Students build bears for Valentine’s Day
On Feb. 13, the Students’ Association hosted Self-Care with a Bear to ensure everyone had a Valentine’s Day gift.
According to Alain Cyr-Russo, the senior manager student life, the idea was based on a uOttawa event.
In the previous two years the SA organized A Blind Date with a Book to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
This year they decided to be more inclusive to non-readers.
They worked with the Bayshore Mall store Build-A-Bear. The Build-a-Bear company allows you to create your own stuffed animal.
They also wanted people without partners to have something as a gift for themselves or a friend.
Sofia Factor, a student at the college, felt joy participating in the event.
“I have never done a Build-a-Bear so it makes me happy,” said Factor.
She did it for the experience and also because she really loves bears. Also, it’s cheaper than the actual Build-A-Bear at the mall.
The assistant manager of Build-A-Bear, Amber Mcmillan, was at the event. She started at the company as a party leader.
Mcmillan’s background as a “party princess” for children’s birthday parties helped her cover work events when she first started at the Build-a-Bear company.
