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Get Started!How to start sending mailBefore doing anything else, please SUBSCRIBE to our group
newsletter. In the newsletter, we post updates on the kids and projects,
etc. You can subscribe by sending a blank email to HugsAndHopeNews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Any questions you could possibly have are sure to be answered
on our Frequently Asked Questions page at Step OneWant to send happy mail? CLICK ON THE "NEW KIDS" link (which can be found on any page within our site) OR click on the ENTER button that is on our main page. This link will take you to the current month's web page where our newest stories are featured. After reading the stories of the newest kids, if you'd like to mail cards to them, you will find addresses provided for each child here: www.hugsandhope.org/kidslist.htm NOTE: For safety reasons, all our club kids' mail is sent to an address different from their own homes. The mail is then forwarded to them. IMPORTANT: Please
do NOT send packages or cards to my home.
You can print it on laser labels and you're all set to send a lot of happy mail! For guidelines on what to mail to our sick children, click here. Step TwoThis is for those who wish to do more than mail cards only to our newest kids. IF YOU WISH TO READ ABOUT and send mail to kids who were featured in previous months, you can find them on our site's "Kids' List" page. The "KIDS LIST"
provides the name, age, birth date, interests and hobbies, web page URL,
email address, and snail mail address for each child who is still living
and active in our club. This list is really all you need for sending mail
-- unless you want to read each child's story. The KIDS LIST can be
sorted according to the state each child lives in, diagnoses, etc.
It can be accessed
by clicking the link found on any of our pages or go to:
H&H Kids List Page
Re-direct Step ThreeWhat if you have read about and sent mail to a child who
was featured several months ago and you are wondering how that child is
doing NOW? Quite often, volunteers will feel especially attached to a certain club
kid and they will want to keep close track of how that child is doing.
You can do that by checking this updates page daily. It changes
every few days -- or as often as we receive any news from parents. If you email our "label lady" she'll send a Word file to you containing addresses of all our kids in label format. All you have to do is print the addresses onto labels. HappyMail4Kids@gmail.com
CHILDREN'S CONFIDENTIAL HOME ADDRESSES: I've been hearing a lot lately from parents who receive emails from strangers asking for their home address and their last name. There is absolutely NO reason that anyone should ask for last names or confidential home addresses! I've instructed parents NOT to give out this information. Predators often disguise themselves online to appear as teenage girls to look innocent, so just because someone says she's a teenage girl, doesn't mean it's true. People who visit our site will find all the information they need about our kids there. Please do not ask parents for personal information! It's unfortunate that we live in a world that is so full of
danger, but we must be cautious for the safety of our kids.
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