"main telethon in which the region provided some entertainment and update on fundraising in the region. Each region was based at the following locations: These local events were hosted by members of the regional news service, usually either one of the main programme anchors, or other members of the team including sports and weather presenters. Build-a-Bear Workshop<br>Pudsey and Blush bears<br>ASDA<br>Men's T-shirt<br>Ladies' T-shirt<br>Kids' T-shirt<br>Umbrellas<br>Baking goods<br>Shortbread Cutter<br> Cake stand<br>Greggs<br>Spotty Cupcake<br>Spotty jam doughnut. Take That singer and ""The X Factor"" judge Gary Barlow organised a free charity music concert, Children in Need Rocks Manchester. It was broadcast on 17 November 2011 on BBC"
"Welephant Welephant is a red elephant cartoon character with a fireman's helmet, originally used as a mascot by fire brigades in the United Kingdom to promote fire safety to children. More recently however the character has become the mascot for the Children's Burn Trust. Welephant was created for the Greater Manchester Fire Service in order to promote awareness of the dangers of fire to the local school children. A competition was set where pupils of the local schools submitted drawings of a possible mascot that the fire department could use. Through popular demand, Welephant went National and was used by"
"an actor dressed as Children in Need mascot Pudsey Bear were filmed in a park. This footage was compiled with some of the clips submitted by viewers and used to construct the final music video, which was shown nationwide on British music channels such as 4Music and Viva. Many viewers submitted clips that were literal interpretations of the lyrics. For example, some viewers held up medals and trophies for the lyric ""won the greatest prize"", others zoomed-in on their own eye during the line ""look into my eyes"" and others turned off lights for the lyric ""the lights are going"
"BBC (now Hit Entertainment) and S4C Cartoon Character Fireman Sam has been used by the UK Government in various fire safety campaigns aimed at young children. Other characters such as 'Frances the Firefly', 'Adam Alarm' and others have also been used. Welephant is currently the Mascot of the Children's Burn Trust. In the fifth episode of the first series of the TV firefighting drama series ""London's Burning"", Leading Fireman Malcolm Cross wears a Welephant costume for a fire station open day. Welephant Welephant is a red elephant cartoon character with a fireman's helmet, originally used as a mascot by fire"
"The brand currently has a partnership with the World Childhood Foundation. A proportion of the sales from toy soft striped rabbits goes to the charity, supporting the right to a secure and loving childhood for all children. The brand has previously participated in fundraising for the Children in Need campaign by asking its customers to bring in their outgrown Polarn O. Pyret clothes in exchange for store credit to be resold at a lower price to the general public in order to raise money to be donated to the BBC Children In Need appeal. All proceeds from the sale of"
"Seminary. In 2005, their son Matthew was born. Noel MacNeal Noel MacNeal (born September 15, 1961) is an American puppeteer, writer, actor, and director of children's television, best known as the voice and puppeteer of Bear in ""Bear in the Big Blue House"" and ""Breakfast with Bear"". He first came to public attention in the early 1980s. Noel portrays the environmentally friendly character ZoZo a mascot for safer streets, green transportation, and useful public spaces. This Jim Henson designed and created walk around puppet is used by Livable Streets Education to talk about these issues with young children and families."
