Teddy Bear Hospital

This August Ace Tailors is teaming up with the Austin Children’s Shelter for the 2nd annual Ace Teddy Bear Hospital. The Austin Children’s Shelter is an organization that provides emergency shelter, high quality care and hope for the future to the abandoned, abused and neglected children of our community.

For the entire month all five Ace Tailors shops will transform their workshops into teddy bear hospitals to help raise awareness and funds for the Austin Children’s Shelter and its mission. Children can bring their gently worn dolls, stuffed animals, and security blankets in to any Ace Tailors location and have them repaired for a suggested $10 donation. The community at large is warmly invited to drop by any Ace Tailors to make a donation to the Ace Teddy Hospital.

This event offers a unique opportunity to support the community, care for children, and encourage children to learn the benefits of giving.

Children who bring in a stuffed animal will receive an Ace Teddy Bear Hospital medical bracelet that they can fill out and wear while their toy is in the hospital. All in-store donors will be given a teddy bear cut-out to fill out and hang up at the location where they donated.

100% of all proceeds from the Ace Teddy Bear Hospital will go directly to the Austin Children’s Shelter.

Ace Teddy Bear Hospital Kickoff Party

Join us on Saturday, August 4th for the Ace Teddy Bear Hospital Kickoff Party! There will be free teddy bears for the first 100 children to attend and refreshments and entertainment for all! The Kickoff Party will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the 12th and Lamar Ace Custom Tailors location.

Children are encouraged to bring a stuffed animal that they want repaired along with a donation. This is a fun, proactive way to get your children involved in and excited about charitable giving.

Kickoff Party
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Ace Tailors
916C West 12th Street
Austin, TX 78703

The Austin Children’s Shelter is a private non-profit organization that has provided a safe intermediate home for abused and neglected children ages birth to seventeen since 1984. To ensure that each child’s needs are met, ACS provides critical programs including medical and dental care, group and individual therapy, and educational support. However, only 35% of their annual funding comes from government sources and the rest must be raised through events such as this. Each year, the Shelter cares for approximately 300 children but must turn away twice as many due to lack of space or proper resources. With the numbers of confirmed child abuse cases increasing every year, there is a greater need for space and services than ever before. To meet the needs of these children, the Austin Children’s Shelter is planning a major expansion and will break ground on the new facility sometime during the summer of 2007. For more information on the Shelter and future plans, visit their website at www.austinchildrenshelter.org.