€42,647.00 raised for THE CAROLINE FOUNDATION and LAKERS! Wow what a result plus 5,028 Teddy Bears in attendance with 3,000 minders on the day. A new IRISH RECORD!! The Great Bear Chain on Sunday 11th May in Greystones.

Some of you donated Teddy Bears for the event and didn’t want them back. Those teddies are now part of Team Hope’s Christmas Shoe Box appeal (www.teamhope.ie ). So this Christmas, we hope you take great joy from knowing that your teddy continues to bring untold delight and comfort to other children in distant parts of the world – to children who might not otherwise have known that indescribable joy of opening their own Christmas box!