RSVP here. Thank you to the Walden Collective for your support!

RSVP here. Thank you to the Walden Collective for your support!

 

 
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Sometimes rebellion looks like a bear hug


Thank you to the students of the St. Ignatius College Prep Kino Teens Club for shipping 125+ stuffed animals & 50+ letters of support to RAICES.

 

 
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Big Hugs for Three Bears

We're thrilled to thank our friends at Spiaggia for hosting a very special Three Bears Dinner, featuring a menu prepared by Executive Chef Joe Flamm, Winner of Top Chef Season 15, and his fellow contestants, buddies and "bears," Bruce Kalman and Tyler Anderson on August 1, 2018.

The SOLD OUT event was a total success, from the amazing food to the hard rock piping through the beautiful restaurant. Let's all share a great big #bearhug with these guys for donating proceeds to the RAICES Children's Program to help the children and their families on the ground, as well as 120 bears for the kids. Grazie mille, you beautiful bears!

Donate to RAICES


Be cool like da bears. Donate directly to RAICES or contact us to donate bears today.

 

 

#BearHug Boogie

Bears. Beers. Live music. Thank you to all who joined us at the debut block party for Chicago Brewing District. Thank you to the West Town Chamber of Commerce & ICNC for having us!

We collected bears and beautiful welcome letters on Aug 4-5. Big hugs and thanks to all who stopped to talk with us and share generous letters, stories and donations.

 

 

Host a bear drive

All you need is to want to help. Talk to your neighbors. Organize a day at the park or a holiday party. Get together. Get some markers. Write welcome letters. Collect new and/or gently-used bears, bunnies, lambies, plush toys that kids can squeeze and call their own.

Let us know if you're up for it and we'll help you get them to the children. 

All our bears go to the RAICES Children's Program and the IWC, depending on who can use them most at the time.

Please, consider supporting them with positive thoughts, actions, words, donations. Thank you.

We love you.