Below are the ways you can turn a birthday into a giving back experience:
Celebrate a Friend’s Birthday With the Gift of Giving Back
Do you have a friend whose birthday you would like to acknowledge? Give a gift to LitNet in their honor!
You can choose to donate to LitNet in someone’s honor on their birthday! Simply visit this link to give your donation and enter a personal message for your friend.
LitNet will then send a beautiful birthday card, made by one of our learners, with your personal message, and let them know a gift was made in their honor.
Oliver Santillian, Untitled, 2026
Host a Party
Will you be having an in-person birthday bash in 2026?
You can request that, in place of gifts, your guests donate to LitNet in your honor. (See the box to the right to see how LitNet tutor Val did this!)
Here is what LitNet can offer you:
- A LitNet info display at the event
- LitNet swag for your guests
- The option to have a mini-presentation about LitNet (OR) a LitNet-led trivia game focused on international and citizenship-related content.
Gifts in your honor can be sent to LitNet ahead of time. At the event, we can provide a QR Code to display and/or donation envelopes.
Contact Leigh to discuss your plans to celebrate! [email protected]
Shelsy Rodriguez, Learning to Belong/ Aprender Para Pertenecer, 2026
Celebrate Your Birthday With Friends and Family from Afar
Not having a birthday party? Would you prefer that friends and family not go through the hassle of sending you gifts? Direct your birthday gifts to LitNet and provide your community with a giving back experience!
How it works…
LitNet can provide beautiful cards (made by a LitNet learner artist) to send to your friends and family ahead of your birthday, letting them know that this year you are directing your gifts to LitNet.
We will collaborate with you to gather the names and addresses of the folks you would like to send these cards to. The cards will share your plans to give back for your birthday!
Inside the cards will read, “This year for my birthday, I would like to support the Literacy Network. Will you join me?” There will be a small blurb about LitNet and a QR Code to LitNet’s Birthday Program Donation page on our website. Donations can be made there.
Contact Leigh to plan your birthday fundraising efforts! [email protected]
Vivian Herrera, Birthday Classic, 2026
Happy Birthday to You & LitNet!
Since 1991, LitNet has been growing stronger and maturing to meet the needs of the community we serve. At 35, we are wiser than ever but have many years ahead of us to continue to meet the needs of the adult learners we serve. We could not do it with you!
