Press Release
Build-A-Bear Workshop® Presents Grants to Two Kansas City Animal Programs at the Grand Opening of Build-A-Bear Workshop at Zona Rosa
Low Cost Spay & Neuter Service, Inc
Wayside Waifs, Inc
WHAT: Build-A-Bear Workshop will present grant checks to Low Cost Spay & Neuter Service, Inc and Wayside Waifs, Inc for their domestic animal work.
WHERE: Zona Rosa
Build-A-Bear Workshop
8660 N. Dixon Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64153
(Next to Cookie Factory on North Dixon Street)
WHEN: Friday, April 22, 2005
9:45 a.m. - Grant Ceremony
10:00 a.m. - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Betty Knight, Presiding Commissioner
of Plate County
WHY: Build-A-Bear Workshop is committed to supporting animals. Bearemy's Kennel
Pals® is a line of plush dogs that raises money for pet programs. A portion
of the proceeds from the sale of each full-sized Bearemy's Kennel Pals friend
is given to domestic pet programs including local animal shelters, stray pet
rescue and rehabilitation organizations, and pet education programs around the
country on a quarterly basis.
INTERVIEW/PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES:
" Build-A-Bear Workshop representative
" Organization directors and representatives
About Build-A-Bear Workshop®
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (NYSE: BBW), with fiscal 2004 total revenue of $302
million, is the only national company that offers Guests an interactive make-your-own-stuffed
animal retail-entertainment experience. The first store opened in St. Louis
in 1997; at the end of 2004 the company operated 170 stores in 40 states and
Canada. With the opening of its store in Sheffield, England, in the fall of
2003 and the addition of international stores in Japan, Denmark and Australia
in 2004, Build-A-Bear Workshop has become the global leader in the teddy bear
business. In November 2004, the company opened two friends 2B made® stores,
the newest concept based on the doll-making experience. For more information
about the company and its products, call 888.560.BEAR (2327) or visit the company's
award-winning Web site at www.buildabear.com.
TRADEMARKS
We would like to thank you for your interest in covering our business. As you
write your story we would like to ask that you use our full Name: Build-A-Bear
Workshop® and that when referencing the process of making stuffed animals
you use the word "make" not "build".
Build-A-Bear Workshop® is our well-known trade name and our registered trademark
of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. Build-A-Bear Workshop® should only be used
in capital letters to refer to our products and services and should not be used
as a verb.
For more information, contact:
Shawn Bertani
314.423.8000 Ext. 5366
314.452.6391cell
shawnb@buildabear.com
Carrie Stindel
314.423.8000 Ext. 5427
314.303.6996 cell
carries@buildabear.com