Dear Bears of Toronto Friend,

Well another pride has come and gone. Hope you had a chance to come down to the Bears of Toronto Pride booth over the weekend and see what we have planned for the rest of the year. A big thanks goes out to John Bond and Wayne Holmes, for organizing the Pride booth and for manning it for the two days. As well, we’d like to thank all our volunteers, Conrad, Derrick, Stephen, Javier, Darren, John F, Itzik, Jim, Gerry, and Eric who helped handout flyers for Bear Season our bear run in October, answer questions about the club, etc. Also, we need to thank Bob Dodd and his partner Di Tao for donating refreshments for the volunteers, and for the guys at Bear Wear International, Ron and Dan. A special thanks goes to our partners who donated prizes for our volunteers, such as Jack Astors Bar & Grill, Fionn McCool’s, and Churchmouse & Firkin. A second thanks goes out to Wayne Holmes, Mr Bears of Toronto 2009, for representing the group at the booth.

This year, our friends from Bears By Nature marched in the parade along with BearForest.com and members of Bears of Toronto. We would like to thank Tino, Don and Chris and our very own Mr. Bears of Toronto 2010 Warren Kennedy, for putting that all together. Thank to Ken Shaw Lexus Toyota for donating the truck that was used in the parade. As this was the 30th Pride Parade, they organized the making of a quilt commemorating the 30 years of Beardom in this city. This year’s motto was “Together We Are Stronger.” Groups and institutions featured in the quilt were Bears of Toronto, GenXBears, Bear Buddies, Bears By Nature, and the Toolbox.

Please check out the website for pictures of the booth. If you have any pictures related to the Bears of Toronto booth, the bears marching, and would like to share it, please feel free to send it to us and we will add it our Flicker account.

For more information about Bear Season, please go to the website and check out what we have in store for you @ www.bearseason.org.

If you have any questions regarding the Bears of Toronto, please feel free to email us.

Eric + Christian
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