Help get the word out about The Harper Project

If anyone is interested in helping to get the word out about The Harper Project I have two different flyers available. One is a single sided, one page, black & white flyer that can be hung on a bulletin board or handed out. The other is a double sided, tri-fold, color brochure that can be passed out.

The Harper Project informational Flyer

The Harper Project informational brochure. Side 1

The Harper Project informational brochure. Side 2

Please let me know if you are interested in receiving one or both of these flyers. I can either email you a PDF and you can print them yourself or let me know how many you would like and I can print them out and mail them to you directly. theharperlynnproject@gmail.com

Also, I updated the website with a P.O. Box that can be used for donations. The address is:

The Harper Project
P.O. Box 631
Hastings, MN 55033 

The Harper Project 2015 Launch

For those of you who may be new to The Harper Project, my name is Sara and on July 10th, 2012 my daughter, Harper, was stillborn. It is the single most devastating thing my husband and I have ever experienced. But out of the devastation The Harper Project was created. 

The goal of The Harper Project is to reach out to families in the hospital who are going through the pain of losing their baby by donating memory boxes, care items and support in the hopes of bringing a small amount of comfort and healing to these families. 

This year I am kicking the project off a little earlier. I am expecting and due the day after Harper's angelversary so I'm hoping to get the boxes finished well ahead of our planned donation day, July 10th, 2015.

I've made a few small changes to the way I'm doing things this year, mainly for my own ease this year but also because I learned what did or didn't work last year.

Click here to learn how you can help The Harper Project for 2015.

First and foremost I want to thank everyone who helped make The Harper Project a huge success in 2014. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Whether it was donations of items, money or just encouraging thoughts and prayers, I am forever grateful. It is because of all of YOU that I was able to donate 20 memory boxes and 10 Mommy Care Kits to Mercy Hospital on July 10th, the second anniversary of Harper being born silent into the world. 

Loading up the minivan with memory boxes & mommy care kits. 

It felt good to do something positive on a day that is so sad for our family. We dropped ofs the donations and then spent the day together as a family with our daughter Stella in our arms and Harper in our hearts. 

We stopped for a picnic lunch.

Later that evening we release balloons with letters attached that we had written for Harper. We did this the first year and it's a tradition we are hoping to carry on. (To be honest the actual act of releasing balloons kind of bothers me. I always feel like it's littering and worry about animals getting caught up in the stings. So if anyone has idea's of other things we could do I am open to hearing them. But I do like watching the balloons float up and I usually watch until I can't see them anymore. I'm always curious as to where they end up.)

Celebrate with the angels!

The Harper Project This Year:

I am going to try and get things started a little early this time around. I am hoping to have all 20 memory boxes completed before June 14th. Honestly, last year was a little bit of a learning curve for me and I'm sure as each year passes I will change things and adjust them to what works the best.

So be on the look out for updates on the project coming soon!!!

If you have any questions in the meantime feel free to email me at theharperlynnproject@gmail.com