Breakthrough T1D is excited to announce a renewed partnership with Build-A-Bear Workshop®, the leading and only global company that offers an interactive make-your-own stuffed animal retail-entertainment experience. Founded in 1997, the company currently operates more than 400 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide. In 2007, the interactive experience was enhanced ““ all the way to CyBEARTM space ““ with the launch of buildabearville.comTM, the company’s virtual world.
Build-A-Bear Workshop’s annual Breakthrough T1D Pin Pad Campaign will run through Wednesday, November 28 throughout 280 stores across North America. NEW this year: customers can show their support for Breakthrough T1D by donating $1 or more at checkout in stores or online at www.buildabear.com. Details of this campaign are provided in the links below and available on the Intranet by clicking on the National Corporate Partners Campaign Resources icon.
Since 2003 Build-A-Bear Workshop has raised more than $730,000 for Breakthrough T1D. We look forward to a successful FY13 campaign that coincides with National Diabetes Awareness Month and the celebration of Build-A-Bear Workshop’s 15th birthday and over 100 million furry friends made. Thank you in advance for doing your part to steward Build-A-Bear Workshop locally to help ensure a continued partnership with Breakthrough T1D.
About Breakthrough T1D
Breakthrough T1D is the leader in research leading to a cure for T1D in the world. It sets the global agenda for diabetes research, and is the largest charitable funder and advocate of diabetes science worldwide.
The mission of Breakthrough T1D is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults, and can be fatal. Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump ““ each day, every day of their lives. And even with that intensive care, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its potential and devastating complications, which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke and amputation.
Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with T1D, Breakthrough T1D has awarded more than $1.5 billion to diabetes research, including $107 million last year. More than 80 percent of Breakthrough T1D’s expenditures directly support research and research-related education.
For more information, visit the Breakthrough T1D web site at www.jdrfsd.org.
