Birthday Gift Help

For my daughter's First Communion, we included the following on the invitation:

In lieu of presents, Xxxx would like to receive monetary gifts which she plans to donate to Give Kids the World and to purchase her first shares of Disney stock.

It took me quite a while to come up with this wording, specifically because we were asking for money. Surprisingly, it worked very well! Everyone thought it was a wonderful gesture.

We have neighbors who adopted two children from Russia. Every year for their birthday, they ask for presents for Operation Shoe Box. They include a flyer/letter about the organization and how to make the shoe box. Works like a charm! Good luck with your little boy's party; I think you are a saint for just having a party with 15 10yr old boy - even before the donated present issue is included!

D.,

Amazing!! My heart swells just knowing that there are children out there like your son! If you could make the invitations, you could design them to look like an advertisement, magazine cover, a library card, or something creative, and like the other posters said, just type what you want. I would try to be as specific as possible so that the parents are not left wandering what it is they are supposed to bring. I think that your son will have a great time opening these presents for the other kids. You may want to request that they send them wrapped so that he can unwrap them at the party, just as he would his own presents. Half the fun in getting presents is unwrapping them!

What a wonderful, compassionate, giving son you have! I would word it on the invitations just like he said, that he doesn't want any gifts for himself, but would rather accept donations of games and books for the children's ward at St. Johns hospital. You should feel blessed by having such a caring son. Good luck to you and your family!

Dear D.,

Thank you for raising a son who gives back!!! We have recieved a number of invitations to give back. The wording goes something like this: "Name is asking for gifts to give to St John's Hospital. Enclosed is a list of suggestions from St John's Thank you for helping Name to help others"
Have a great party 15 boys is a lots of movement.