By joining the BAMS Customer Rewards Program, you agree to receive email notifications from us and be added to our e-newletter mailing list. You MUST stay a subscriber to our e-newsletter mailing list to remain a BAMS Customer Rewards Program member. If you unsubscribe from our mailing list, your membership will automatically be cancelled.

BAMS Paws are not transferrable. On the other hand, they do not expire. There is no set time period during which paws must be earned or used. We want you to be able to adopt your bears as quickly or as gradually as fits your circumstances.

To qualify for BAMS Cub status, at least 3 of the 5 paws collected must be for the adoption of full size bears. To qualify for BAMS Bruinstatus, at least 7 of the 10 paws collected must be for the adoption of full size bears. (In other words, you can't just buy Bag Buddies or Travel Buddies to qualify.)

To qualify for the "Thank you for the referral" gift, you must have been listed as the person referring the new member to the BAMS Customer Rewards Program on that person's application form and they cannot be an existing Bears Against MS customer at the time of their application.

Currently BAMS Paws are only awarded for the adoption of Charlie Bears (at RRP), including the Plush Collection, the Bearhouse Collection, the Baby Safe Collection, the Alice's Bear Shop Collection, the Isabelle Collection, and the Minimo Collection, as well as Clemens Bears (at RRP). In most cases, the value of your BAMS Paw is equal to 10% of the adoption fee of the qualifying bear; however, Isabelle Collection and Minimo Collection bears from 2017 onwards may be calculated at a slightly lower rate due to our reduced margins on those bears.

Bears with discount pricing do not qualify. However, Today's Special Offer bears with added benefits but no discount pricing do qualify. Secondary market bears of all kinds, including Charlie Bears that were bought by us at retail, and new Boyds Bears do not qualify (but see our Boyds Home Party Program for details on our Boyds benefit program). Some artist bears may qualify for BAMS Paws on a limited basis. If you are interested in a particular artist bear, you can email Valerie to ask if it qualifies and if so under what basis.

eBay purchases do not qualify. While we may have a similar bear that is not listed on eBay, we are not able to sell any specific bear listed on eBay outside of eBay while the listing is current.

You may choose your free Charlie Bear or Clemens Bear (provided for 10 BAMS Paws), subject to availability (if we only have one of that bear remaining, we reserve the right not to provide it for free). The value of your free bear will be calculated based on the adoption fees for the 10 bears for which the paws were awarded. If you are interested in a 2017 Isabelle Collection or Minimo Collection bear as your free bear, it may qualify under a different pricing schedule. You can email Valerie to ask under what basis it qualifies.

If you wish to adopt a bear with a higher RRP than the value of your BAMS Paws, you may do so by paying the difference.

The BAMS Customer Rewards Program member is required to pay for shipping and insurance charges and any taxes due on any free bear or other gift provided as part of the program.

Quantities of any special purchases available may well be less than the number of BAMS Bruins receiving first notification, so allocation will still be on a first come, first served basis.

To remain a member of the BAMS Customer Rewards Program, we ask that you please notify us if you change any of your contact information (email, snail mail or telephone).

While we will try to notify all program members in advance of any changes to the BAMS Customer Rewards Program, we reserve the right to change any benefits, terms and conditions, without notice.