Thursday, February 21, 2008

Ta Dah!

Presenting Bucky Buddies!

Team Wisconsin has a PDA that we hope will become an annual event with the help of Bucky fans nationwide (across the "river" folks invited as well!) We are ready to go "prime time" so are sharing the idea and welcoming all to participate.

We have started "Bucky Buddies" which are plush animals that have been "buckified" with a "Bucky Buddies" tag as well as poster that accompanies them. The Buddies will be donated to area childrens hospitals for the children in their care. Thanks for the idea traces back to Boey who took time to share plush animals in children's hospitals when she was feeling well enough to do so. Boey was also a big Bucky fan, so this is a wonderful way to both honor Boey for years to come and to spread the Bucky around. Sadly Boey recently passed away but this is a way we can help her legacy to live on.

We have collected Bucky Buddies in the Wisconsin area and will be distributing them (post makeover) to Milwaukee Children's Hospital and hope that other Bucky fans will join us. I can assure you it doesn't take much, even a donation of 1 or 2 plushes will bring a small to a child's face at a hospital in your area. We have designed the tag which is ironed on to denim and then attached to a ribbon going around the Buddies neck, as well as the poster that will accompany the Buddies. These are meant to be shared, so please feel free to use them in your area.

I have posted images in my photobucket as well as including them in this post.
Bucky Buddies Images

Please feel free to ask questions. At this point it is up to you to negotiate deals on buddies, we are not in any way a non-profit (maybe someday!), so you may be able to get some donated but that is up to you smile.gif

Monday, February 11, 2008

Bucky Buddies


Team Wisconsin is quite proud to be the origin of Bucky Buddies. Bucky Buddies are stuffed animals that will be donated to children's hospitals in honor of Bucky Covington. We plan to "buckify" the plushes as much as we can to help spread our love of Bucky. We invite others to join in this mission and hope that in time it will grow nationwide. Consider donating a plush to Bucky Buddies!