Christmas can be a pretty depressing time for a child in an orphanage. Kards 4 Kids is a happy spin on Christmas for the many children in the Orphanos family. For 9 consecutive years, Orphanos has been able to recruit volunteers all over the United States to write cards and bless many children. This program started small, but before we knew, we were reaching hundreds of children in many orphanage homes in countries like, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil, Jamaica and also South Korea. At Orphanos we work to give a personalized treatment to all we do, and this program could not be different. With that in mind, we have a list of the children, as well as greetings in their own language. Add to that a crowd of caring volunteers all over the country and what we have is a recipe for success!
In 2008 our office processed almost 10 thousand cards going to the children! For many of them, the cards, the sticks of gum and stickers they got was all they got for Christmas, but most importantly was the fact that somebody cared to send them a note, in their language, with their name on! Made just for them!
Another fun thing that we do is to send funds for the homes to have a birthday party for Jesus! That is also a huge highlight of their Christmas celebration!
If you had a chance to participate in the past, you know how much fun this can be. We hope you join us again!
If this is your first time participating in K4K... I am pretty sure it will not be the last!
No matter what time of the year it is, Let's make sure these children have a very blessed Christmas!
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In an attempt to reduce paper waste and save some trees, we are going paperless. All of our paperwork and guidelines as well as kids' list are available electronically. Click participate on the side for everything you need.
