Summer may have just begun, but if your child is preparing to start childcare in the coming weeks or months and lives with food allergies or asthma, now is the time to begin planning for a safe transition. Consider creating a personalized checklist and scheduling a meeting with the childcare director, educators, health staff (if available), and any team members who will be responsible for your child's care. Share your child's emergency care plan, asthma action plan, and discu

Meet Dina Hawthorne, Co-Founder and President of the Elijah-Alavi Foundation. Dina is our fierce, action-oriented, solution-based President. Even as the Elijah Law continues to travel across this country, saving the lives of other children, she still feels that more needs to be done. She believes a law needs to be enforced to be effective. Transforming her grief once again into purpose, she dedicated her life to protecting children and then decided to use her background in ed

Thank You for Joining Us at Our Build A Bear. Build Awareness Event! On May 17th, we had the privilege of bringing families together for a truly special day of fun, learning, connection, and awareness. Seeing so many familiar faces, meeting new families, watching children create their own bears, and witnessing the joy throughout the day made this event incredibly meaningful. Thank you to everyone who came out and spent the day with us. Your support, enthusiasm, and commitment