Children's HopeChest - Engaging, Connecting and Transforming The World's Orphans
       

WRITE YOUR CHILD

Say Hello


Letters encourage the children so much! Please take the time to write to your sponsored child today. Your letters will be their treasures for years to come. Please see below the letter writing guidelines.

Letter Writing Dos and Don’ts

DO (to benefit your child)

  • Correspond at least once every three months with your sponsored child, but no more than once a month. Our suggestion is: One letter, One page in length, Once a month.
  • Tell them about things you enjoy doing in your spare time.
  • Tell them about your job, school and family.
  • Share your walk with Christ with them.
  • Share your dreams for your future.
  • Tell them about your hobbies and interests.
  • Tell them about interesting places your have visited.
  • Include pictures of your family and about your life.

DON’T (to protect your child and yourself)

  • Don’t send gifts. (A birthday and Christmas gift for your child is provided by the monthly sponsorship funds.)
  • Don’t promise anything you can’t keep. This includes mentioning that you’d like to visit ‘sometime.’ To a lonely child this means you are coming in the next few weeks.
  • Don’t make any type of suggestion that you may want to adopt them or bring them to the US.
  • Don’t give personal mailing information or phone numbers for your privacy.
  • Don’t share personal financial information with them.

Where do I send my letters?

For handwritten letters, please mail to our U.S. office: Children’s HopeChest – P.O. Box 63842 Colorado Springs, CO 80962-3842
Please include your child’s full name and reference number on all mail (hand written or e-mail). For your convenience, a letter form is provided.

You may also email letters to your child through the sponsorship email addresses.


Russia, Kostroma region (RU12XXXXX): kostroma@hopechest.org

Russia, Vladimir region (RU03XXXXX): vladimir@hopechest.org

Russia, Ivanova region (RU10XXXXX): ivanova@hopechest.org

Russia, Ryazan region (RU20XXXXX): ryazan@hopechest.org

Russia, Kirov region: (RU05XXXXX): kirov@hopechest.org

Swaziland (SZXXXXXXX): swaziland@hopechest.org

Uganda (UG2XXXXXX): Uganda@hopechest.org

Ethiopia (ET2XXXXXX): Ethiopia@hopechest.org