Send prisoners some holiday cheer!

The Prisoner Correspondence Network is holding our sixth annual Holiday Card Drive! Christmas can be a very dark time in prison, and receiving a holiday card can make a world of difference.

As a community-led, volunteer-run organisation, we rely on the support of ordinary people to get this important mahi done. We expect to send around 2,500 cards to 500 people in prison this year, with our projected running costs for 2022 looking to be around $6,000. Producing and posting cards to this many people costs a lot of money, so we rely on your support to ensure that these costs are covered.

Here's just one message we received after last year's drive:

From Kurt:

I would like to send a massive thanks in regards to an envelope I got today with Christmas cards from the public and a nice letter from the PCN team. This was a nice surprise and super thoughtful and as being in prison at this time of year and not being at home with family it's nice to get cards and letters as I texting and calling for granted on the outside. It took for me to become incarcerated to realise how much we take things for granted and how a simple letter can mean so much and lighten up someone's day as this has for me =)

For more information about the Holiday Card Drive, including how to send in your own cards, sign a loved one up to receive cards, or organise a working bee, check out our post here: https://pcn.nz/2022/10/23/holiday-card-drive-2022-how-to-get-involved/