Build-A-Bear At Bat for the Mets

Build-A-Bear Workshop is partnering with the New York Mets for various special events including player appearances, a pre-game clinic, guest sweepstakes and a special teddy bear giveaway at Shea Stadium.

As part of the baseball promotion, 12 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores in the New York metro area are participating in a Guest sweepstakes. One winner from each store will receive four tickets to the July 25th game and four Southpaw the Bear stuffed animals. Guests can enter the sweepstakes until June 19 at any New York area Build-A-Bear Workshop store.

On July 25, Build-A-Bear Workshop day at the ballpark, Southpaw the Bear, made exclusively for the New York Mets, will be given away to the first 12,000 children age 12 and under with a paid admission. He is a 14" teddy bear featuring an exclusive New York Mets baseball, and comes with a New York Mets Cub Condo carrying case.

Before the game, Build-A-Bear Workshop will host a baseball clinic for 75 children from Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). The clinic will be held prior to the 1:10 p.m. game. Representatives from JDRF will also be on hand for the on field, pre-game ceremony with Build-A-Bear Workshop.

Mets players Todd Zeile and Steve Trachsel will be doing meet-and-greets at New York area stores June 19 to promote the events.

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