Allergy Awareness month will soon be here...

May is Allergy Awareness month!

This February, two thirds of the student population at our children's schools wore pink t-shirts on anti-bulling day. In addition, all the teachers, administration and supporting staff wore pink. If this much awareness can be raised for anti-bullying, how much can be raised for Allergy Awareness?

This May, to raise awareness and initiate conversation, Blue Bear Aware is offering 40% off all t-shirts. If every child wore an allergy alert t-shirt during May, what an amazing message we would send our community.
Start the conversation today.

Until April 26, 2012 all allergy aware t-shirts are 40% off. Place the code 'allergyaware' in the coupon box at the check-out page to receive your savings!*

Blue Bear Aware- raising allergy awareness one t-shirt at a time!

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*This is a Blue Bear Aware credit and is not redeemable for cash. This Promotion cannot be applied to previous orders or used with another promotion. Offer valid until April 26, 2012. Sale items are excluded from this discount.
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