Hi! My name is Steven Adelson, I am the proud owner of TEDDY SHOES, INC. Our family-owned small business has operated since 1957 selling family footwear, dance shoes/apparel and more. I am reaching out to the community for help to keep my store alive as the corona virus pandemic has forced me to close my store. I am doing everything humanly possible to keep the store alive, so I can continue to serve my wonderful customers and the dance community that I have been serving for 40+ years. I have been privileged enough to create many jobs throughout my career at Teddy Shoes, and have several wonderful employees who all rely on me to support their families. I have worked with my dad, Teddy right out of college in 1978 and took over the business 21 years ago when my father retired. With 40+ years of my life in the business, Teddy Shoes has become such an important part of my life, and I am not ready to give it up. Ever since I began working at the store in '78, I have been able to pay my bills and support my family. For the first time since we opened 62 years ago, business has diminished and our future is very much uncertain. Currently I have no way to support my family, as this is the biggest drop in business we’ve ever seen. Teddy Shoes has been my heart and soul for the majority of my life, and I desperately do want to keep the store alive. Serving each and every customer that walks through the door, has been my greatest joy. For 42 years, I have never asked for a dime from anyone, but things have truly taken a turn for the worst, an unexpected turn I was not ready for. I never thought this would happen, but now given the shop is near closing permanently, this is my last straw. To make matters even worse, my wife, Rhonda is a 100% commission based sales rep whose sales have gone to a complete halt, as the many small businesses (like mine) whom she sells to, are also being forced to put all activity to a stop. At this time, my wife and I have NO income to support us. We are doing everything possible to avoid spending any unnecessary money, but we still have to eat and somehow pay the growing bills. Closing the store would be a great loss to Central Square and the dance community whom we’ve supported since 1957. Central square is a melting pot of different cultures and ethnicities &amp; we remain one of the last original Central Square businesses. We have had generations of customers shopping at our store because we provide essential products that are very hard to find elsewhere. While everything is going in the way of the internet these days, almost all of our sales are still in-store, because we take pride in good old fashioned customer service, a great shopping experience, and the opportunity for customers to come in and be fitted. Stores like ours just don't exist anymore. If we have to close doors permanently, I believe the dance community would not be the same. Teddy Shoes far transcends what I ever would have thought possible, and it’s critical we stay alive to support the dancer's existence, the local community, my father’s legacy and our tradition. Anyone that is able to donate anything, whether it be $1, $5 or $100 - ANYTHING you can provide is truly appreciated beyond words. If you believe in this mission, please share this to your friends, family and on social media, we would truly appreciate it. We love all of you, our customers, friends and family. We hope everyone stays safe and healthy in these most challenging times. Sincerely, Steven Adelson Owner – Teddy Shoes

Kirk Hipps

allen swartz

Anonymous

Steven Blum

Mariam Trubitsyn

Betty Lou McClanahan

Alison Roberts

Nicole Voss

Jennifer Woodman

Juan Carlos Serna

Keep 62 Year Old Business - Teddy Shoes Alive

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Keep 62 Year Old Business - Teddy Shoes Alive

Still $38,196 to go. Help us build momentum.