Our mission is to provide comfort in the form of a teddy bear to children who are admitted into hospitals around the nation. 

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We do this by completing 1/2 mile bear crawls at select events across the country and raise money at for that events local children’s hospital. 

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Starting in 2023 our founder Mark Haverland completed a Spartan Sprint and Super by bear crawling the entire race. 

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In 2024 with the support of Dan McDonald, Bryan Gray and Steve Martin we formed the official Teddy Bear Crawl Foundation by completing 10 1/2 mile bear crawls that year. 

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In 2025 we are expanding, holding 1/2 mile bear crawls at 27 different events across the nation. 

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To date we have been able to donate 3,892 teddy bears to multiple children’s hospitals. 

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We are grateful for all of our supporters, and look forward to seeing everybody at future events.