Agency Details:

With Wings & A Halo - R.E.A.C.H. A Child

Our Mission is..."To put a smile on the face of a Child in the time of need!"

The purpose of "With Wings and a Halo - R.E.A.C.H. a Child" is to reach out to children across America that find themselves in a crisis situation, whether they are being treated in a Children's Hospital, a domestic violence situation, an automobile accident or children who are temporarily homeless or in distress.

Description:
Our main program under the "With Wings and a Halo - R.E.A.C.H. a Child" umbrella is called the "B.A.C.K. Packets" program, this initiative centers around our organization providing approximately 10-12 various children's books to officers and first responders in a red backpack for them to give to children (one book at a time) that they see at the scene of an accident, fire,domestic disturbance or other stressful situation where children are involved.

Currently these red backpacks are in 4,000 - 5,000 squad cars and ambulances throughout all 72 counties in Wisconsin and parts of Illinois. Within our first nine months we have donated over 45,000 Children's books to children in crisis situations with the help of these First Responders, Police, Sheriff and State Patrol officers! Likewise, we have a waiting list of over 7,500 squad cars and EMS ambulances in Illinois, 5,000 vehicles waiting in Michigan and 2,500 vehicles waiting in Minnesota to get involved in this "B.A.C.K. Packets" program!
We urgently need your assistance, both financially and through your time and talents, to help us expand this program regionally... because of the positive impact that it is having on children in crisis!

History:
The original With Wings and a Halo organization began back in 2000 as a publication company for a Children's book series from author Paul Scott Gilbertson.

It was in May of 2007, that both Paul and his wife Chris traveled to New York City for a National Author and Publishers Convention with thoughts of reviving the Children's book business. While in New York they visited "Ground Zero" the site of 9/11. Perhaps, it was the overall tragedy of this site and the sadness of such a crisis in America that sparked the idea for With Wings and a Halo - R.E.A.C.H. a Child. It was after this brief business trip to New York that the idea for this new non-profit organization came to them.

The idea of giving Children's Books to children in a crisis situation to help them cope with such a trauma, made a lot of sense! And, combine that with the over 1500 book publishing companies, authors, book stores and the like that I saw while in New York at the Book Expo of America, we should have no problem getting an inventory of Children's books to donate to children in a time of need!

Contact people:

Paul Gilbertson, Chief Executive Officer, (608) 345-7074, (email) Chris Gilbertson, President, (866) 992-6324, (email) Jeanne Erickson, (608) 770-2049, (email)

Address:

407 Augusta Drive Waunakee, WI 53597 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.reachachild.org

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Last updated on June 16, 2009