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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 [...]
Bake Sale Shares the Honey 2
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Maybe we should just get out of the gift delivery biz and do bake sales 24/7. I mean, I was just floored by the amount and variety of food available at yesterday’s bake sale benefitting United Way of Chittenden County.
In addition to the complement of cookies, pastries, muffins, and breads, the Bear Crew pushed the [...]
Bake Sale Shares the Honey
Monday, October 8th, 2007(Post title I wanted to go with but changed my mind at the last minute: “Bake Sale Raises Dough.”)
As a follow-up to last Thursday’s bake sale fundraiser for United Way of Chittenden County, here’s an update from Jessica Proctor, taken from an email she sent to the Bear Crew. “The bake sale was a HUGE [...]
Buses, Bears ‘n’ Bake Sales
Thursday, October 4th, 2007The Fourth of October. Nine separate bus tours. One bake sale.
It’s leaf-peeping season here in Vermont, and we welcome hundreds and hundreds of visitors to the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory. Today we’re expecting nine tours, and each tour can have more than one bus. In the spirit of making it better together (a major component [...]
United Weigh: Karl Loses for a Good Cause
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007238.4 lbs.
That’s how much Karl Kemerait weighed as his official weigh-in yesterday. Where he wants to be, however, is 163.4 lbs. And he’s turning it into a fund-raiser for United Way of Chittenden County (UWCC).
Each of the next ten months, Karl will return to Courtney Griesser for an official weigh-in. For every pound he’s lost, [...]
Thoughts on the Environment
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007As a Green Team member, I take my committment to “greening” VTB very seriously, sometimes, almost too seriously. I acknowledge that I can get edgy when I see recyclable materials being tossed out. For me, it’s become a habit to recycle anything that I see. I don’t think it’s a bad habit to have but [...]
Helllllo, October
Friday, September 28th, 2007I was walking to my car yesterday when I was startled to see an artful display of hay bales, corn stalks, and pumpkins arrayed around our Factory sign. I said, “Helllllo, October.”
So whose job is it to set up this righteous display? I know we have a staff of talented product developers, graphic designers, and [...]
Jason Baer Embraces His Instincts… On Wheels
Thursday, September 27th, 2007I’m driving into work on Spear Street. It’s a beautiful summer morning. I’m listening to the radio announcer when I catch a glimpse of something in my passenger-side mirror.
It’s this low, lime green object speeding along the shoulder. It looks somehow familiar, but it shouldn’t be going so…fast. Before I realize it, the object has [...]
Birthday Musings by Brad
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007I’d like to take a short break to talk about birthdays. I remember when I turned 25 last year, I was halfway to 50. Now, I’m 26 and 50 is 24 years away. Ick.
Why is it that when you get to a certain age, you no longer want the pomp and circumstance? I told my [...]
Extreme Bocce Benefit Tournament 2007
Monday, September 24th, 2007You couldn’t have asked for a nicer day to hold the 2007 Extreme Bocce Benefit Tournament of Vermont, Friday, September 21. As the mercury crept into the low 80’s, the Bear Crew met the challenge, hosting the Tournament on the grounds of the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory here in Shelburne…and throwin’ ’round some mad [...]
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