Operation Santa

12/08/2024

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Email from Be An Elf Adopt an actual letter to Santa online from the USPS website, and make a child smile on Christmas morning.   Join us and make a child smile who needs a brighter Christmas She wro

12/02/2024

Join us in making a difference this holiday season by adopting letters to Santa through USPS Operation Santa®. This initiative allows you to provide direct support to low-income children and families, fostering a spirit of micro-philanthropy. Your contributions can help fulfill heartfelt wishes and provide essential items. Be An Elf is dedicated to recruiting volunteers and raising awareness for this meaningful cause. Together, we can create smiles and spread joy this Christmas.

Email from Be An Elf Real letters to Santa may be now be adopted online at USPS Operation Santa.   Sad letters to Santa may be adopted online at USPS Operation Santa®. You can make a needy child smile

12/28/2023

This charity is one of the best! Its volunteers, including me, send thousands of Christmas gifts to low-income children every year. If you haven't done your year-end giving yet, first like or share this post, and then make a tax-deductible donation at www.BeAnElf.org!

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A girl wrote Santa, "I'm sad because my Mom lost her job. I feel ashamed of my clothes at school. I'm not asking for much...." Help us make needy children smile every Christmas. She wrote to Santa ask

12/24/2023

I'm asking you to make a tax-deductible gift and help Be An Elf bring smiles to little faces on Christmas morning. Every year the USPS® permits the public read and adopt real letters to Santa, and some of the letters are heartbreaking.

One letter said, "I'm sad this Christmas because my Mom lost her job. I'm not asking for much, but I feel ashamed of my clothes sometimes at school..." Some are from single moms who say their children are still too young to write, and explain why they're having a hard year. Many list their kids' ages and clothing sizes.

This month BeAnElf.org and our thousands of volunteers answered the call. Our 501c3 charity uses donations made at our site to further our mission of adopting the saddest letters, and sending gifts directly to the families who wrote them. We're not affiliated with USPS® but we support their program by increasing public awareness and recruiting thousands of new volunteers who learn about the USPS Operation Santa®, adopt children's letters and send their own gifts. Our website serves as an excellent guide for newcomers, and we also provide tips for struggling families seeking gifts for their children.

Letters we adopt from parents are often cries for help. They write that they lost their jobs, have health or other life challenges, and have little money to buy their kids gifts. Many say their kids are still too young to write.

Thanks to a $10,000 per month in-kind grant from Google for advertising, we recruit thousands of new volunteers every year. Our press releases and posts in social media also build public awareness of the USPS® program. This year our press release was picked up by the Associated Press, Yahoo Finance, and 400 other news outlets - see our Press Releases page. Not least, our sign-up list for volunteers has now grown to over 6,000, and we'll remind our volunteers around Thanksgiving that it's time to adopt a letter to Santa.

Your tax-deductible contribution to Be An Elf will empower our group to send gifts that will bring a ton of joy every Christmas. We still have hundreds of heartbreaking letters to Santa (people email us too), but not enough funds to adopt them.

We only adopt as many letters to Santa as our donations permit. We're an all-volunteer 501c3 group, so your tax-deductible contribution goes a long way here.

Donate directly at BeAnElf.org/give or if you wish to give by check, print that page and put it with your payables. Click below to make an online gift.

Thank you for supporting our worthy charity. We're an all-volunteer 501c3 group, so your tax-deductible contribution goes a long way here.

When you give, you’ll rediscover the true meaning of Christmas, and bring joy to kids in need on Christmas morning.

Patrick Reynolds
Executive Director

Give to Christmas Charity, Be An Elf, and provide assistance to children in need this Christmas. 501c3 supporting USPS Operation Santa®.

12/22/2023

Help us bring smiles to little faces on Christmas morning. Make a tax-deductible gift now and support BeAnElf.org’s work sending Christmas gifts to kids who are truly in need.

Since 1912, the US Postal Service® has permitted the public read and adopt real letters to Santa. Many of the kids’ letters are heartbreaking. Some are from single moms who say their children are still too young to write, and explain why they need help with Christmas. Many list their kids' ages and clothing sizes.

One letter we adopted said, "I'm sad this Christmas because my Mom lost her job. I'm not asking for much, but I feel ashamed of my clothes sometimes at school..." Our charity and volunteers are answering the call.

Be An Elf uses donations made at our site to further our mission of adopting the saddest letters and sending gifts directly to the families who wrote them. We're a tax-exempt 501c3 charity, not affiliated with USPS®, but we support their program by increasing public awareness of it and recruiting thousands of new volunteers who adopt children's letters and send their own gifts. Our website serves as an excellent guide for newcomers, and we also provide tips for struggling families seeking gifts for their children.