"""Children in Need"". Rice would be based during the 'challenges' in a large blue truck, and for her frequent trips to persuade companies and people to take part she initially employed the use of a Volkswagen based beach buggy, and then went on to use a kit built Dakar 4x4 vehicle in the 1990s. For series 6 and 7, she had a dog called Pedro. She was also distinguished by her frequent use of her mobile phone to organise the projects, years before they became common everyday objects for people in Britain. Another trademark aspect of the series would be"
"Children In Need charity appeal. The single, featuring ""Any Dream Will Do"" (performed by Mead) and ""Close Every Door"" (performed by all three finalists) reached number 2 in the official UK singles chart. ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat"" opened in the West End on 17 July 2007 to generally good reviews: ""Lee Mead… turns out to be both talented and enthusiastic… what distinguishes him is an attractive singing voice and, coming from beneath hair that owes more to Uncle Esau than father Jacob, lots of affable charisma… last night’s audience seemed enchanted"" wrote Benedict Nightingale in ""The Times"". ""Lee…"
"Four series of 13 episodes were made, with first broadcasts from 2002 to 2004. It has been sold in over 80 territories worldwide. In Canada, the show was aired on YTV. In 2009, Engie Benjy along with several other well known children's characters appeared on ""The Official BBC Children in Need Medley"" by Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band. Since September 2018, reruns of the series air on ITVBe's children's block LittleBe. Six VHS tapes and DVDs of all the episodes were issued between 2003 and 2005 by VCI and Granada Ventures. Engie Benjy Engie Benjy is a pre-school children's"
"of 1,000 wishes annually. They help children all across Canada Children's Wish Foundation of Canada The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada is a registered national Canadian charitable organization whose mission is to fulfill the wishes of children diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. Founded in 1983, the foundation has chapters in every province and territory of Canada. As of 2017 has granted over 25,000 wishes. The most popular wishes include travel and the opportunity to meet celebrities. Its mascot is named ""Roary"". In 1984, the organization began at the kitchen table of volunteer Laura Cole. Originally granting fewer than 20 wishes a"
"Noel MacNeal Noel MacNeal (born September 15, 1961) is an American puppeteer, writer, actor, and director of children's television, best known as the voice and puppeteer of Bear in ""Bear in the Big Blue House"" and ""Breakfast with Bear"". He first came to public attention in the early 1980s. Noel portrays the environmentally friendly character ZoZo a mascot for safer streets, green transportation, and useful public spaces. This Jim Henson designed and created walk around puppet is used by Livable Streets Education to talk about these issues with young children and families. Among his characters are Bear, Mrs. (Mommy) Snuffleupagus"
"in honor of the long time mascot. The third award was for ""Mascot of the Year"" which included an online four minute which garnered the most hits of any other team's mascot video. The Thunder's mascot is a blue ""Thunderbird"" named Boomer. He wears a Thunder uniform as well as purple and yellow shades. Boomer traditionally takes part in many of the promotions and activities throughout Thunder home games, such as a race around the bases against a young fan. Boomer's likeness has appeared on numerous pieces of merchandise, and he is involved with several programs assisting children in New"
"blue short-sleeved shirt with green shorts and red and white shoes. The second mascot, 'Sparkle', is a rabbit (same as Sparky) but with pink fur with white patches. She has a cheerful personality and is always happy to help. She is seen wearing a tiara, a pink tutu with jeans and pink and white shoes. She is good friends with Sparky and is into fashion and beauty. The last character is 'Naarky'. A blue aardvark with pink eyes and blue fur. He is seen wearing only a cape. He despises Sparky and aims to become the next leader of the"
"closure of its last traditional orphanage in 1988, it took the still simpler name of Barnardo's. The official mascot of Barnardo's is a bear called Barney. H.M. Queen Elizabeth II is the current patron of Barnardo's. Its chief executive is Javed Khan. There was controversy early on with Barnardo's work. Specifically, he was accused of kidnapping children without parents' permission and of falsifying photographs of children to make the distinction between the period before they were rescued by Barnardo's and afterwards seem more dramatic. He openly confessed to the former of these charges, describing it as 'philanthropic abduction' and basing"
