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Tambo

Teddies:

Childhood

Friends for Life

lways a favourite, a “It’s been a lovely win-win
Tambo Teddy bear is story, actually,” Alison said.
Aa gift of a lifetime.
“Teddies started during a
Lovingly handcrafted in time of adversity, and these
Australia from Australian guys have been displaced,
sheepskin, Tambo teddy but they’ve got the skills
bears are a uniquely we need,” she said.
Australian gift. Scaling up a cottage
Tammy Johnson and Alison industry without losing
Shaw took over Tambo its essence has been a
Teddies in 2014. challenge.
The business had However, to this day, each
historically been a small- bear is still made by one
scale operation, the person from start to finish
processes were manual and no two look exactly
and slow, and the pair had the same.
to find ways to increase Every Tambo Teddy is
production and encourage special, they all have their
staff to stick around in a own personality, are soft,
small town. cuddly, and totally unique.
In 2019, they turned to Going from strength to
Toowoomba, a bigger strength, Tambo Teddies For further information please
town and major migrant will be marking a major visit tamboteddies.com.au,
resettlement community milestone in 2023, email info@tamboteddies.com.au
800km down the road, celebrating thirty years of
where they set up a creating teddy bear friends phone 1300 185 638 or go to the shop at
regional sewing hub for both the young and the 46 Water St, Toowoomba, Queensland.
employing Syrian refugees. young at heart.

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