The Parents of Teddies Association
For Adoptive Parents and Friends of the Orphanage

We have been putting our heads together, with the bears in the Orphanage, of course and we all think that parenthood of our bears can be a lonely and often difficult experience (the bears know that they are not always well behaved). So we are offering support to the parents that give so much love and encouragement to our orphans. The bears think it a good idea that an Association Member should be given a bear from the Orphanage to look after (just to add to the parenting problems in our view). They would also like to send out cards and the odd newsletter about their exploits. We think special offers are important (the bears don't seem to understand the importance of that!) so we have included some within the membership.

MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
Annual subscriptions of £44.50 within the UK, £50 outside the UK (€70,-)

CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP
Gold Membership: for those who are already the parent of a TBO bear.
Silver Membership: for a friend of the Orphanage

There is automatic upgrade to gold membership upon adoption of a TBO bear.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

· 11.5 inch, fully jointed, mohair bear, designed by a bear artist.
· Name the bear yourself.
· A unique TBO passport
· An adoption certificate
· A travel blanket
· Membership card
· 20% discount voucher, three times a year, to be used in a 2 week period, on any TBO bear.
· Special bears at special prices throughout the year.
· 3 Orphanage termly reports.
· Holiday postcard from the bears.
· Christmas card from the bears.
· As a valued member of our TBO family, if you wish to adopt a bear using the layaway scheme, you need only wait until the first payment has been taken, before your new bear will be sent to you.

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