Talk:Hugs and Hope Foundation for Sick Children

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[edit] "Explicitly Christian?"

Is there anything on the website about it being a Christian organization? I am sure many people of different faiths participate - myself included.

Lady6String 20:38, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Featured prominently on the "About Us" page of the organization's website is this description of "What We Do":

We at Hugs & Hope desire to share God's love with sick children and their families by encouraging and comforting them. We can accomplish this through "happy mail," goodie packages, wish granting, balloon bouquets, Christmas gifts, and more.

We provide the rare gift of friendship: a listening ear, a sympathetic heart.

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ." (II Corinthians 1: 3-5)

This quote from Corinthians is about as explicitly Christian as you can get. Nothing wrong with that, as Seinfeld might say. I'm sure the organization doesn't discriminate against anybody on religious grounds. But there's no reason to ignore the clear Christian message in the organization's own mission statement. Casey Abell 21:43, 4 September 2007 (UTC)