Making Christmas Merrier

Santa Claus With Laptop

They haven't performed life-saving surgery or delivered cancer-killing chemotherapy, but the volunteer members of the HUGS and HOPE Foundation for Sick Kids are an important part of life for hundreds of critically ill children.

They're not doctors or nurses. They are ordinary people in communities all over America. What makes them special are their hearts of compassion. These caring men and women "adopt" and encourage children who are battling killer diseases like cancer.

They mail hundreds of cheery cards and small gifts to help put happy smiles on the faces of suffering kids. This "happy mail" helps kids forget, for just a little while, that they are fighting for their lives.

Seven-year-old Connor loves watching Scooby Doo with his dad and playing computer games. Connor has had radiation therapy, chemo therapy, and seven surgeries in his battle to beat a rare form of cancer. His experience has been made a little easier because of the "happy mail" he receives from the Hugs and Hope volunteers. The group's Hug-givers and Hope-builders (as the 2900+ volunteers are called) are committed to delivering joy -- along with fun surprises; but they also reap many rewards as a result. Hugs and Hope Club founder, Marsha Jordan, says, "Happiness is like peanut butter. When you spread it around to others, you can't help but get some on yourself too."

HUGS and HOPE is sponsoring a special program for the holidays called the ELF project. Hundreds of children will be paired up with volunteer sponsors who provide not only Christmas gifts for their "adopted" child, but a little more love, joy, and hope in their lives as well.

The Hugs and Hope Foundation invites you to experience for yourself the joy of helping children who might not have a merry Christmas, if not for the kindness of strangers. Visit the website at http://www.hugsandhope.org Read the stories and sign up to sponsor one or more children. Give them -- and yourself -- a reason to smile this holiday season.

Information:
Company Name: HUGS AND HOPE Foundation
Company Contact: Marsha Jordan
Address: P.O. Box 56; harshaw, WI 54529
Email: hugsandhope@gmail.com

the Hugs and Hope Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit charity serving children with cancer and other life threatening conditions. Visit their web site at http://www.hugsandhope.org