How to make cards for hospitalized kids
When kids are hospitalized and/or suffering from a serious illness, they face many physical and emotional challenges that no person, much less a child or teenager, should ever have to face. Receiving a card brings hope and joy into kids' lives during this extremely difficult time and helps them find the strength to keep fighting. We want to give this sense of hope and joy to as many hospitalized and/or seriously ill kids as possible and we need your help. We distribute cards to hospitals each month and you're welcome to send in cards as often as you would like. Below are instructions for making general cards.
1. Gather up some supplies! You can make a card with simply crayons and paper, or you can gather a bunch of supplies. It is entirely up to you.
2. Make sure that you don't address the cards to a specific person.
3. Decide what to write on the cards you are making. At the request of hospitals, we ask that you do not write 'get well', 'feel better' or related comments. Many of the children that hospitals treat suffer from chronic or fatal medical conditions, which is why they have requested that we no longer write get well soon or related comments on the cards. We recommend that you write things such as:
Stay Strong
You're Awesome
Always remember how amazing you are
You Rock
I hope you have a great day today
You shine brighter than the sun
You're the best
Be Brave
You're beautiful
I believe in YOU
4. Make sure that you do not...
- Include any personal information on the cards such as your phone number, address, email address, or any other personal information.
- Write any religious comments such as God Bless or I'm praying for you. We cannot accept cards that contain these comments, at the request of hospitals. Hospitals treat patients of all religions as well patients who do not practice religion, which is why they do not allow us to give out cards containing religious comments.
5. Lastly, just sign your first name on the card, make more, send them off to us. Please send cards to:
Cards for Hospitalized Kids
6567 N. Olmsted
Chicago, IL 60631
All decisions regarding what is or is not allowed on cards were made with the guidance of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Children's Memorial Hospital and Miami Children's Hospital.
1. Gather up some supplies! You can make a card with simply crayons and paper, or you can gather a bunch of supplies. It is entirely up to you.
2. Make sure that you don't address the cards to a specific person.
3. Decide what to write on the cards you are making. At the request of hospitals, we ask that you do not write 'get well', 'feel better' or related comments. Many of the children that hospitals treat suffer from chronic or fatal medical conditions, which is why they have requested that we no longer write get well soon or related comments on the cards. We recommend that you write things such as:
Stay Strong
You're Awesome
Always remember how amazing you are
You Rock
I hope you have a great day today
You shine brighter than the sun
You're the best
Be Brave
You're beautiful
I believe in YOU
4. Make sure that you do not...
- Include any personal information on the cards such as your phone number, address, email address, or any other personal information.
- Write any religious comments such as God Bless or I'm praying for you. We cannot accept cards that contain these comments, at the request of hospitals. Hospitals treat patients of all religions as well patients who do not practice religion, which is why they do not allow us to give out cards containing religious comments.
5. Lastly, just sign your first name on the card, make more, send them off to us. Please send cards to:
Cards for Hospitalized Kids
6567 N. Olmsted
Chicago, IL 60631
All decisions regarding what is or is not allowed on cards were made with the guidance of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Children's Memorial Hospital and Miami Children's Hospital.
