Bowling For Bears

Bowling for Bears will hold its fourth annual fund raising event this Sunday, December 7, 2008. Bowling for Bears, the creation of Jenny Silver, began in 2005 to bring joy to children affected by Hurricane Katrina. Jenny’s fund raising efforts enabled her to send a teddy bear to every child at The Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. Her project was so successful that she repeated it again in 2006 and in 2007 shifted her efforts toward children here in Philadelphia. In three years, Bowling for Bears has been able to donate 1,583 Build-a-Bears to children in need during the holidays. Jenny, a truly remarkable middle-school student, has even founded her own non-profit organization, Bowling for Bears, a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation.

This year’s event, benefitting children at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and other local children in need, will be held at the Cherry Hill Playdrome from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The minimum requested donation to attend is $8.00, which covers the cost of providing one bear to a child. Donations are tax deductible and checks can be made payable to Bowling for Bears. We have attended this impressive event before and encourage everyone to come out and support Jenny and her inspiring foundation. If you cannot attend and still wish to help, donations can be sent to Bowling for Bears via Jenny’s father:

Sam Silver
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
1600 Market Street, Suite 3600
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Bowling For Bears
Sunday, Dec. 7, 11AM to 1PM
Playdrome Cherry Hill
1536 North Kings Highway
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
(856) 429-0672

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