There are several ways that individuals can help us. Some of them won’t even cost you any money! Let’s outline them.
- Start a Bears Program in Your Area – You can get your friends (or members of a club or organization) together to start a program in your area. Just contact your local police department and ask them if anyone is providing teddy bears for them on a regular basis. If not, there is just a bit of information that we need you to get from them so we can begin providing bears. First, we will need a shipping address. Then, let them know that they can put their department badge/logo design on the front of the bears’ shirts if they would like. If not, the bears will have our standard design on the front, like this image.
You can also turn this into a fundraising opportunity. If you would like to conduct a fund drive, you could give us a list of the first names of each of your donors, and we can use those for the bears’ names! Once you forward that information to us, we will ship the bears to your local police department. - GoodSearch and GoodShop – GoodSearch is a Yahoo! powered search engine that donates a penny to the charity of your choice for every web search. This can really add up, especially if you share this with your friends to grow the number of people searching for us. Just click the title of this bullet point and Bears on Patrol will already be selected as your charity of choice. GoodShop lets you select from many popular web stores and donates a portion of your purchase to the charity of your choice.
- Charity Gift Cards from CharityChoice – give just like a commercial gift card.
Turn your gift-giving into philanthropy. 100% tax deductible, plastic and ecards.
Featured Charity – Bears on Patrol:
CharityChoice Gift Cards will benefit Bears on Patrol (75% – pre-designated)
and the charities your gift-recipient designate (25% – selected at redemption).
Your gift-recipient is presented with a list of over 100 charities to choose from,
including a banner with Bears on Patrol as the ‘Featured Charity’.
Perfect for birthday, business, holiday, sympathy, wedding – a unique gift idea! - Gift Cards For A Cause – Description from their website: GiftCardsForACause.com is the easiest way to support your favorite non-profit organization
throughout the year simply by shopping for your every day needs like groceries, clothing, and
casual dining, or any occasion that calls for gift giving.Everytime you purchase from GiftCardsForACause.com, we’ll donate up to
17% of your purchase total to the non-profit organization of your choice.You pay only for the gift cards, we’ll make the donation to the organization you choose!
- Spread the Word! – Let your friends and family know about this site, as well as the other places we can be found online. You can find all of these in the Connect menu on this site. Please feel free to follow us on Twitter and join our cause on Facebook. We greatly appreciate everyone who has helped us spread the word about the program.
- Become a “Friend of the Bears“ – The Friends of the Bears program is a group of dedicated people who have volunteered their knowledge and expertise to help Bears on Patrol. Because we are a new and small organization, we are seeking people who are willing to share our cause online and offline, and offer their knowledge and skills to help us grow.
