each side) |
| SMALL BAG Size 10.5" high (excl. handle) and 8.5" wide |
| LARGE BAG Size 15.5"high (excl.handle) and 14" wide Only 20 left! |
| CLICK ON BEAR TO RETURN TO HOME PAGE |
| This is "Bunty". She was 20" high and made from luxuriously soft mohair. Commissioned by the Lions Club and donated the Marple Business Forum's Charity of the Year event at their Christmas Cracker in December 2010. It was a 'name the bear' competition and the winner was drawn by Santa Claus and he presented "Bunty" to her at the close the event. The competition raised over £200 on the day and the money was donated to "New Horizons", a canal boat charity especially for the disabled. |
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| 2008 |
| 2010 |
OOPS - Sorry but the 2011 charity bear got sort of shelved this year - mainly because I was asked to do two for charities who raffled/sold them through their own outlets! Regarding "Whitby" - well, he went quick! |