"Children's Wish Foundation of Canada The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada is a registered national Canadian charitable organization whose mission is to fulfill the wishes of children diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. Founded in 1983, the foundation has chapters in every province and territory of Canada. As of 2017 has granted over 25,000 wishes. The most popular wishes include travel and the opportunity to meet celebrities. Its mascot is named ""Roary"". In 1984, the organization began at the kitchen table of volunteer Laura Cole. Originally granting fewer than 20 wishes a year, the foundation has established the capacity to fulfill upwards"
"matchup between Temple and Notre Dame. It reappeared in a 2018 episode of ""The Goldbergs"". He and Mr. Met did a MasterCard commercial in 2013 to raise money for ending cancer. The Phanatic was voted ""best mascot ever"" by ""Sports Illustrated Kids"". In January 2008, ""Forbes"" magazine named the Phanatic the best mascot in sports. In 2005, David Raymond founded the Mascot Hall of Fame, and the Phanatic was inducted as a charter member. Since 2003, Burgoyne has written several children's books, published by the team, featuring the Phanatic. In 2009, the Phanatic was one of several recipients of the"
"and children segment and as a result, has a long history with mascots. The original mascot, introduced in 1987 was a skateboarder named Derek, who """"found life really boring, until new Weetos came out of the blue!"""" delivered in a broad West Midlands accent. Since 1992, the breakfast mascot was Professor Weeto, an elderly gentleman dressed in a white labcoat, whose remaining hair was white and who wore a pair of spectacles constructed from two large Weetos pieces. He was the mascot that acted as the creator and sole advertiser for the cereal. In 2010, he was replaced by The"
"from the ones in Massachusetts. The first international locations opened in Bangkok, Thailand in 2014 and in Abu Dhabi, UAE. A shop in Xian, China and one in Hong Kong opened in 2015. By 2017 there were shops in 6 different Asian countries. The mascot is now a red-eyed moose whose name is Stoney. The store was named after two homeless men for whom Robert Rook did pro bono work, who asked that the ice cream shop be named after them. Emack and Bolio were mascots of a sort for the first store. The Bolios were a non-fraternal group of"
"""Children In Need"" charity appeal of 1993, the BBC produced a special two-part edition of the popular science-fiction television programme ""Doctor Who"", entitled ""Dimensions in Time"". Part of the special was shot on the ""EastEnders"" set of Albert Square in Elstree. A scene from the programme, which was set in the future, showed a grey-haired Kathy Beale selling fruit and veg from Mark Fowler's stall with produce all priced with barcodes. Kathy, along with an elderly version of Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard), featured in promotional pictures with the Third Doctor, played by Jon Pertwee, and the ""Children in Need"" mascot,"
"Woodsy Owl Woodsy Owl is an owl icon for the United States Forest Service most famous for the motto ""Give a hoot—don't pollute!"" His current motto is ""Lend a hand—care for the land!"" Woodsy's target audience is children five to eight years of age, and he was designed to be seen as a mentor to children, providing them with information and advice to help them appreciate nature. Harold Bell of Western Publishing (and the producer of the Smokey Bear public service announcements), along with Glen Kovar and Chuck Williams, originally created the mascot in 1970 as part of a United"
"Orphans in Need Orphans in Need is a British charity dedicated to improving and empowering the lives of vulnerable orphans and widows. A UK based organisation, they operate throughout the world supporting 12,000 orphans in 14 countries. In 2015, Orphans in Need won the British Muslim Awards Muslim Charity of the Year Award for its notable work in the field of humanitarian relief. This was recognised at a gala event in Birmingham. Moeen Ali, an English cricketer, supports the charity and works as their Global Ambassador. He helped it raise £260,000 for an orphanage during an event at the Institute"
"1960s, Sweep (a dog hand puppet from the popular children's television programme ""The Sooty Show"") became the mascot for Coco Pops. In 1963, Coco the Monkey was introduced, and he remains the mascot in those countries where the cereal is known as Coco Pops, Choco Krispies, and Choco Pops. In recent years, the design of Coco has been refined to give him a younger look. Coco's friends are Shortie Giraffe, Randy Rhino, Alan Anteater, Heftie Hippo, Fanny Flamingo, Osmelda Ostrich, and Kylie Kangaroo, while Crafty Croc and the gorillas are his arch enemies. In 1986, the cereal introduced the mascot"
"of the southern central coastal region of Vietnam is famous for bird nest - a product of high economic value in general and a specialty of Da Nang in particular. The mascot is a stylized little boy with funny hair on the head, a small V-shaped tail (a characteristic of oats), holding a lit torch represents the spirit of unity, peace and health of human life. The sun of the Olympic Council of Asia and on the traditional wave of mascot costumes symbolizing the Asian Beach Games. The colors used for the mascot is blue, red, black and gold representing"
