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LET YOUR WORDS BE A LANTERN. LET YOUR PEN BE A LAMP.
The world doesn’t need another website.
                                          Not another network. Not another app.
                                                  What she needs is really basic.
      Simple. Bare-boned.& often forgotten in the race to get followers. & “Likes.”
Love. Pure, old-fashioned, never-goes-out-of-style Love.
      Ridiculous, oozing, cannot-pack-this-thang-into-140-characters kind of love.



   that’s where we come in.
Hannah K. Brencher, 24, began leaving "love
letters" all over New York City in October 2010 as
an effort to extinguish her own feelings of
                                                      the start.
loneliness and depression. From coffee shops to
coat pockets and church pews, she left unsigned
notes strewn across the city with the hope that a
serendipitous moment might be sewn into the
days of those who found the letters.

Brencher began blogging about her letter leaving
experiences shortly after and promised a
handwritten letter to anyone who emailed her with
a mailing address. In the nine months that
followed, she wrote over 400 handwritten notes to
strangers around the globe. From the tragic
stories she found waiting in her inbox nearly every
morning, Brencher keyed into the fact that the
world could use more far more than her own love
letters.

The World Needs More Love Letters launched
into the world in August 2011 after a Wall Street
Journal reporter took note of Brencher’s letter
writing.
what we do.
MORE LOVE LETTERS USES THE POWER BEHIND SOCIAL MEDIA TO INVOLVE
INDIVIDUALS IN THE WRITING AND MAILING OF LOVE LETTERS TO
STRANGERS.   YES, HANDWRITTEN LETTERS. YES, SNAIL
MAIL.




                                           & how we do it.
OUR WEBSITE COLLECTS LOVE LETTER REQUESTS DAILY. ANYONE CAN VISIT OUR SITE
AND REQUEST A LOVE LETTER FOR SOMEONE IN THEIR LIFE WHO COULD USE A BOOST.


             WE SIFT AND SORT THROUGH THE LETTER
                                       REQUESTS.
SOME OF THE LETTER REQUESTS ARE HANDED OFF TO OUR TRAINED WRITING STAFF WHILE
  OTHERS ARE BLASTED OUT TO OUR NETWORKS AND SUBSCRIBER LIST TO CREATE LOVE
love letter
bundles
LOVE LETTER BUNDLES ARE OUR SPECIALTY.

WE STACK TOGETHER ANYWHERE FROM 10-100 (SOMETIMES EVEN
MORE!) LOVE LETTERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.

THE STACKS OF LETTERS, TIED WITH A BRIGHT RED BOW, ARE MAILED
OFF TO RECIPIENTS WHO HAVE NO IDEA THEY ARE NEXT IN LINE FOR
A LOVE LETTER, NEVERMIND DOZENS OF THEM.
“I got a package today from The World Needs More Love Letters. I read every letter and
card twice and they truly brought tears to my eyes. I was sitting reading and crying, all
choked up. I could not believe others took the time to think of me this way. I cannot
begin to tell you how much this meant to me. I cannot thank you enough.”


                                                                                                         MARK
   Mark was the recipient of a Love Letter Bundle right after a life-threatening surgery. His daughter’s best friend,
                                                                                 Nina, requested the letters for him.




“I want to thank you guys for including my mother, Alenka, in your “12 Days of Love
Letter Writing.” These letters meant so much to her. She kept them in a special folder
and would take them out and read one or two a day. She passed away in March but I
still read those They help me feel closer to her, and when I am having a particularly
rough day, they remind me that the world is full of decent, loving and compassionate
people. “


                                                                                                    RACHEL
                             Rachel’s mother, Alenka, was a recipient of a Love Letter Bundle in December 2011.
Individuals around the world– in over 47 countries– take to “love lettering” the
                                spaces & places where they live, work & love.

