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Deadline MIDNIGHT, September 4, 2010

Registration Kit Pick-up:
Pick-up your Race-day kit, Goodie Bag & Race Bib Number
at Muskoka Fitness and Personal Training – 646-1848

Friday September 3rd, 2010: 6am-8:00pm
Saturday September 4th, 2010: 9:00am-4:00pm
On Race Day, September 5th, 2010: 6:30-7:15am at Santa’s Village.
Please don’t leave this to the last minute – it makes for a hectic race start.

"The beauty of social media is it puts everyone on the same page," says Lum. "Take the time to check out and see how easy it is."

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By Karen Eardley

A new business which specializes in “Muskoka-made” clothing opened its doors in downtown Bracebridge on Nov. 27.

Offering comfortable athletic clothing with distinctive graphics, Muskoka Bear Wear has complete line of clothes for men, women, and children, all designed and made locally. “It’s all inspired by Muskoka – everything is made in Muskoka,” says Kevin Saunders, the business owner.

The clothing line is designed for locals first and tourist second. “It’s functional clothing line,” he explains, with the aim being high quality and comfortable products which have a distinctive image. Saunders says: “There is nothing quite like it around here. It’s basically designed about clothes I like to wear.”

For five years, the owner was a retail manager for a small – and later, a national – store, until he decided he wanted to work for himself. Saunders went back to school and recently graduated with a business degree. He knew he wanted to own his own business, just didn’t know what it would be. He finally chose clothing because, he says, “I felt there was a market for it.”

Many people advised him not to open his store until the summer but Saunders wanted to target local business primarily; that is also why the prices are kept so affordable. “We want people to enjoy it, afford it and wear it!”

Saunders came to Muskoka just three months ago, all the way from Winnipeg. He says a family member came here, then persuaded him to come for a vacation to check out the area. He only needed to be here for two weeks before deciding to stay. “It was obvious this was going to be my new home!”

A grand opening celebration is planned for January but, until then , watch for a huge Boxing Day sale, he says.

Red Rocket Graphics of Bracebridge and an embroidery company in Parry Sound are among the regional businesses involved in creating the Muskoka Bear Wear products, Saunders notes. 

 *This was one of the first published articles when we launched back in 2003

Muskoka’s technology leaders, champions and innovators were recognized on March 17 at the Muskoka technology Achievement Awards, organized by Muskoka Community Network.

Businesses, students, not-for-profit organizations and public companies were among those nominated. About 120 people attended the wards event at Deerhurst Resort, which opened with a speech by Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran. She shared information about her city’s Intelligent Community of the Year award in 2007.

The hightlight of the evening was the awards presentations…

Muskoka Bear Wear earned the award for Best Web Presence. The award sponsored by Muskoka Futures, recognizes a public, private or non-for-profit organization with an exceptional website.

Muskoka Bear Wear, which carries an assortment of sweatshirts, sweatpants, hats and more, launched their online e-commerce website in 2004. “A lot of hard work has gone into it so it was nice to be recognize,” says owner Kevin Saunders.

He says a lot of customers learn about the business through the website. Many come into the store and others order online.

Saunders credits Tim Lum of Pixel Flex with the design of the award-winning website. The Muskoka Bear Wear website is midst of another transformation, and will be relaunched in early May.

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Winner – Stephanie Moore
1st Runner-up – Cindy Noble
2nd Runner-up – Jessica Pilon

We randomly picked 2 more runner-up winners that will receive a 30% discount code online. Thanks again for everybody that entered!

We are honoured to be the proud supplier to Deerhurst Resort. Selling exclusively through Ontario’s most popular luxury resort. We are committed to building and designing the highest quality products that are 100% Canadian made to meet our customers needs.

Click here to view Deerhurst Resort new line of clothing!

Pictured below is Mark Fishman, Muskoka Bear Wear and Debbie Kirwin, The Chair of the Accessibility Advisory Committee featured in the Huntsville Forester.

$50 Gift Certificate for the Winner in each category!

Runner-up will receive a $25 Gift Certificate!

The two Categories for the contest:
0 – 24 Months
2 – 5 Years Old

To Enter Contest:
1) Join the Facebook group
2) Take a picture of your kid wearing MBW Gear – to purchase MBW online click here
3) Upload your photos on the photo section
a) Leave a comment on the photo posted stating your kids Name and Age at time the photo was taken
b) Photo must have been taking in the last 6 Months

Deadline: Friday May 1st, 2009 @ 5:00pm
Winners will be announced Monday May 11th, 2009 (day after Mother’s Day)

For any questions please feel free to contact us at info@muskokabearwear.com

The official launch of Muskoka Bear Wear in downtown Huntsville!

If your in the area stop by and check out the brand new store. We’ve been working hard to finish everything this week and I think you’ll love the new location.

If you type in the promo code “huntsville” on your online order today you’ll get an additional 20% OFF.

Muskoka Bear Wear would like to thank everybody for another amazing summer and the many customers that stopped by and entered this years Online Shopping Spree Contest. This year we picked a couple of Runner-up Winners that will receive a 25% promotional discount on their next online order!

So an additional congratulations goes out to our Runner-Up Winners: Denise Lawrence and Gillian Manning!!!

We have just launched a bunch of great new custom tees on our site, swing over to the “Custom – New Arrivals” to check them all out!

If you haven’t had a chance to check out our Facebook Group for exclusive product launches and updates, add us by clicking here

We’re in the works on making a full store video tour and exclusive contests, so stay tuned for that. If you have any great photos of you this summer sporting Muskoka Bear Wear, please be sure to send us your photos and stories to be added on our website or upload them in our Facebook photos section. Thanks!

I hope you had a great weekend and got a chance to stop by one of our stores filled with some great new arrivals this year. We are extremely stoked to launch our revamped website v2.0 on July 1st!

Some pretty exciting updates will be launched as you relax this summer, so keep on checking back for new features, new products, and our Summer Shopping Spree!

Send us your feedback at shop@muskokabearwear.com