We are simply tickled! Our first little teddy bear that’s available for adoption is in transit as I type this post. This is a boy teddy bear. We will post more details and a photo of this adorable teddy bear when he arrives at the Teddy Bear Rescues home for wayward bears.

As of this posting, we don’t know the name of the teddy bear, only that it’s a boy. Some teddy bears have names, and of course some being new bears in this life are awaiting loving families to give them a name.

Teddy Bear Rescues does just what the name implies. We rescue teddy bears. We check them out, make sure they are healthy, take a photo of the teddy bear, and post the information on the rescue blog in hopes that each bear will be adopted and find a home with a loving family.

We are looking forward to the arrival of this special first teddy bear. As soon as possible, we will have his details posted so that potential adoptive bear parents will have the opportunity to invite this sweet little guy into their home and hearts.

Teddy Bear Rescues is finally here! Welcome to the grand opening of our teddy bear blog. The wait and anticipation has been almost unbearable, but here we are.

Teddy Bear Rescues is a labor of love that actually began many (MANY!) years ago, when I was but a child. So many times in life I have come across teddy bears who wanted to be adopted by a loving family and home. While some of these teddy bears were newborns and had never been a member of a family, others were previously loved teddy bears. Some sadly had been tossed aside, some put on a shelf and forgotten as their bear owners grew up, some left behind in moves. Whatever the cause for abandoning of a bear, none of these teddy bears asked to be abandoned.

That’s where Teddy Bear Rescues comes in the picture. We not only arrange for newborn teddy bear adoptions, we also arrange for the adoption of previously loved teddy bears. We also offer teddy bear accessories for your newly adopted bundle of fur joy, such as clothing and furnishings. After all, we can’t have a naked teddy bear running around (or can we?).

As teddy bears available for adoption arrive, we will photograph the available bear that’s looking for a new loving family and home for you to preview and potentially adopt. We hope to make Teddy Bear Rescues *THE* teddy bear rescue place to find your new adorable cuddly family member.

The teddy bear has been in existence for over 100 years. In that time he has had books written about him. The adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a series of books written by A.A. Milne, about an adventurous teddy bear. Pooh, and his friends, Christopher Robin, Rabbit, Tigger, Owl, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga and Roo, have great adventures in the hundred acre wood.

Paddington Bear’s creator, Michael Bond, has written several books about the teddy bear who comes from Peru, and now resides with the Brown Family at 32 Windsor Gardens. Paddington is a teddy bear with both paws planted on the ground. He has strong feelings on what is right and what is wrong and hates bureaucratic red tape. He doesn’t look kindly on the sillier rules human beings surround themselves with. Paddington says of his daily life, “Things happen to me. I’m that sort of bear.” Paddington may conduct himself in a human way, but he could never be human. As he is fond of saying, “It just wouldn’t work.”

The Care Bears have had books written about them. Care Bears are caring teddy bears. Each one has a message and a lesson to teach us about how we should conduct our lives. Each Care Bear has a personal motif on their tummies and a personal motto they dedicate their lives to.

Rupert, that mischievous bear who got his start as a comic strip in a London newspaper (and still appears there), has had books about him called Annuals, put together yearly, of the comic strips appearing in the paper the entire year. This has been going on for a good 50 plus years.

As far as poems go, Pooh and the Care Bears have had poetry written about them. I’m not sure about Paddington Bear and Rupert, but I wouldn’t be a bit surprised.

Not only have the teddy bears mentioned above been written about and drawn, they all have their own animated television shows. Check out the listings on PBS, BBC, the Disney Channel and other station where cartoons are shown. You may also want to look for Yogi and Boo-Boo bear on Boomerang. Baloo, from The Jungle Book, has his own cartoon called Tailspins, you can find his show on some of the above mentioned cartoon stations.

Other less famous teddy bears can be found living in houses (like Paddington Bear), museums, stores, websites, blogs, and factories waiting to be adopted. There are many talented teddy bear artists and manufacturers who have brought some pretty amazing bears to life. You may fall in love and adopt an adorable teddy bear of your own.

If you can resist adopting even one of the teddy bears on these we sites, I commend you, for you have more will power than most of us.

Every child deserves a teddy bear to hug when the world gets too painful, lonely, or sad. Teddy bears are there to watch over them when the dark is too spooky, when they need a best friend, or their lives become unstable. There are many charitable organizations out there and they are all working toward the same goal - to put a teddy bear into the arms of a deserving child.

The Vermont Teddy Bear Company started the Big Hero Little Hero Program in September of 2002 to give children across the country a teddy bear to hug when they need one the most. More than 11 million children are transported by emergency services each year. The Vermont Teddy Bear Company and outside donations provide specially designed, 13″ teddy bears to provided to emergency service professionals around the country free of charge. Interested parties can participate in this charity by purchasing one of the specially made bears. For every bear bought, The Vermont Teddy Bear Company will donate two bears to an emergency service station in need. These bears are also given to lonely seniors.

The Inland Hospital in Maine was donated 600 teddy bears to give to children who come in for tests, illness, trauma or with other patients. Thorndike press, located just down the road from Inland Hospital, was able to buy the bears with money earned from a silent auction, bake sales and other activities. The decision for Thorndike to donate the bears was reached after a younger sister of one of the employees was given a bear when she had to attend the hospital.

You may want to start a charitable teddy bear drive in your community, to help put a teddy bear into the arms of every child.

The first step is to recruit others of like mind to help you. Let’s face it, this a big undertaking for one person. You may also want to get area schools and churches involved. Elementary school students make great recruits, as the entire class (or school) can work together to make money to purchase the teddy bears. Churches like to get involved in charity, especially when it is for children.

Get together with friends and plan some money making activities. A bowl-a-thon, walk-a-thon, spaghetti dinner, pancake breakfast, bake aale, auction, rummage sale, or street carnival are all excellent ways to raise money for your teddy bears. You and your group will need to set a time limit on donations and money collected. For instance, you may want to have enough money to buy the teddy bears by Christmas. You must also decide before you begin, where you will distribute the bears.

While you are raising the money, you should look around to find the best place to purchase the teddy bears when the money is collected. It is a very rewarding experience to give a teddy bear to a child. The look on their face when they see the soft, cuddly teddy, is worth ten times the effort it takes to get the bear. The first time you see a child grab the toy and hug it tight, will be one of the happiest of your life.