A teddy bear is just finishing dinner when the waiter walks up and asks if he saved room for dessert.

The teddy bear says, “No thanks. I’m stuffed.”

Sarah Heironimus-Bishop and her daughter Evelyn, 7 months, tour displays of teddy bears at the We Care Bear Fair benefit for Trinity Respite Care Inc. Saturday's event at the Lawrence Visitor's Center Depot, 402 N. Second St., displayed more than 100 teddy bears.

Cheesy bear humor went with the scenery Saturday at the “We Care Bear Fair,” a communitywide teddy bear festival to benefit Trinity Respite Care Inc. The fair also celebrated Trinity’s 25th anniversary.

More than 100 teddy bears, many decked out in themed outfits and accessories, filled tables at The Depot, 402 N. Second St. Some of them were silently auctioned; others will return for display to the individuals, businesses or organizations that decorated them.

Proceeds from the fair will go to Trinity’s Benevolent Fund, which helps the organization provide services to people who can’t afford them. Organizers hope to make the festival an annual event.

Trinity is a nonprofit United Way agency that aims to preserve the family unit by providing respite and attendant care to the elderly and people with disabilities. Ninety caregivers and four staff members provide close to 6,000 hours of care each month. The agency served more than 460 people last year.

“It’s a really good service, a much-needed service,” said Teresa Martell, Trinity director.

Before Saturday’s fair, the organization already had raised about $2,000 by selling small and large bears to decorate for the fund-raiser, Martell said.

Among the cuddly creations on display Saturday was a farmer teddy wearing overalls and a John Deere cap; a collection of 86 Beanie Baby bears; and a “Beary Potter” bear designed to look like the bespectacled child wizard Harry Potter.

One bear lay facedown on a table with a life-size model of a spinal column on its back. Decorated by a local chiropractic office, it won the “Most Unusual Bear” award.

“I’m just really pleased with how the bears turned out,” Martell said.