WPTV News Anchor Mike Williams and Buddy Bear® weekend Founder Kevin Bonura at WPTV The Back to School Expo with Buddy Bear®
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A 12 foot high wall behind the founder with over 2500 teddy bears
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Ready to Drop Off Some Bears
Lytal Reiter Smith Ivey & Fronrath loves Buddy Bear® Weekend
Even The Chic-Fil-A cow loves a Teddy Bear
Teddy Bears Looking For A New Home
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Ashley Hinson [left] and Ashleigh Walters [right] of WPTV 5 with Buddy Bear® at the back to School Expo
An admirer of the Bears in The Buddy Bear® Bin
Beverly explaining How she is the sew and sew you need to know at Buddy Bear® Weekend
Buddy Bear® Weekend Founders Kevin and Hugo signing in with St lucie County Sheriff's Department on hand
Buddy Bear® Weekend Petrovka Jones School Musician
Co Authors of Tooth Ahoy Lisa Soesbe and Mitch
A station Wagon Filled with Buddy Bears®!
Deputy Jose and Sargeant Z at Buddy Bear® Weekend
Colorado Pawn's Evie K and her wheel of fortune with all of the prizes to win
Evie, Beverly and Georgette at the Georgette Richie Upholstery Booth with the Buddy Bear® Bed!
Georgette Richie with St Lucie County Sheriff's Office
Palm County EMS in The Buddy Bear® Den
Moon Walk Keith, Bears and Police
Co Authors of Tooth Ahoy Lisa Soesbe and Mitch
St Lucie County Sheriff Department with the cast of Petrovka Jones Music Academy
Buddy Bear® Parade with Local Preschools
Triple Protection Guaranteed with Clyde King of ATP and St Lucie County Sheriffs
One of Hundreds of Displays in the Buddy Bear® Den
Preparing to Enter The Buddy Bear® Den
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Loaded For Bear
Our Special Guests in The Buddy Bear® Parade
Preschoolers Preparing to Enter The Buddy Bear® Den
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Kevin B Buddy Bear® Weekend Founder at sign in board Buddy Bear® weekend 2016
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Hugo, the bear and the sign in board Buddy Bear® weekend Treasure Coast 2016
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The fun bus and the fire truck outside of the entrance into the Buddy Bear® den
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two students from Morningside academy with their Bear donations
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Mets and Cardinal mascots with bears
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The children waiting to go into the Buddy Bear® Den
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The ribbon cutting about to begin
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Cutting the ribbon to open up the. Iffy Bear den
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The kids from St Lucie County Public Schools loved participating very Happy
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Big Bear Big Help
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Getting ready to read the proclamations and ribbon cutting ceremony
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St Lucie County Public Schools getting ready for the Buddy Bear® Parade
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Martin County Animal Shelter participated and the friendly canines like helping kids
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Morningside Academy and the St. Lucie County Public School Children participating at Buddy Bear® Weekend
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Even the little ones participated in helping children in trauma
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Preparing for the Buddy Bear® Parade
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United States Coast Guard auxiliary at the Buddy Bear® den
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Home Depot with kids building
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Lical authors reading their new book at the main stage of the Buddy Bear® den
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Car Saver at the Buddy Bear® den
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Children getting ready to hear and see a new story from one of the national authors at the Buddy Bear® den main stage
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St Lucie County Sherrif at Buddy Bear® den
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The first few hours of donating to the Buddy Bear® bin
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Children lining up to donate their new stuffed teddy bear to the Buddy Bear® bin
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Florida oceanographic at the Buddy Bear® den
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The children's museum at the. Iffy Bear den
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Home Depot for kids at the Buddy Bear® den
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75 foot inflatable obstacle course inside the Buddy Bear® den
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Local author Chad Miller at the. Buddy Bear® den
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Lining up to go inside and visit the Buddy Bear® den
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Buddy Bear® Weekend Testimonials in the Treasure Coast of Florida
Kevin was instrumental in creating “Buddy Bear Weekend”,
which is a weekend designed to organize a unified effort of support from the
city, county & state officials, law enforcement officers and emergency
response departments, to offer comfort to traumatized children, by providing
them with new stuffed teddy bears collected through “Buddy Bear Weekend”. The collection of new stuffed teddy bears during this yearly
event has grown consistently, largely because Kevin Bonura kept all areas of
planning on the same level – organized and timely. It has been a pleasure
working with someone like Kevin who is so focused, friendly and organized. Our station looks forward to being a part of this special
program for children each & every year thanks to Kevin Bonura.
- Shri Dare Schuette-
Great Event. Greater
Cause. Tons of Activity. A True learning Experience...!
- Lisa B. -
The Buddy Bear Parade
and Buddy Bear Den were awesome!
- Joseph L. 
...Well
Organized and planned...the entire community came together and worked it
out..
- Hugo L.-
Buddy Bear's mission—providing comfort to children in
times of distress—is wonderfully simple and absolutely inspired. Kudos to Kevin
Bonura for pouring his energy and enthusiasm into this terrific organization,
and for folding literacy into his endeavor as well.
- Lori Haskans Houran -
It is an honor to be involved in Buddy Bear Weekend. As a
registered nurse, children's book author and sleep health and wellness
educator, I am pleased to be a part of this very worthwhile cause and amazing
event.
I proudly support the Buddy Bear program, which not only
benefits children involved in traumatic situations, but also provides an
invaluable array of health, safety, and literacy resources for area children
and their families.
I look forward to seeing you there!
- Terry Cralle, RN, Certified Clinical Sleep Educator -
I wanted you to know that the Teddy Bears got shipped out and should be arriving soon.
My granddaughter enjoyed picking out a girls and a boys Teddy Bear and she and I were excited to participate in your wonderful event for the children.
