Dear Friend,
Close your eyes for a moment.
Do you hear it?
The shriek of joy from a child jumping into the swimming pool and the breathless laughter that follows as they splash with friends. The wonder of a water fight on a sweltering afternoon.
That’s the sound of summer.
Seven-year-old Anya never heard it. She came to Mishpacha this past fall, brought to us after her mother could no longer care for her.
Anya, like each of the 124 children at Mishpacha, has weathered things no child should face. Some lost parents to addiction. Some were orphaned by illness. Some survived years of neglect and poverty. Some arrived carrying the weight of war. They came to us with broken beginnings, and we’ve given them a home, a family, a future.
Now it’s time to give them something more: the pure joy of a summer in camp.
Last summer, thanks to donors like you, our children got to go to camp. They splashed and laughed and ran freely under the sun. For them, that freedom to simply be kids isn’t a luxury. It’s where confidence is built, friendships are forged, and the wounds of the past begin to heal.
This summer, 124 children are waiting to find out if they’ll get to go to camp. And Anya is one of them, waiting for her first chance to hear the sound of summer.
For $530, you can give Anya her first magical summer at camp.
Give her the gift of grass between her toes and belly laughs. Sidewalk chalk scraping pavement. The cold shock of a water balloon. Day trips and water play, ice cream and sunshine, and the freedom of simply being a kid.
The Children at Mishpacha Orphanage didn’t choose the lives they were born into.
But you can choose what this summer looks like for them.
Camp begins soon. For children who have already lost so much, your gift of $530 doesn’t just bring joy.
It tells them: you are safe. You are loved. This summer is yours.
Give them a summer at camp. Give them the Sound of Summer.
With deepest gratitude,
Communities of Southern Ukraine