Letters from parents are often cries for help. They write that they lost their jobs, have health or other life challenges, and have little money to buy their kids gifts. Many say their kids are still too young to write.

Thanks to a major in-kind grant from Google for advertising, we recruit thousands of new volunteers every year. Our press releases and posts in social media also build public awareness of the USPS® program. This year our press release was picked up by the Associated Press, Yahoo Finance, and 400 other news outlets - see our Press Release page. Not least, our sign-up list for volunteers has now grown to over 6,000, and we'll remind our volunteers around Thanksgiving that it's time to adopt a letter to Santa.

Your tax-deductible contribution to Be An Elf will empower our group to send gifts that will bring a ton of joy on Christmas. We still have hundreds of heartbreaking letters to Santa, but not enough funds to adopt them. We only adopt as many letters to Santa as our donations permit.

Donate directly at BeAnElf.org/give or if you wish to give by check, print that page and put it with your payables. Click below to make an online gift.

Thank you for supporting our worthy charity. We're an all-volunteer 501c3 group, so your tax-deductible contribution goes a long way here.

Please donate now. You'll rediscover the true meaning of Christmas, and bring joy to kids in need on Christmas morning.

Please like or share this post!

Patrick Reynolds
Executive Director

Be An Elf
8117 W Manchester Ave Suite 500
Playa del Rey CA 90293

Give to Christmas Charity, Be An Elf, and provide assistance to children in need this Christmas. 501c3 supporting USPS Operation Santa®.

12/05/2023

Most people don’t know about it, but the US Postal Service® has been letting the public read and adopt real letters to Santa since 1912. Many of the kids’ letters are heartbreaking, and anyone can adopt a letter online until December 18th. Join us and make a needy child smile on Christmas morning! You'll find deep satisfaction when you print out a real letter to Santa from the USPS® website, and then mail your gift directly to the child or family, with no middle man or charity involved. It’s micro-philanthropy, direct from you to a child.

Some of the letters are from single moms who say their children are still too young to write, and often explain why they need help with Christmas, and list their kids' ages and clothing sizes.

One letter we found said, "I'm sad this Christmas because my Mom lost her job. I'm not asking for much, but I need new clothes. I feel ashamed sometimes at school..." Be An Elf and our many volunteers are answering the call again this year.

If you don’t have time to adopt a letter and send gifts yourself, Be An Elf uses part of the donations made at our site to adopt letters to Santa and send gifts, and the rest to further our mission of increasing public awareness and recruiting more volunteers.

Some people feel alone and sad over the holidays and find comfort and inspiration adopting a child’s letter. Others have families and include their kids to teach them the meaning of Christmas.

Be An Elf is a tax-exempt charity, not affiliated with USPS®, but we support their program by increasing public awareness of it and recruiting thousands of new volunteers who also adopt children's letters. Our website serves as an excellent guide for new recruits, and provides tips for struggling families too, who are seeking gifts for their kids.

BeAnElf.org is all-volunteer, so your tax-deductible gift goes a long way here. Please adopt a letter or donate, and help put smiles on more children's faces this holiday season. Accept this invitation to bring joy to kids in need on Christmas!

Thank you ♥ for liking or sharing this post. Visit BeAnElf.org now and sign up!

11/24/2023

We just sent this message to 12,000 people who signed up with www.BeAnElf.org for help with Christmas!

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TIP! Parents should enclose a letter with their kids' letters that honestly describes their circumstances. Write as a family! ‌ A volunteer read her letter along its way to Santa, and sent her extra g

11/21/2023

I started a Christmas charity in 2005, Be An Elf, to support USPS Operation Santa, and our volunteers have sent thousands of presents to needy kids. Below is our first news release of the season. Smiling here that it got picked up by the Associated Press, Yahoo Finance, CBS, and over 400 more outlets. Check it out, and PLEASE like or share this post. Donate or volunteer as you can at www.BeAnElf.org A little help at Christmas would be great for these families -- together, we can do that!

/PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, sad letters to Santa from children who need a brighter Christmas can be adopted by the public at USPSoperationSanta.com®....

12/11/2022

We run this great Christmas charity every year. Please make a donation so we can send more gifts to needy kids in time for Christmas! Take a look, and please like this post or share it.

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Her mom wrote to Santa saying she was struggling this year. She asked only for "a warm coat for my daughter" and a toy. Help our charity send Christmas gifts to needy kids "from Santa". You can make t