They start secondary school with everyone's advice in their pocket.
Gathering is free. You won't need a card.
We are enabling over 1 million people to say it. Share the stories, love and gratitude. Your voice is what makes the world's greatest gift.
Add the child's name and send the link to the sponsor first.
Friends and family can capture a memory by voice, video, writing or photos, wherever they are in the world. It's easy on any phone and nobody needs an account!
We write out every voice note and gather it all into a podcast you can play and a beautiful book you can hold.
The grandparents, the aunts and the cousins who've been through it get the link next.
A sponsor might be an uncle, a godparent or a family friend.
Neighbours and the coach from the club can add a message too, once someone sends them the link.
Sixth class spent weeks learning the hymns with her.
Give them one thing you wish you'd known at twelve.
"Bring a jacket on the first day even if it's sunny. And don't sign up for every club in the first week."
"I watched you at the under-twelves final in the rain and you ran for the whole match. I was soaked and I didn't care."
"I was confirmed in 1968 by a bishop with a voice like thunder, and my knees were knocking the whole way up the aisle."
"Oisín, you were the size of a bag of sugar when you were born, and now you're taller than me. I love you."
That gives the family a week to record, and the printed copy has three weeks to reach you.
We gave a book of stories about Mam to her for Christmas and she said it was the best gift she had received. There were some stories she had never heard! She felt really surrounded by love.
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Tell the child why you said yes when you were asked to be sponsor, and what you hope secondary school is like for them.
Ask the people closest to the child to send a video if they'd rather be seen than heard. You can save each video as a file at no cost.
Yes. They can record from anywhere in the world with the link. We post the printed book to Ireland, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, every EU country, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.
Yes. Send the link to their friends' parents, and they can record with them at home.
Start the book now and invite people whenever you're ready.
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