WOW!! I am finally finished pairing up all the children for the Orthodox Kid’s Pen Pal Program! There are just under 100 kids participating! I am so excited!
I received some great suggestions from all of you for this program! I plan to incorporate many of them as the program continues. Right now I want to get it up and running smoothly and I’ll work in the details as we move forward.
There are some basic rules that I ask you all to please keep in mind:
01. Keep an eye on your child’s letters. I am not responsible for the content of these letters. It is each parent’s responsibility to ensure the letter’s content is appropriate.
02. Letters are due on the 1st of each month. Please be prompt! This month since everyone is anxious we will make the deadline March 25th! (See next post for this month’s letter details)
03. Every so often I will have a theme for the month. I will only do this periodically, as I want the children to discuss whatever they want! 
04. If for some reason you decide that you want your child’s partner changed or you simply are unable to continue participating, please let me know immediately so I can place the other child on the waiting list for another partner.
On the same note, if there are any problems with your child’s partner please notify me and I will contact the parents. Though I will make every attempt to resolve issues, I am not responsible for anything that goes on between partners. I truly don’t anticipate any problems but I want to make this clear ahead of time.
If you have not received your child’s partner info please email me at PenPals{at}OrthodoxMom{dot}com a.s.a.p.!! As of right now every name that I received has been partnered up and sent out.
I plan on keeping this project ongoing so I will continue accepting names. What I’m planning on doing is paling kids up quarterly.
hi, i posted a comment about this earlier but i did not get an answer. here it is:Hi, i am a mom of five and i have a girl who will be 8 in april Maria, a boy who is going to be 6 in april Peter and thomas will be 5 in may. I realize i am late but is it past all hope haha, and also is it ok if we are catholics. I was Eastern Orthodox by baptism but i think our faith is coming from the same stream that is Jesus and his Apostles. If it is too late and we can not do it that will be sad but we can try next time!!! Thank you i enjoy your blog!!
Would like my daughter Athena now 5 to join pen pal. My husband does not have any family in the states and will be great to bring her close to his background and religion. (as I try to also by taking her to the Orthodox Church). Thank you.
Hi Patricia, how wonderful of you to respect and enjoy your husband’s background. Your daughter is a lucky girl! Partners for the Pen Pal Program will (God-willing) be paired up again in June. Please e-mail me your daughters, name, patron saint, age and interests, so that we can find a pen pal best suited for her. Thank you and God bless you!
Any one want to pen pal with a 14,12,8 year old , I also have a great Sunday school here in greece that would love to participate.
Sylvia – if it’s not too late my daughter Alena is interested in having a pen pal. Alena is 15 and was born in Bucharest, Romania. She came to us when she was almost 2 years old.
Her patron saint is St. Helen and her interests include lacrosse and hanging out with friends.
MK
Greetings from PEI, Canada!
God Bless you and your family. What a wonderful idea! I have 3 children ages 4, 6 & 8. We would be interested in participating in the pen pal program.
Where can we find more information?
Yours In Christ,
Georgina
How do I sign my 7 year old daughter up?
Matushka, please send the information listed on the post to penpals{at}orthodoxmom{dot}com. I’m hoping to have someone pair them up by October.
I would love to sign my girl up for the fall if it’s not too late!
Melanie (patron – “the younger”)
She loves animals , running and other sports. She’s 8. We live in Portland, Oregon.
I would love for my 6yr old daughter to join! She loves to write and is a very social person. We live an hr from our parish and since we home school she doesn’t have very many Orthodox friends.
Thanks!
Hello my name is Koula and if you want we can have our children write to one another. Please let me know if you are interested because I think we missed the deadline for this. Thanks.
I want my six year old to join the pen pal club you have please email me to let me know how to begin. Thanks.
hello my name is kaitlin and i am 16 i am a orthodox christian and i would like to be pen pals with a 15 or 16 year old to talk aboout anything .I like to see my family and i go to church but i am not very religious. Please reply back to me if you want to talk.
Hi Kaitlin,
I will hopefully be pairing up pen pals soon. But until then, you could feel free to write to me! If you want to, email me at Sylvia{at}OrthodoxMom{dot}com. We can email or write through regular mail. Let me know!
I have two daughters, one of which would love to join in on this pen pal program. If possible, could you please get with me so we could sign her up? Thank you so much! God bless!!
My 3 eldest children would like to participate. They are 11(girl(, 7 (girl), and almost 6 (boy). If there is another pre-schooler that would like to be matched up with parental help, I have a 3 year old girl that would love to participate as well.
Hi I have a son that is 14 years old and would like to have a penpal so he can learn m ore about his religon. Pleae send me any information for him. His name is Joseph Sifuentes
Thanks