You've done great.
Actually, you've done amazing. This holiday season you have cleared the website of wishes more times than we can count. There were times when you were granting wishes faster than we could get them up. You have generously donated to our Holiday Fund, ensuring that even the biggest and long-waiting wishes could be granted.
Once again, you showed up big.
Now, as our team continues to work around the clock to do our best to get every single wish delivered in time for the holidays, we are asking you to please consider what happens when the holidays are over.
Wish-granting slows. Donations decrease.
The focus on giving back diminishes greatly.
But kids will still enter foster care,
many without much to bring them comfort or joy.
Young people will still age out of foster care,
many without adequate resources so they can thrive.
And wishes will still be pouring in.
One Simple Wish isn't just here for the holidays. We don't just exist to respond to crisis or unexpected tragedies. We are here, all year long, to be a hopeful, comforting and joyful place for all to land.
We hope you'll consider an end of year gift to our Give Now, Grant Later Fund which allows us to ensure that all wishes are granted, even after the attention shifts and the giving season ends.
Each year we aim to serve over 30,000 individuals nationwide through a vast network of over 2,500 partner agencies. We thoughtfully listen and respond to the needs of all who have been impacted by the trauma of foster care. We create inclusive programs that center the voices of those with lived experience. We advocate fiercely for needed systemic change.
And we can only do all of this because of you.
What else can we say except thank you and we promise to keep boldly and transparently serving every single day.
Later will come and we're here for it,
Danielle and The OSW Team
