for ukraine
From 2022 to 2024, volunteers wrote Letters of Love that were directly delivered to a Ukrainian refugee. Moms had the opportunity to write to another mom and kids could write to kids, but letters from everyone were welcomed. People in the U.S., Poland, France, the United Kingdom, and any other country could also use the letterhead templates on this site to write their letters!
Our hearts go out to all those who have been displaced as a result of conflict, fear and violence worldwide. While many of us feel powerless to the many tragedies our world faces today, there are small things we can do that can have a big impact.
At Letters of Love, we believe that there is an immense power in a hand-made card. Through the personal action of writing a note, we are able to remind people of their worth, show them they are loved and provide some strength for their journey.
While we normally focus our efforts on providing emotional support to hospitalized and seriously-ill kids, we partnered with some caring, motivated citizens from Colorado to channel some of our collective anxiety surrounding the suffering in Ukraine into a project that we hope brought a small spark of relief to those afflicted.
After two years, we sent over 8,000 of your heartfelt letters and cards to refugees in Poland, Germany, safe areas in western Ukraine, and children's hospitals in Kyiv. As of July 2024, we have sunset this project. Our heartfelt gratitude goes out to all who took the time to make a card, and to all who gave their time to help cards make their way to Ukraine.
We received letters from individuals, schools from kindergarten to college, teachers, churches, seminaries, synagogues, scouts, clubs, and employee groups at small businesses as well as large corporations. Sometimes entire schools sent letters!
We received letters from around 40 libraries and librarians across the country. We received letters from most states, as well as from Puerto Rico and Native American tribes. In addition to the US, we received letters from 44 other countries! Click the button below to view a list of countries who sent letters for this project.
These are orphans temporarily housed in Germany receiving the letters written by volunteers.
Children injured and/or orphaned by the conflict receiving your letters in Children’s Clinics in Kyiv.
Frombork, Poland
Kyiv Children's Clinic
examples
Check out some of the letters we received! Many thanks to the authors for letting us share these letters with you!
thank you to our partners
Many thanks to our partners in this initiative. With their help, we are able to come one step closer to creating a kinder world, one letter at a time. Click on the images to learn more about each of our partners.
more about our team
Letters of Love to Ukraine was an expansion of a library-based summer 2022 letter-writing campaign in Colorado called Project Colorado Cares. This project would not have been possible without the incredible work of a group of three individuals who came together for a common cause. They are grassroots and apolitical. Program implementation is administered by vetted partners and humanitarian relief organizations in coordination with our team.
STEVE POPOVICH, the project lead, is a recent civil service retiree who worked for the US Forest Service, US Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and other federal natural resources agencies. He is tenured in humanitarian aid relief efforts globally and resides in Colorado. He is a grandson of Ukrainians.
LARYSA MARTYNIUK is a Colorado mom, artist, and first-generation Ukrainian American.
VINCE MURPHY is a Colorado-based software developer, and long-term supporter of community projects.
Check out these sweet thank-you notes from card recipients! Thank you to all who have taken the time to write a note — your words and thoughtfulness truly have an impact.