Update due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Our student thank-yous program is currently paused. That means your donors won’t be able to request student thank-yous for your project. In addition, any student thank-yous sent to our office after March 2020 won’t be marked received until we have access to our office building again.
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When you submit your student thank-yous, we can get them to your donors - and update your account! - faster if you follow these guidelines:
- 5 thank-yous for each qualifying donor. Not all donors require student thank-yous, so double-check your thank-you package instructions to find your donor list for each project. For small classes, it's okay to have each student write multiple letters.
- Use the donor salutations (when available). Your donors asked to be addressed a certain way, so ask your students to address their thank-yous accordingly. For instance, one donor might request to be addressed as "Mary," another as "Mrs. Smith," and a third as "Mary Smith."
- Mention the specific resources funded. Donors love learning exactly how their funds were used, so the more specific your thank-yous, the more likely a donor may be to come back and support another classroom (or yours, again!).
- Review thank-yous before mailing them to make sure they don’t contain student last names, your school address or classroom number, or any inappropriate content.
- Don’t send media items such as CDs, DVD, flash drives, etc.
- If you have more than one donor, separate the letters for different donors using paperclips, then send the whole bundle in one single envelope with our pre-paid label.
For suggestions on creating student thank yous for: