Grand Canyon Teddy Bear Company
Who We Are
Grand Canyon Teddy Bear Company is located in Flagstaff, Arizona in the
heart of Grand Canyon Country. The company is privately owned by
Creative Gifts To Go LLC. To learn more about our parent company
and its owner, Joyce Reid, explore
About Creative
Gifts.
Joyce conceived the idea of a village of teddy bears who have lived deep
in the Grand Canyon for centuries and brought the story to life with Grand
Canyon Teddy Bears. Much to her surprise, the adorable little teddy
bears, each dressed in a unique costume that represents their place in the
Village, have an appeal to adults and children alike. They have become
collectible bears with many adults taking advantage of the "Bear of The
Month", eagerly looking forward to the next month's surprise bear.
Straight from the Bear's Mouth
Hey there,
I don't have a name yet. I'm hoping that you'll give me one when I
come to live with you. But before you make me, or one of my many teddy
bear friends, exclusively yours, let me tell you a bit about myself and my
family.
Bears, like my mom and dad and all of us who live in Grand Canyon Bear
Village, have made the Grand Canyon their home for centuries. There
used to be a lot of us roaming throughout northern Arizona but hunters and
homesteaders have forced us into smaller and smaller places to live.
There used to be grizzly bears here too, but not any more.
Bears, like my family, travel up and down the steep trails, going from
the Colorado River at the bottom of the Canyon all the way up to the pine
forest at the top looking for food. During the winter, when deep snow
covers the North Rim of the Canyon, closing it to tourists, they find a
secure place to sleep all winter long until they awaken in the springtime.
While they're sleeping, they don't eat...so they have to eat a whole lot the
rest of the year to produce the fat that they live on while sleeping.
It used to be easy to find lots of berries, acorns, leaves, and even small
animals to eat. We were able to catch fish in the Colorado River.
But for the past few years, there hasn't been much rain and it's become
harder and harder to find food. Besides the drought, forest fires and
new homes for people have destroyed some of the land where we live and where
our food grows making it more and more difficult for bears like us to
survive in the wild.
My cousin, Smokey Bear's mom was killed in a forest fire. Smokey
was just a tiny cub then. A forest ranger rescued him and took him to
a kind vet that treated his burns and made him well. Smokey was never
able to return to his forest home but he lived the rest of his life in the
Washington National Zoo.
But we do survive! That's why I'm here. . . to remind you of all
the bears that make their home not only in the Canyon Canyon but in other
places as well. The white polar bears, up north, are finding it even
harder than we are to survive as the very ice that they live on continues to
melt.
That's our story. Whenever you see a teddy bear, think of us and
all the wild animals throughout the world that are having a hard time
surviving.
I'm hoping that you will let me, or one of my many teddy bear friends,
come live with you, give me a name, make me yours, and love and cherish me.
Your New Best Friend From
Grand Canyon Teddy Bear Village
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