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What is the Children's Birthday Project? This
project is a commitment to reach out to the children of DuPage and Kane Counties living in poverty to create wonderful memories to
last a lifetime. We will place a very special and unforgettable birthday
package in their hands via UPS on their special day of days ...
their birthday! We currently provide for 1,200 children and with your
help, could provide for even more! How does the Project work? New
toys and books, donated by manufacturers, publishers, distributors and
individuals, are
sent anonymously to boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 12 on their
birthdays and at Christmas. The Birthday Child receives his or her
very special Birthday Package in the mail and knows only that it came from
the Children's Birthday Project. Donors are kept anonymous.
The child and family are not obligated whatsoever. There are no strings
attached. Why is this Project so important? There are over
28,000 children in DuPage and Kane Counties who are now living at or below
the poverty level. Children are the
future. This project is an opportunity to create positive
memories they will take with them all of their lives. How did the Project start? The Children's Birthday Project is an extension of the Humanitarian Service Project, which is an Illinois nonprofit corporation dedicated to helping the forgotten needy in DuPage and Kane Counties. The project began in 1979 with the Christmas Offering, providing one week of groceries and gifts to 35 needy families during the holidays. The Senior Citizen Project followed in 1982, with delivery of groceries every month (at no cost) to three seniors with incomes averaging only $450 per month. Presently we have 115 seniors who receive the monthly delivery in our Senior Citizen Project and at our Christmas Offering 2004 we provided 93 families with four weeks' worth of food and Christmas gifts for all of their children. The Children's Birthday Project extends the services to 1,200 of DuPage and Kane's youngest poor by delivering special surprises to their door on their special days.
Join
us as we put smiles on the faces of those who have innocently been
born into a life of denial and struggle. Does the Project make a difference? YES! We receive wonderful thank you letters all year long letting us know that the birthday gifts and books provide joy to the children who receive them. Please click on the "Thank You" below to see a few of the thank you notes that we have received:
THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!
If you would like to learn more about adopting a child, click here
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