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The Letter Project

September 26, 2017 By Carol

 

         Sally Pearson & friends for The Letter Project at Indiana University’s Involvement Fair 2017

 

Everything that relates to letter writing grabs my interest. So when I heard about “The Letter Project,” I wanted to learn more. My friend, Adam Schwartz, put me in touch with Sally Pearson (pictured above) and that is how I discovered this women-supporting-each-other effort with encouraging letters at the core. The project is happily gaining support on many college campuses in the U.S.

Whitney Saxon with The Letter Project in action

Whitney Saxon, the project’s founder, is a 20-something life coach who specializes “in helping girls & women become more confident in who they are and where they’re going in life.”

Through emails we had the following interview…

Carol: What inspired you to begin this project?

Whitney:  “This cause is personal to me because every girl, no matter her background, has dealt with feelings of insecurity. After years of watching women, as well as myself, struggle with the same questions (Am I good enough? Am I pretty enough? Am I smart enough? Am I doing enough?) I decided I wanted to create a movement that could answer those questions. I want our recipients to be inundated with the idea that they are good enough, right now, just as they are. “

Carol: How can letters reach out more than any other method?       

Whitney: “I launched The Letter Project (because) I wanted to find a unique way to connect with women and girls. We are inundated with emails and social media, but how often do we receive just-because mail? It felt like a deeper way to reach my audience. Additionally, I wanted to create an outlet for busy and/or financially constrained women to give back. So many volunteer opportunities require time and money. By writing for The Letter Project, you can give back with a piece of paper, some markers and 10 minutes of your time. “
 
Carol:   Tell us more. Who are you writing to and why?  Can others get involved? How?
 
Whitney: “We are writing to any woman or girl in the world who is going through a hard time. No problem is too big or too small for her to receive love and support from our (1,100+ writers). We are always in need or more writers!”
 
  
 
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http://www.toloveourselves.com/be-a-letter-writer/
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Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News Tagged With: confidence, encouragement, Indiana University, Involvement Fair, just-because mail, letter writing, Sally Pearson, The Letter Project, ToLoveOurselves, Whitney Saxon

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