Children Of The Forest 2023

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💗HELP KIDS + MEET LEWIS + GET A TAX DEDUCTION

 
"Your past and continued support of the Children of the Forest College Fund has been so successful that we are extending the campaign. Your donations will now provide life changing education and ultimately citizenship to younger, stateless children through kindergarten, elementary and high school. 
 
Lets keep this going! This means a great deal to me but much more to these kids. Potentially hundreds of children will be now given an opportunity through education that has previously never been in their grasp. It's something minimal we can do to change lives... to give back, and that's what makes it worthwhile. YOU can make a world of difference.” ~ Lewis Black

HELP KIDS, MEET LEWIS,
AND GET A TAX DEDUCTION

In 2015, Lewis Black was proud to help sponsor the first Children of the Forest College Fund, with a goal of $25,000 per year to cover the entire cost of helping 12 kids through four years of college. Thanks to YOUR generous donations, we met that goal in 2015-19. There were 7 University graduates and 5 vocational school graduates, with all returning to work in their communities and giving back, and many more continuing through Middle School and High School.

For the 2023-24 Tour, we hope to raise enough to cover the annual cost to operate the COF Young Children’s House (ages 3-12) and the COF Middle Age Boys and Girls House’s (ages 6-14). Both houses provide safe residences, health care, education, care workers, clothes, and legal assistance to start their path to legal status in Thailand, for these stateless children who have been abandoned, abused or orphaned on the Thai-Myanmar border.

THREE WAYS TO DONATE
100% of your donation goes to help these kids!

  1. 💗Donate $750:  *Receive 2 complimentary tickets in the first 10 rows plus you + your guest will MEET Lewis!
  2. 💗Donate $500:  *You + your guest will MEET Lewis at a show you already have tickets for. Tickets are NOT included in this level.
  3. 💗Donate $100:  *If you purchase fan club tickets and donate $100, you are entered into a random drawing for 2 Meet & Greets!!  If randomly selected, you + your guest will MEET Lewis at a show on his 2023-24 tour. One winner will be selected every month of the tour and contacted by email around the middle of the previous month.
  • *If you have already purchased fan club tickets, MAKE A NOTE of that in the comments field when you donate to COF, and we will give you a SEAT UPGRADE to the front row of the fan club seats (in lieu of 2 complimentary tickets). VIEW TOUR DATES (more dates TBA).
  • All donations are tax-deductible

    ⚠️Tickets and meet & greets are subject to availability and some black-out dates may apply.

    Please write "Lewis Black College Fund" in the Special Instructions
    If you wish to write a check,
    please make payable to:
    Children of the Forest USA
    c/o Fan Asylum
    1250 Folsom St
    San Francisco CA 94103
    (Please write "Lewis Black College Fund" in the memo)

     

    A MESSAGE FROM CHILDREN OF THE FOREST

    We are respectfully reaching out to Lewis Black fans who have previously supported our essential work with stateless children and teenagers on the Thai-Myanmar border. With special thanks to Lewis Black himself for his continued support and for allowing Children of the Forest to benefit from the generosity of his loyal fan base.

    The campaign that Lewis Black has kindly agreed to promote focuses on stateless children who have been abandoned, abused or orphaned. These children are assisted to an immediate place of safety at our foundation's  protection centre. Once there, essential care and counseling are provided. As the rehabilitation and reintegration process takes place, children are given access to education and daily activities to encourage healing and personal development. 

    We kindly request that you join us in our efforts to protect these children and create the opportunity of a safer, happier future. To learn about Children of the Forest’s many programs, please visit www.childrenoftheforest.org

    STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS
    Just some of the kids your donation will help!

    Nong Nung & Tata

    Tata: As the older brother, Tata had unpleasant memories of his mother’s deteriorating health due to untreated HIV. COF staff provided and continue to provide counseling and support, COF older children also have helped greatly by involving Tata in fun games and activities. Now after almost 7 years at COF Tata is a confident 11 year who attends a local independent Thai school.

    Nong Nung: Unlike her brother, Tata, Nong Nung had no unpleasant memories of her mothers passing when she joined COF Infants Home as a young baby in 2014. She is now 8 years old and attends Grade 1 of a local Thai independent school. Nong Nung is a very bright confident girl who enjoys school very much. She has many friends both at school and at COF. Because of her personality, we are confident that she will achieve whatever she sets her mind to.


     

    Children of the Forest is a 501(c)3 non profit organization. We are a small group of volunteers who donate their time and energies in support of Children of the Forest in Thailand. 100% of your donation goes directly to the services and protection of the children.