Hungarian and Hollywood celebrities to support foundation helping the disabled

The 8th Teddy Bear Charity Auction is on its way: the organisers intend to open a disabled friendly restaurant from the receipts.

As Szeretlek Magyarország claims, the teddy bears and personal items of 183 Hungarian and foreign celebrities were auctioned in the past few years in order to support the own disabled-friendly workspace of Adopt a Teddy Bear Foundation in the center of Budapest, opened in 2016. 11 disabled people works at Premier Kultcafé: autists, people with Down’s syndrome, mentally handicapped, and deaf as well. The foundation wants to create new workplaces.

This year, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Antonio Banderas offered to help the disabled with their signed teddies.

It was also a great sensation when Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling, who were shooting Blade Runner 2049 in Hungary in 2016, joined the initiative. Their offers were sold for HUF 4,000,000 and 1,000,000 (approximately EUR 12,412 + 3,103). Last year, there were three Hollywood stars who took part in the initiative, namely Jennifer Lawrence, Jamie Foxx and Ashton Kutcher. They gave HUF 2,650,000 (EUR 8,223) altogether by selling their teddy bears.

For the first time in the history of Adopt a Teddy Bear Foundation, Roberto Carlos, legend of Real Madrid, and his family supports the initiative as well. The offered real treasures: a Real Madrid magazine signed by R.C., a pair of unique football boots made for his half Hungarian son, Christofer.

This time all the existing records might be broken, the main goal is to open a new restaurant.

The most successful auction was last year with its 25 million forints of income, when the teddies of Attila Dargay, András Lovasi (singer), and Tibor Nyilasi (former football player, Hungarian International) were sold for 3-3 million forints. The most expensive offer was for Imre Kertész Nobel laureate author’s teddy and a signed copy of his novel, Sorstalanság (Fatelessness), with 3.7 million forints (EUR 11,161). If the foundation breaks this record, they will get closer to their aim of opening a restaurant to employ disabled people.