Where it Began
Backyard Bears originated as a family owned business in the backyard of our home located in New Bern, North Carolina. The historic building was built in 1880 as a doctors office, later to become an engineering firm. The building sat dormant until 1992, when it was remodeled for a retail store in the Tyron Palace historic district of down town New Bern. The idea was a Teddy Bear Shop with a complete assortment of specialty bears and bear memorabilia. With the original sales of Teddy Bears and the new craze of Beanie Babies, the shop has been a national success in it's own limited stuffed animal market. In June of 1996, using the family name Backyard Bears in conjunction with a pre-k program, Dianne Henry - President of Henry Ventures Inc. started the first of two "Backyard Bears Day Schools" in Tampa Bay. In June 2019 the school was newly owned by Marggie Morales- President of Omar Enterprises Inc. We believed in keeping the family business and name.
Marggie Morales
1997
Owner & Director
I started my journey as a director under Henry Ventures Inc in 1997. When the opportunity presented itself to keep the family business, I did not hesitate after all the Henry's are like family. I believe in keeping the "Family" in this family business and proud of where we are today. Now owner and director of Backyard Bears Day Schools: my mission is to produce an environment where children can grow and develop to prepare for their next level of education. Each family and child are very important to me and I want nothing more than to provide a safe early childhood environment.
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