Overview

• The alleged refusal occurred Sept. 26 at the Build-A-Bear Workshop in Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, Washington, according to the teen’s account to KING5.
• Evi McCormick, 16, says an employee declined to print “Charlie Kirk” on the bear’s birth certificate, told her “We’re not doing this,” and discarded the form.
• McCormick’s mother says corporate apologized, offered a $20 gift card, and told the family employees would receive training to keep politics out of stores.
• A Tukwila store manager declined to comment to local media, and a corporate representative said the matter is being handled internally with no public details on discipline.
• Coverage places the episode within a TikTok trend of naming toys for Charlie Kirk following his Sept. 10 assassination.