Thank you for a record-setting 25th Anniversary!
In December of 1999, the Office of Alumni Relations at Fairfield University kicked off what would come to be known as the annual “Teddy Bears with Love” Drive. Today, our Student Alumni Association continues to proudly spearhead this effort!
Thanks to the generosity of thousands of alumni, families, students, employees, and friends of Fairfield University, have been donated nearly 27,000 teddy bears (and stuffed animals) to dozens of children’s hospitals and charities not only in Connecticut, but across the country.
This year, we celebrated the 25th Anniversary of this award-winning program. We are thrilled to announce that we commemorated the milestone with our most successful collection to date. A whopping 1,912 teddy bears and stuffed animals were donated to charities in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, California, and Washington DC.
Click below to learn more about our collection partners and our 2023 charities.