Today I received an email from one of our facilities regarding our Hero of the Month program:

“While we haven’t been able to send any photos of kids we have made Heroes of the Month because of their situation, I just want to say that we have been able to make several children’s lives brighter with the gifts you have provided. One little boy was so thrilled with his medal. He couldn’t wait to share it at school because he had never gotten a medal before. Another young girl in foster care was going to be able to get the sports equipment she needed. She had literally nothing when she went into care. She was so happy and couldn’t believe someone would do such a thing for her.”

Thank you so much for making that possible for these young children.

While we LOVE to see pictures of all the children who receive wishes and Hero awards, we understand they are not always able to send them. But to know that we are helping to make things a little easier is all the thanks we need!

-Margo
HOTM Facility Coordinator

This morning when I came in it was business as usual. I said good morning to everyone and sat down in my office to begin my day. As I worked through my pile of surveys, emails, etc. I came across one of the most heart warming surveys yet. We recently gave a gift bank to a facility that cares for abused children. A precious little girl at the tender age of 4 had been to the center for a full abuse assessment as well as a comprehensive medical exam. After a little while had passed the little girl kept asking her mom to go to “the doctor”. Confused by what the child was trying to get at, the child began to describe the safe center. All the little girl wanted to do was play at the children’s waiting room. The mother called the center and, of course, they gave a thumbs-up on the visit.

The facility was so grateful to Kids Wish Network for the gift bank full of toys and activities that we had sent them and explained that our help makes it possible for these innocent children to have a safe place to play. My heart was so overjoyed at the thought of a child so excited to go back to a place where she can play and have fun after all she had to endure. This just made my week! Receiving letters like these makes us want to work even harder for these wonderful children! Toys heal wounds!

Barbara Askin
Director of Distribution