They write “moreloveletters.com” on the card or envelope so that letter finders
                            can come back to the site and join the movement.
“I found this letter in the coffee shop on my college campus today (in Lancaster PA). The day had not at all gone as planned.
Today my mother was supposed to find out if she has cancer, and after my last class I was looking for a mentor of mine to talk to
about it. And, of course, she was not on campus. Knowing I had time to kill before work, but not enough to find someone else to
talk to, I walked over to the coffee shop to relax for a bit. As I sat my bag down, I found this letter on one of the chairs. It took all I
had not to cry when I read it. I was such an act of beauty in such a difficult time for me. I truly think that I was met to find this
letter. “

                                                                                                                        RUSTIN
                                                                                                                            Lancaster, PA

“I came out to my parents about a month ago. My mother decided the best thing to do was to tell me I was giving up on my life
and throwing the towel in. Needless to say, they didn’t really support my decision to come out. It took me 24 years to finally be
ok with who I am. I knew they wouldn’t celebrate with me, but a little support would have been nice. The next day I went into
Starbucks and got some Iced VIA Coffee…when I picked up the package I found a love letter. Inside it said, “Keep your chin up.
You got that? Good!” Sometimes all you need is to know someone loves you. Thanks. I needed this.”



                                                                                                                           TYLER
                                                                                                                            New York, NY

Hi, I had to e-mail you because I am so intrigued by your project. Here’s my little story: yesterday I was having literally the worst
(bad bad bad!) day. Then, I walked into a bathroom at my university and found one of these letters. It was so nice and helped
me so much…to just feel okay about where I’m at. I should have taken a picture but it didn’t feel right wrecking the anonymity of
the moment. I left it where I found it so others could enjoy. I am going to write some letters now. I think what you are doing is the
best. Since my part of Florida hasn’t been put on the map, I wanted you to know Pensacola, Florida has letters!

Keep it up. This is what the world needs!

                                                                                                                   BRITTANY
                                                                                                                           Pensacola, FL
spreading.
6 continents
47 countries
50 states

6 team members
11 love letter writers
31 campus cursive leaders

4,000 + email volunteers
4,500 + love letters mailed
& inking the headlines.
Oprah.com
Wall Street Journal
TED
Glamour
The White House Blog
Hello Giggles
The Daily Candy
New Haven Register
HerCampus
Eco Salon
& more.
so promise you’ll write.
         visit:
 www.moreloveletters.com

               mail:
        More Love Letters
           PO Box 2061
      North Haven, CT 06473

              tweet:
         @moreloveletters

           the book:
   Facebook.com/moreloveletters

              email:
     info@moreloveletters.com

               ring:
           203-824-2488


   Photo Credit: Tiffany L. Farley.

