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Save the Date for the First Annual Teddy Bear Tea
A portion of the proceeds from the charity event will be donated to the Birmingham-based nonprofit, The Bottomless Toy Chest.
Attention little ladies and their teddy bear friends: tea is almost ready.
Birmingham's Townsend Hotel will be hosting its first annual Teddy Bear Tea next weekend, a charity event with proceeds benefiting the Birmingham nonprofit, The Bottomless Toy Chest.
The event, which begins at 1 p.m. March 23, will feature a kid-friendly afternoon tea menu for Metro Detroit's little girls, parents and their teddy bears, as well as an opportunity to decorate some teddy bear cookies.
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Plus, at the end of the afternoon, the Townsend Hotel will be raffling off a giant teddy bear to one lucky young person. Tickets for the raffle are $5 each.
A portion of all proceeds will benefit The Bottomless Toy Chest, Townsend Managing Director Steven Kalzynski said, a nonprofit that donates new toys and games to hospitalized children battling cancer.
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Tickets to the Teddy Bear Tea are $40 per person and includes one complimentary raffle ticket; $10 from each ticket will be donated to The Bottomless Toy Chest.
To make a reservation, call 248-647-2196 or email the Townsend Hotel's Afternoon Tea Director, Laura Klein, at lklein@townsendhotel.com.
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