"United Kingdom to promote fire safety for children and has become the mascot for the Children's Burn Trust. The elephant as the symbol for the Republican Party of the United States originated in an 1874 political cartoon of an Asian elephant by Thomas Nast in ""Harper's Weekly"". This cartoon, titled ""Third Term Panic"", is a parody of Aesop's fable, ""The Ass in the Lion's Skin"". It depicts an elephant (labelled ""The Republican Vote"") running toward a ""chasm of chaos""; frightening a jackass in a lion's skin (labelled ""Caesarism"") which scatters animals representing various interests. Although Nast used the elephant seven"
"Children in Need 2011, this song was sung by choirs all over the UK in unison to raise money. This led the song to re-enter the UK top 200 chart at no.141. Allen Jane Sta Maria performed this song on The X Factor Philippines. Boyce Avenue also have a version of the song. The song was redone and covered by Mark Salling, on the 100th episode of popular musical series Glee. In April 2015, The Voice Kids Philippines Season 1 runner-up Darren Espanto sung his rendition of the song on ABS-CBN noontime show, It's Showtime. The song was covered by"
"Mascot A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as fictional, representative spokespeople for consumer products, such as the rabbit used in advertising and marketing for the General Mills brand of breakfast cereal, Trix. In the world of sports, mascots are also used for merchandising. Team mascots are often related to their respective team nicknames. This is especially true when the team's nickname is something that is"
"human girl named Woozle was the Rangers' Mascot and was introduced in 1984. The original Woozle went to help in Third World countries in 1995 and was replaced by a new species: Macwoozlefum zealandii. This is no longer used by Rangers. Rangers wear a navy T-shirt or cornflower blue polo shirt and navy pants or skirt. Metal badges are displayed on a red badge tab and a red scarf is worn to distinguish Rangers from the other girls. Rangers can design their own uniform for special activities e.g. camps, subject to approval. A RIL is a Ranger in Leadership: a"
"Bullseye (mascot) Bullseye (formerly known as Spot) is a Miniature Bull Terrier and the official mascot of Target Corporation. The dog is featured in Target's commercial campaigns and in store sale signage and is used in various marketing campaigns. The dog used in marketing campaigns is often female, but is used to play a male dog character. She has a pure white coat, and has Target Corporation's bullseye logo painted around her left eye hence her name. The makeup used on Bullseye is all natural and non-toxic. Target also offers the dog as a stuffed toy for special events or"
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"are also made by the Olympus Group and serve the purpose of having people relate to the brand. Costumes of the feline characters Puss in Boots and Kitty Softpaws were commissioned by DreamWorks to promote the film Puss in Boots and appeared at its premiere alongside the characters' voice actors. Suits of the character The Cat in the Hat are sold to schools and communities by the National Education Association to help teach children literacy, by relating it to the books of Dr. Seuss. The character Hello Kitty is often represented by mascot costumes, although she only bears the appearance"
"Griffin (mascot) Reveley, also known as the Griffin, is the mascot of The College of William & Mary. A mythical creature with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion, it was announced as William & Mary's mascot by President Taylor Reveley April 6, 2010. The Griffin mascot beat out the other four finalists: a King and Queen (dual mascot), a Phoenix, a Pug, and a Wren. The College had not had an official mascot since the late 1970s. It was named Reveley in 2018 to honor the Taylor Reveley upon his retirement. The College of William"
"the UK group Shaft. The end bit of the theme tune could be heard at the end of each of 3 adverts for Ambrosia flavored custard. Roobarb and Custard were featured in the 'Official BBC Children in Need Medley' video by Peter Kay which contained many other popular cartoon characters. They appeared via a televised monitor as they were 2-D animation, as opposed to the Stop-Motion style of the video and characters. Roobarb and Custard became the stars of a series of children's books based on the TV series by Mogzilla Publishing in 2009. The Roobarb theme tune appears in"
"and young people aged between 8-14. The service is targeted at vulnerable children who are bereaved of a parent/carer, grandparent or sibling. Winston's Wish was set up in 1992 to meet the needs of bereaved children, young people and their families. The idea took root when clinical psychologist, Julie Stokes, visited the US and Canada on a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. Having been inspired by the services she saw there, Stokes returned to the UK and set up Winston's Wish. ‘Churchill’ quickly metamorphosed into ‘Winston’ – a bear – who became the charity mascot. Therefore, the charity believes it is"