Hugs and Hope

Hugs and Hope accepts applications for any sick child between the ages of 2 and 16 living within the United States.

Below is a list of items we will need before we will post your child on our web site:

Pictures: School pictures are best. No full body shots or photos with others in a group, please. Email digital pictures -- one photo of your child when he/she is well and another photo of him/her while hospitalized or undergoing treatment. Many children look totally different before and after treatment. Two photos show how the illness has changed the child.

Mailing Address: For safety reasons, we refuse to post a child's home address on our site, so you will need to provide us with an alternate mailing address where "happy mail" can be sent. A post office box or the address of a friend or relative are suggested. Sometimes, churches or the parents' workplaces will allow their addresses to be used. This way, no one visiting the website will be able to determine exactly where a child lives. Also, we do not post the last names, for this same reason. So you can feel safe.

You may sign up for the newsletter by sending a blank email to this address:
HugsAndHopeParent-subscribeATyahoogroups.com
(please remove the word AT and replace it with the @ sign)

If you mail us an incomplete registration package, or if you do not subscribe to our yahoo news groups,
your child's story will not be posted!

Questions? Email our Registrar, Peggy, at webster52@charter.net

After submitting your application, it may take two months or longer for your child's story to be featured.

Please be sure to subscribe to our regular newsletter AND our parents' newsletter.

After your child's story is featured on our site, you must send an update once a month, using the form on our web site at www.hugsandhope.org/updatepage.htm

Contacting any staff member by email will not be considered an "official" update. Remember, without a monthly "official" update posted directly on our site, your child's story will be removed from the site. Emailing your parent pal or some other volunteer does NOT count as an official update.

**NOTE**

After your child is accepted, the story will be featured on our web site for one month. During that month, he/she should receive quite a bit of mail. After their featured month, however, the quantity of mail will most likely drop off. The story will remain on our site as long as the child is active in our group, but new children are on the featured page each month.

You will need to include with your application a letter from your child's doctor. To download a letter which you can just sign and mail (or deliver) to your doctor (explaining what we need), click here.

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