Key points
- Six children this campaign, including two families with two children each.
- Flyers with each child's photo, age, diagnosis and favorite things go to more than 100 schools.
- Cards come in for about four weeks. Deliveries follow about two weeks later.
- Send cards for the open campaign only.
Why six this time
We usually stop at four children per campaign. This fall two families each had two children who qualified, and we were not going to turn a sibling away.
What the schools receive
Two members of our team email a one page flyer for each child to every school on our list, which is now well over a hundred. The flyer has the child's picture, their diagnosis, their age and their favorite things, so a classroom can draw the things they love or send a small gift along with the cards.
How long it runs
About four weeks. The week before delivery our team reads every card that arrived, then we schedule deliveries and bring the cards and gifts to each family in person.
We get upwards of a thousand or more cards per child for each campaign that we do.
Send cards for this campaign only
We no longer keep a page of past campaigns, because cards that arrive for a child whose delivery already happened mean a second trip to the family. If you have cards, they belong to the six children on this fall's flyers.
