Greenville Shriners Hospital 9th BAB Fundraiser!

Want to join Hurricane Martial Arts and Optimization Training Lab in making a difference this holiday season? This is our 9th Annual Build-A-Bear fundraiser. We are raising money to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children in Greenville, SC; any donation will help make an impact. These bears are given to young patients on the day of surgery to help ease stress and fear. All donations received will be used to purchase new bears for surgery patients, as they average about 60 needed per week. Last year we donated 705 bears! We hope to reach the 800 mark this year!

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE GREENVILLE SHRINERS HOSPITAL TO FUND THE BEAR CLUB!

Read more about this wonderful program below!

Please donate through this site if you wish to give monetarily. If you want to contribute in person, bears and donations will also be collected through December 28, 2022 at the below locations.

Thank you for your support!

1121 Gap Creek Road, Lyman - Hurricane Martial Arts

3326 Wade Hampton Blvd, Taylors - Hurricane Martial Arts

117 Haywood Road, Greenville - Optimization Training Lab

Drop Off Hours: M-Thurs 3pm-8pm

The Bear Club is a positive program that helps alleviate some of a child’s apprehension surrounding a hospital stay and helps patients focus on something other than their surgery. After all, relieving stress is an integral part of the healing process. Child life therapist Elaine Hardin says, “When I greet families who are coming in for surgery, both the parents and child are very anxious and nervous, but after the patient gets to pick out their Build-A-Bear™ they have a smile on their face. You can see them relax.”

The Bear Club’s premise is simple: Every patient who enters our hospital for surgery is welcomed with a brand new Build-A-Bear™, outfit of choice and an authentic Build-A-Bear™ birth certificate. After their initial surgery, if the child requires additional surgical procedures, they can choose a new outfit for their bear.

Like all treatment provided by Shriners Hospitals for Children — Greenville, from clinic appointments to prosthetics and orthotics to surgery, the Bear Club is for all surgical patients, regardless of the families ability to pay. The Bear Club is a wonderful way to send every child the message that Shriners Hospitals for Children in Greenville is where they are not only cared for--- but loved as well. At the Greenville Shriners Hospital, it’s one more way we send our “Love to the rescue.”

Additional information about Shriners Hospitals for Children: Shriners Hospitals for Children is a one-of-a-kind international healthcare system dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty pediatric care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs. Children up to the age of 18 with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate are eligible for admission and receive all care in a family-centered environment regardless of families' ability to pay.