One of my favourite holiday campaigns is More Love Letters – an incredible organization that helps strangers request and write love letters to someone who needs one. I'm sharing Cody's story today:
“Cody is the most selfless and giving person I know”, writes his good friend. He is the Captain at a fire department, as well as a police officer, and goes above and beyond to help people outside of work. He spends most of his time striving to help others and save lives.
His friend writes; “he saved my life almost 10 years ago”. He is selfless and full of good heart for others, but Cody, in his positions, rarely gets a thank-you that his heart deserves.
Lately, Cody has been through a lot and has fallen a little lost. Let us remind him just how thankful we are for him, and just how much he is loved by perfect strangers. There is still good to be spread in the word, let’s be a part of that with Cody.”
The news has been full of hard things happening to normal people lately, and it's a time of year that lends its self beautifully to helping others.
Before December 19th, join me in sending Cody a note of encouragement.
It can be long or short, and there's no wrong way to do it. And it's decidedly in the holiday spirit.
Mail your note to:
Cody’s bundle
℅ Lauren J.
2479 Country Club Rd.
800 J
Spartanburg, SC 29302
LAST UPDATED ON: December 16th, 2014
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I just read this post (01/02/15) and was wondering why the deadline date? I love the idea, but is the deadline for a certain reason? I’m thinking about still sending him a card. Also, do you use your own return address? Thank you for sharing this, hadn’t heard of it, and I’m signed up for future love letters in need.
Great question, Sara. The More Love Letter team is probably your best bet for an answer, but I think the deadline is to make sure that the person who nominates the recipient has a one time project on their hands rather than a surprise part time job as the addresses can live online indefinitely. People who receive the letters for the recipients have to gather, read and screen them to make sure the letters are in the spirit of the project (the internet is weird like that) and it takes some time. If you’ve signed up for the new requests, you’re golden! And you can always send a letter and hope it gets to him, I’m sure his friend would still be pleased to see the support :) Thanks for taking action, that’s rare and wonderful.
Wow, that is incredibly thoughtful! It is so easy to get wrapped up in your own worries/concerns (or just joy!) around the holidays. It would be awesome to see Cody’s face when he gets all these lovely notes.
Great idea! I love it.
Love this – I just wrote the card – it will be in the mail tomorrow.
This is such a gorgeous project! I can’t believe I’ve never heard of it. Thanks so much for sharing it, Kyla.
What a lovely idea. I hadn’t heard of this project before. Thanks for sharing!
Yes! So glad you’re joining us for the 12 Days and thanks for your letter to Cody – I know it will make a difference!
It’s things like this that continue to give me faith in humanity even when the headlines are filled with so much negativity. Will definitely check it out and try to send him a note.
Agreed! This is actually the main reason that I wanted to share this, the news has been tough recently, and I’ve felt the weight of it. Taking a positive action and seeing others do that feels like a beautiful, tiny act of defiance.
This is absolutely beautiful, thank you so much for sharing. I will definitely send a card and am checking out the other current letter requests. :)
Thanks for joining in, Laura! Our cards will meet in the mail :)