Fill a Heart 4 Kids

Provides gifts, personalized cards and sponsors special events for orphans and kids living in institutions on birthdays and other important occasions. We collect new gift items, personalized notes and donations from the community and groups like Girls Scouts, schools and corporate contributors. Donations are transformed into “We Care” packages that volunteers help pack and deliver. Our fun “We Car

e" Packages, Personalized Notes and Special Events like Movie Days, Holiday Parties and Game Nights show kids there are families that care! Most people say that Valentine's Day is just another Hallmark holiday, but it’s not to at-risk children who live in residential facilities. It is hard for them to go to school on Valentine’s Day because classmates bring in store bought cards and Room-Moms bring in cupcakes and other treats, but for a child who live in a residential facility it’s painful because they don’t have special cards to give their friends and they don’t have moms that remember them on Valentine’s Day. At the end of the school day, these kids go home to a residential facility wishing they had a family who cared enough to remember them. As a result they feel un-loved on a day that’s all about love. Fill a Heart 4 Kids is about communities coming together on Holidays & Birthdays and creating special memories for children that don’t have families. This year Fill a Heart 4 Kids will deliver 1,760 care packages and 1,760 cards to children who live in residential facilities in Lake County and the Chicagoland area…Valentine’s Day. Fill a Heart began on February 10, 2007, when 2 young girls invited their friends over to fill Valentine "We Care" packages for 48 children at Lydia Home.