Super March | Fisher House
Top o’ the mornin’ to you! It’s the month of luck! Can you believe that we are already in March of 2024? This month we are switching things up a little and focusing on our friends at Fisher House locations.
As you may or may not know, Characters of Character is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. One of our ongoing projects is donating Superhero Character Building Kits to children’s hospitals in Illinois and Tennessee.
Since this is an ongoing project, we donate our kits throughout the year when funding is available. We work directly with each hospital location to make sure they can receive the donations prior to delivering them and adjust to their needs.
It is difficult to showcase each individual hospital since we partner with so many different locations. So, we decided to create a monthly focus where we will raise awareness & donations for a single location. Each month will be a different location and a different goal.
We had the absolute honor of teaming up with Fisher House a few months ago and are so grateful to continue being able to support them.
If you are unfamiliar with Fisher House, the Fisher House Foundation builds comfort homes where military & veteran families can stay free of charge, while a loved one is in the hospital. As each location varies, and not all locations have children staying within the home, we will work very closely with Fisher House to ensure that the kits donated during March go to the locations with the biggest need.
Why are Superhero Character Building Kits impactful?
Our organization has developed a way to provide a creative outlet while children are learning valuable character building lessons. A single Kit includes everything a child needs to complete the art activities included - that means no cross contamination or having to search for a missing component in order to complete an art project.
A hospital, no matter the reason for a visit, can be a scary place. Our Kits are not only fun & engaging, but they’re a positive outlet. Children tend to have big emotions - why not harness that and allow them to safely express their thoughts and feelings?
They are also absorbing good decision making skills, enhancing their reading, writing, and social and emotional skills - all while incorporating the arts!
How can you help support our Fisher House donation in March?
A monetary donation is the best way to support our Super March Superhero Character Building Kit donation to Fisher House Foundation locations. We will be posting updates on our Facebook page to share our progress. Our goal is a total of (20) Kits - that means we are trying to get each of those squares filled! Donations that exceed our goal will still go towards our March Focus donation.
Some other ways you can support this project include:
• sharing the Super March Focus with your work, family, and friends - you never know who might want to support this project (you can click on the image above to print a copy of our squares if you’d like to share it)
• engage with our social media posts on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok
• if your birthday is in March, choose Characters of Character NFP, Inc. as your charity of choice for your Facebook birthday fundraiser
• cash in your change or collect change to donate towards this project
• order our Superhero Composition Notebooks on Amazon
Thank you for your support! We are so excited you are on our team to help us make this world better, together.
Miss Joni & the Characters of Character