In July, 2009 I meet two delightful women, Korri BeVier and Michelle Wager, who told me about an outreach that they had organized to help children with serious diseases who were in and out of The Children’s Hospitals located in Denver, CO.

“How did your mission begin?” I had to know how and why they would organize such a beneficial program for children that they didn’t even know.

When Korri and Michelle first learned about children who were suffering from serious illnesses they decided to do whatever they could to help. Although neither mother has a special needs or seriously ill child they both felt heartbroken when they witnessed the need, firsthand, by several families who lived in their community.

After much soul searching, the two women began their mission to help by naming their company, A.R.K. (Acts of Random Kindness) Angels, LLC. They first began by organizing a book sale to help these children and their families.

“Deciding how to choose which families to help was the first major roadblock,” explained Korri. “We wanted to help every single one.”

After a lot of thought, they realized that narrowing down who to help and who to pass over would be a nearly impossible task. In order to help as many children as possible, they decided to create and deliver gift bags to hospitalized children—hoping to brighten the lives of as many children as possible. These gift bags came from donated books, stuffed animals, toys and small craft items. They held yard sales and sold items online to purchase additional items that they, in turn, gave to the children.

Then the women took their generous idea a huge step forward. Their first meeting with officials at The Children’s Hospital in Denver resulted in a partnership where the two entities began to work together to fulfill the vision of reaching out to children who were day patients at The Children’s Hospital.

As the word spread boxes of donated books began to arrive. The energetic women took on the job of paying for a storage unit and designing a website where hundreds of books are now listed and available for purchase.

“Making the community more aware of the needs of these children is only a part of our mission,” explained Michelle.

Seeing their amazing outreach along with the ability to help children I couldn’t wait to join forces with them. We began by listing my books on their site and soon we met with The Children’s Hospital directors of the children’s day treatment division.

The Children’s Hospital staff welcomed us with open arms and in January 2010 the A.R.K. Angels and I will begin the next phase of outreach: I will teach these groups of children to write a complete book through weekly classes held at The Children’s Hospital.

The A.R.K. Angels are working to provide the books that will be used for these classes. YOU can help! Tax deductible donations to provide teaching materials can be made two ways:
* Send checks made out to Children’s Hospital to A.R.K. Angels, P.O. Box 212, Parker, CO 80134 *Add A.R.K. Angels Project Fund in the subject line.
* Call the volunteer department and make a monetary donation to the A.R.K. Angels Project Fund by calling The Children’s Hospital at 720-777-6887.

Please consider ordering books from their site instead of other locations that keep 50 percent (or more) of the retail price. The A.R.K. Angels keep just 25% of the proceeds and use that amount to provide for the children!

We all want to make a difference in the life of a child. Sometimes, it’s hard to know how or where to start. In my opinion, helping innocent children doesn’t get much easier than this! To learn more about how you can contribute to Acts of Random Kindness with the A.R.K. Angels, please visit their site at ArkAngles.biz.