Book Donation Drive
Wings for Your Heart is a healing journey for survivors of all ages who are recovering from abuse, trauma, or loss. Deeply moving and powerful, this picture book gives readers a soft, safe space to face their past and the strength to move through their feelings. Pairing universal and timeless affirmations of hope and self-love with soothing scenes of childhood wonder and innocence, the book gently guides the reader through the darkness and lovingly back into the light.
Donate 2 Books for $16!
Donate 10 Books for $80!
Most U.S. classrooms have around 20–25 students, give or take. About 1 in 7 children (about 14%) live in a household where domestic violence has occurred in the past year. That’s roughly 3–4 kids per classroom. Around 1 in 7 children experience some form of abuse (physical, emotional, or sexual) or neglect each year, per the CDC. Again, about 3–4 kids per class.
About 5-10% of children experience physical abuse during childhood. Approximately 25% of little girls will experience sexual assault during childhood. Over 60% of U.S. kids have experienced at least one ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience), such as household mental illness, addiction, or incarceration. Around 1 in 4 kids have experienced multiple ACEs.
Conservatively, at least 5–8 kids per classroom are actively dealing with serious family dysfunction or trauma. This is just what gets reported. The reality is often worse. Note that many of those numbers were just for an individual year, showing how many are experiencing ACEs now–without any insight into the cumulative total number of kids recovering from past ACEs.
This book isn’t just for “the one troubled kid.” It will benefit a third to half of each classroom, probably even more in low-income areas like ours. It could help these kids to hear these things, to keep them focused on building a beautiful future for themselves. At the very least, it will make them feel seen, heard, valued, and maybe even more likely to come forward and ask for help.
You can help. For just $16, you can donate TWO paperback copies of Wings for Your Heart to a school or library or FIVE magazine leaflets to a counselor's office or domestic violence shelter. Therapy is expensive and out of reach for many, but therapy books don’t have to be!
If you want the donated books to go to a specific school or library, please include the name and address of the school with your donation note or in an email to crossthetease@outlook.com. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery.
I make $0 from your purchase. I actually end up coming out of pocket a little. Your donation is almost enough to cover the costs of printing and shipping the books to me and then to the schools. This donation drive is strictly for charity to get these books into the hands of people who would benefit them.
We cannot save every child, but we can keep their little hearts full of hope.
Donate 2 Books for $16!
Donate 10 Books for $80!