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Twnmll info pack

  • 1. the love more world needs letters LET YOUR WORDS BE A LANTERN. LET YOUR PEN BE A LAMP.
  • 2. The world doesn’t need another website. Not another network. Not another app. What she needs is really basic. Simple. Bare-boned.& often forgotten in the race to get followers. & “Likes.” Love. Pure, old-fashioned, never-goes-out-of-style Love. Ridiculous, oozing, cannot-pack-this-thang-into-140-characters kind of love. that’s where we come in.
  • 3. Hannah K. Brencher, 24, began leaving "love letters" all over New York City in October 2010 as an effort to extinguish her own feelings of the start. loneliness and depression. From coffee shops to coat pockets and church pews, she left unsigned notes strewn across the city with the hope that a serendipitous moment might be sewn into the days of those who found the letters. Brencher began blogging about her letter leaving experiences shortly after and promised a handwritten letter to anyone who emailed her with a mailing address. In the nine months that followed, she wrote over 400 handwritten notes to strangers around the globe. From the tragic stories she found waiting in her inbox nearly every morning, Brencher keyed into the fact that the world could use more far more than her own love letters. The World Needs More Love Letters launched into the world in August 2011 after a Wall Street Journal reporter took note of Brencher’s letter writing.
  • 4.
  • 5. what we do. MORE LOVE LETTERS USES THE POWER BEHIND SOCIAL MEDIA TO INVOLVE INDIVIDUALS IN THE WRITING AND MAILING OF LOVE LETTERS TO STRANGERS. YES, HANDWRITTEN LETTERS. YES, SNAIL MAIL. & how we do it. OUR WEBSITE COLLECTS LOVE LETTER REQUESTS DAILY. ANYONE CAN VISIT OUR SITE AND REQUEST A LOVE LETTER FOR SOMEONE IN THEIR LIFE WHO COULD USE A BOOST. WE SIFT AND SORT THROUGH THE LETTER REQUESTS. SOME OF THE LETTER REQUESTS ARE HANDED OFF TO OUR TRAINED WRITING STAFF WHILE OTHERS ARE BLASTED OUT TO OUR NETWORKS AND SUBSCRIBER LIST TO CREATE LOVE
  • 6. love letter bundles LOVE LETTER BUNDLES ARE OUR SPECIALTY. WE STACK TOGETHER ANYWHERE FROM 10-100 (SOMETIMES EVEN MORE!) LOVE LETTERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE WORLD. THE STACKS OF LETTERS, TIED WITH A BRIGHT RED BOW, ARE MAILED OFF TO RECIPIENTS WHO HAVE NO IDEA THEY ARE NEXT IN LINE FOR A LOVE LETTER, NEVERMIND DOZENS OF THEM.
  • 7. “I got a package today from The World Needs More Love Letters. I read every letter and card twice and they truly brought tears to my eyes. I was sitting reading and crying, all choked up. I could not believe others took the time to think of me this way. I cannot begin to tell you how much this meant to me. I cannot thank you enough.” MARK Mark was the recipient of a Love Letter Bundle right after a life-threatening surgery. His daughter’s best friend, Nina, requested the letters for him. “I want to thank you guys for including my mother, Alenka, in your “12 Days of Love Letter Writing.” These letters meant so much to her. She kept them in a special folder and would take them out and read one or two a day. She passed away in March but I still read those They help me feel closer to her, and when I am having a particularly rough day, they remind me that the world is full of decent, loving and compassionate people. “ RACHEL Rachel’s mother, Alenka, was a recipient of a Love Letter Bundle in December 2011.
  • 8. Individuals around the world– in over 47 countries– take to “love lettering” the spaces & places where they live, work & love. They write “moreloveletters.com” on the card or envelope so that letter finders can come back to the site and join the movement.
  • 9. “I found this letter in the coffee shop on my college campus today (in Lancaster PA). The day had not at all gone as planned. Today my mother was supposed to find out if she has cancer, and after my last class I was looking for a mentor of mine to talk to about it. And, of course, she was not on campus. Knowing I had time to kill before work, but not enough to find someone else to talk to, I walked over to the coffee shop to relax for a bit. As I sat my bag down, I found this letter on one of the chairs. It took all I had not to cry when I read it. I was such an act of beauty in such a difficult time for me. I truly think that I was met to find this letter. “ RUSTIN Lancaster, PA “I came out to my parents about a month ago. My mother decided the best thing to do was to tell me I was giving up on my life and throwing the towel in. Needless to say, they didn’t really support my decision to come out. It took me 24 years to finally be ok with who I am. I knew they wouldn’t celebrate with me, but a little support would have been nice. The next day I went into Starbucks and got some Iced VIA Coffee…when I picked up the package I found a love letter. Inside it said, “Keep your chin up. You got that? Good!” Sometimes all you need is to know someone loves you. Thanks. I needed this.” TYLER New York, NY Hi, I had to e-mail you because I am so intrigued by your project. Here’s my little story: yesterday I was having literally the worst (bad bad bad!) day. Then, I walked into a bathroom at my university and found one of these letters. It was so nice and helped me so much…to just feel okay about where I’m at. I should have taken a picture but it didn’t feel right wrecking the anonymity of the moment. I left it where I found it so others could enjoy. I am going to write some letters now. I think what you are doing is the best. Since my part of Florida hasn’t been put on the map, I wanted you to know Pensacola, Florida has letters! Keep it up. This is what the world needs! BRITTANY Pensacola, FL
  • 10. spreading. 6 continents 47 countries 50 states 6 team members 11 love letter writers 31 campus cursive leaders 4,000 + email volunteers 4,500 + love letters mailed
  • 11. & inking the headlines. Oprah.com Wall Street Journal TED Glamour The White House Blog Hello Giggles The Daily Candy New Haven Register HerCampus Eco Salon & more.
  • 12. so promise you’ll write. visit: www.moreloveletters.com mail: More Love Letters PO Box 2061 North Haven, CT 06473 tweet: @moreloveletters the book: Facebook.com/moreloveletters email: info@moreloveletters.com ring: 203-824-2488 Photo Credit: Tiffany L. Farley.