My Granddaughter aka "Kotti", just recently turned 5 years old and well, we had the wonderful experience participating in a small way in your event and feel like we should be thanking you !
True happiness truly comes from giving ...,(no matter how big or small) One leads by example and you gave me another perfect opportunity to set another example for Kotti and we together, enjoyed every minute of it.... She was more excited to choose Teddy Bears for another child than she would have been choosing one for herself. Thus, for all intended purposes was to give back I feel like she and I walked away with more than what we gave.
Just knowing that our small donation is going to be received by the most precious gifts of all.., "the children" I am especially satisfied and happy that we had this opportunity.
Thank you !
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How can anyone say No to this event...
- Allen K.
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Kevin was instrumental in creating “Buddy Bear Weekend”,
which is a weekend designed to organize a unified effort of support from the
city, county & state officials, law enforcement officers and emergency
response departments, to offer comfort to traumatized children, by providing
them with new stuffed teddy bears collected through “Buddy Bear Weekend”. The collection of new stuffed teddy bears during this yearly
event has grown consistently, largely because Kevin Bonura kept all areas of
planning on the same level – organized and timely. It has been a pleasure
working with someone like Kevin who is so focused, friendly and organized. Our station looks forward to being a part of this special
program for children each & every year thanks to Kevin Bonura.
- Shri Dare Schuette -
Great Event. Greater
Cause. Tons of Activity. A True learning Experience...!
- Lisa B. -
The Buddy Bear Parade
and Buddy Bear Den were awesome!
- Joseph L. -
...Well
Organized and planned...the entire community came together and worked it
out..
- Hugo L. -
Buddy Bear's mission—providing comfort to children in
times of distress—is wonderfully simple and absolutely inspired. Kudos to Kevin
Bonura for pouring his energy and enthusiasm into this terrific organization,
and for folding literacy into his endeavor as well.
- Lori Haskans Houran -
It is an honor to be involved in Buddy Bear Weekend. As a
registered nurse, children's book author and sleep health and wellness
educator, I am pleased to be a part of this very worthwhile cause and amazing
event.
I proudly support the Buddy Bear program, which not only
benefits children involved in traumatic situations, but also provides an
invaluable array of health, safety, and literacy resources for area children
and their families.
I look forward to seeing you there!
- Terry Cralle, RN, Certified Clinical Sleep Educator -
I wanted you to know that the Teddy Bears got shipped out and should be arriving soon.
My granddaughter enjoyed picking out a girls and a boys Teddy Bear and she and I were excited to participate in your wonderful event for the children.
My Granddaughter aka "Kotti", just recently turned 5 years old and well, we had the wonderful experience participating in a small way in your event and feel like we should be thanking you !
True happiness truly comes from giving ...,(no matter how big or small) One leads by example and you gave me another perfect opportunity to set another example for Kotti and we together, enjoyed every minute of it.... She was more excited to choose Teddy Bears for another child than she would have been choosing one for herself. Thus, for all intended purposes was to give back I feel like she and I walked away with more than what we gave.
Just knowing that our small donation is going to be received by the most precious gifts of all.., "the children" I am especially satisfied and happy that we had this opportunity.
Thank you !
-
How can anyone say No to this event...
- Allen K.
-
Kevin was instrumental in creating “Buddy Bear Weekend”,
which is a weekend designed to organize a unified effort of support from the
city, county & state officials, law enforcement officers and emergency
response departments, to offer comfort to traumatized children, by providing
them with new stuffed teddy bears collected through “Buddy Bear Weekend”. The collection of new stuffed teddy bears during this yearly
event has grown consistently, largely because Kevin Bonura kept all areas of
planning on the same level – organized and timely. It has been a pleasure
working with someone like Kevin who is so focused, friendly and organized. Our station looks forward to being a part of this special
program for children each & every year thanks to Kevin Bonura.
- Shri Dare Schuette -
Great Event. Greater
Cause. Tons of Activity. A True learning Experience...!
- Lisa B. -
The Buddy Bear Parade
and Buddy Bear Den were awesome!
- Joseph L. -
...Well
Organized and planned...the entire community came together and worked it
out..
- Hugo L. -
Buddy Bear's mission—providing comfort to children in
times of distress—is wonderfully simple and absolutely inspired. Kudos to Kevin
Bonura for pouring his energy and enthusiasm into this terrific organization,
and for folding literacy into his endeavor as well.
- Lori Haskans Houran -
It is an honor to be involved in Buddy Bear Weekend. As a
registered nurse, children's book author and sleep health and wellness
educator, I am pleased to be a part of this very worthwhile cause and amazing
event.
I proudly support the Buddy Bear program, which not only
benefits children involved in traumatic situations, but also provides an
invaluable array of health, safety, and literacy resources for area children
and their families.
I look forward to seeing you there!
- Terry Cralle, RN, Certified Clinical Sleep Educator -
I wanted you to know that the Teddy Bears got shipped out and should be arriving soon.
My granddaughter enjoyed picking out a girls and a boys Teddy Bear and she and I were excited to participate in your wonderful event for the children.
My Granddaughter aka "Kotti", just recently turned 5 years old and well, we had the wonderful experience participating in a small way in your event and feel like we should be thanking you !
True happiness truly comes from giving ...,(no matter how big or small) One leads by example and you gave me another perfect opportunity to set another example for Kotti and we together, enjoyed every minute of it.... She was more excited to choose Teddy Bears for another child than she would have been choosing one for herself. Thus, for all intended purposes was to give back I feel like she and I walked away with more than what we gave.
Just knowing that our small donation is going to be received by the most precious gifts of all.., "the children" I am especially satisfied and happy that we had this opportunity.
Thank you !
-
How can anyone say No to this event...
- Allen K.
