BYU bears will go to local charities, thanks to Bookstore patrons - BYU News Skip to main content
Intellect

BYU bears will go to local charities, thanks to Bookstore patrons

This holiday season, customers at the Brigham Young University Bookstore will donate more than 100 stuffed Christmas bears to two Utah Valley charities.

Between Dec. 2 and 14, the BYU Bookstore gave each customer who made a purchase of more than $100 the option of taking home with them a 2002 limited-edition 18-inch stuffed plush bear, complete with a "BYU Blue" ribbon, or donating it to a local charity.

Eleven cases of bears will be taken to the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center Pediatrics Unit and the Children's Justice Center Thursday and Friday (Dec. 19 and 20).

"The bears will ride in ambulances with the paramedics when they go on runs to pick up children and will also be given to children who come into abuse shelters with their mothers," said Rowdy Symons, Bookstore creative services manager.

"We are excited because we know this is a good cause, helping the community and giving to local charities," Symons said.

Writer: Elizabeth B. Jensen

Related Articles

data-content-type="article"

Student inventors help BYU rank as a top U.S. university for newly-issued patents

May 12, 2025
Brigham Young University was just ranked as one of the Top 100 universities in the nation for most issued patents. But the new ranking from the National Academy of Inventors isn’t the story for BYU; it’s who holds the patents.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

BYU research: Your beliefs about money may reveal clues about your relationship

May 07, 2025
Everyone holds their own beliefs about money – what it’s for, how much we need and how to use it. But a new study from researchers at BYU says personal beliefs about money also shape the health of your relationship.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

BYU business professors find ‘margins of error’ in workplace correlate with unethical behavior outside workplace

April 29, 2025
Tolerance standards may lead to better outcomes in the workplace, but researchers from the BYU Marriott School of Business recently published a study in the Journal of Business Ethics showing a paradoxical effect in other ethical domains.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=