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Friday, May 9th, 2008Just when you thought a UPS truck just couldn’t get any cooler, along comes a new breed to shift the paradigm, smash preconceptions, and just plain mess with your head. I’m talking about, of course,…the UPS flame truck.
OK, I don’t know if that’s what it’s really called, but that’s the name we were using when [...]
A Work in Progress
Sunday, January 13th, 2008I just wanted to write this entry because there’s been a lot on my mind lately. Really, no one should have to defend themselves but I just wanted to point out that in the past, I have been labeled as unapproachable, unsociable and a few other things. To clear things up, I am none of [...]
Best of the Bocce Bunch
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007Bocce: A test of will, a brutal competition, a searing ordeal that pushes the limits of human endurance, the ultimate…ah, who am I trying to kid? You stand around and pitch small balls at other small balls. The worst that can happen is you pull a muscle…slightly…and that’s assuming you’ve been completely sedentary since the [...]
“Ain’t No Party like a VTB Party…”
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007“…’cause a VTB party don’t stop.”*
That was what I seemed to hear as I milled about the hundreds of men, women, and children who came from all over to help us celebrate National American Teddy Bear Day, a party in honor of…well…you know.
This is the 8th year Vermont Teddy Bear’s held this special day, [...]
Halloween Paraders Make Merry & Money
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Join the parade? Me? But I’m just here to take some pictures for the blog.
Well, you never know when you’re going to be caught up in the merrymaking here at VTB, especially when United Way fundraising week happens to coincide with Halloween. I stopped by to snap a few photos but ended up as a [...]
All Dressed Up With Somewhere to Go
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007So maybe you’ve been part of the Bear Crew for years. You don’t just Be Bear, you eat, sleep, and breathe it. You know so much about the life cycle of a Vermont Teddy Bear that you could lead a factory tour. Your dog doesn’t get jealous any more when you come home with strange [...]
Recycling Pays Forward and Back
Thursday, October 25th, 2007OK, a raise of hands: How many of you are willing to help the environment and recycle?
Yup, me too. That goes double, triple, quadruple for members of the Green Team here at Vermont Teddy Bear. In addition to their regular jobs, the Green Team crew work year round to promote and put into practice all [...]
Bear in the Crowd
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007We had a night of really hard rain last Friday here in Chittenden County, and much of the beautiful fall foliage began its seasonal voyage from branch to lawn to compost. Prior to that, there were still lots of leaves on the trees, which meant lots and lots of visitors.
Speaking of all our fall friends, [...]
Getting Blood from The Teddy Bear
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Putting the “drive” in blood drive, the Red Cross bus pulled into the parking lot this morning for a day of blood donations from the Bear Crew.
I recruited Michelle Delisle’s own Rasta-”Bear”-ian Teddy Bear to lively up the bus. Friendly Red Cross staff members got into the spirit, and before too long this little dreadlocked [...]
Happy Birthday, Milena Horozovic!
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007If you’re walking around the Old Factory building here in Shelburne and you hear someone exclaim, “You can do it, Peanut!”, one of the people you can thank is Milena Horozovic. I think the phrase was introduced to us by Lisa Martelle, but Milena’s one of the people who, as far as I know, really [...]
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