HEARD’s 2022 Holiday Fundraiser!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMdn9RqaI_0
Donate: https://givebutter.com/heardholidayfundraiser
Greetings!
As we approach the end of the year, we want to share HEARD’s annual Holiday Fundraiser, our biggest fundraising effort yet. We are raising $12,500 to support our currently and formerly incarcerated community.
The end of the year holiday season can be especially isolating for incarcerated people and their loved ones. Each December, HEARD sends funds to our currently and formerly incarcerated community in the spirit of radical love for and solidarity with our loved ones impacted by incarceration.
This is HEARD’s third year distributing holiday funds to deaf/disabled incarcerated people. These funds help reduce the burden on imprisoned people and their loved ones faced with exploitative prices from prison commissary and telecommunication providers. In the past, deaf/disabled incarcerated people have shared the impact of these funds:
“ …I just text to say thank you for all the love and support and to wish you all a happy new year…thank you for your many blessing.” – Community Member in Michigan
“thank you very much. i really needed it as i have nothing. god bless you and thank you” – Community Member in Virginia
“Wow! Really? I’m going to use it to buy art supplies. I’m really skilled with art.” – Community Member in Louisiana
We welcome contributions of any size – every dollar raised will go directly to community members through: commissary funds for people who are incarcerated stipends to support travel expenses for people visiting incarcerated loved ones reentry welcome home packages and direct aid and support for those just coming home includes clothing, technology, funds for groceries and clothing, and more.
Thank you so much for supporting HEARD! We hope that you will consider donating and/or sharing this request!
In Solidarity,
The HEARD Team