SArb encourages students to write letters to dads near and far
While University of Idaho students may receive letters or care packages in the mail from family members and loved ones, it’s the parents that are often left with an empty mailbox.
In honor of Dads’ Weekend, the Student Alumni Relations Board is hosting Postcards to Dad to ensure that Vandal dads’ mailboxes are stuffed with more than just bills this fall.
Postcards to Dad gives UI students the opportunity to write postcards to their parents. While the event is meant for students to write to dads who couldn’t make it to Moscow for this year’s Dads’ Weekend, even those who are expecting guests this weekend can stop by and write a postcard.
The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, in the Idaho Commons Plaza.
SArb Advisor Lauren Hamilton said students do not need to bring their own stationary or supplies to the event because it will be provided to all students for free.
“SArb will take care of sending the postcards,” she said. “All students have to do is come and write one.”
Dads’ Weekend’s Postcards to Dad is inspired by an event that took place last year during Moms’ Weekend called Letters to Mom.
Dads’ Weekend Committee Chair Seneca Jensen said last years’ event at Moms’ Weekend was so successful that they decided to try a similar approach this year for Dads’ Weekend.
She said over a hundred letters were sent last year and SArb is hoping that even more students will turn out to write postcards this year because it only takes a few minutes to participate.
The postcards will use the Dads’ Weekend graphic, and students will have enough white space to write a short message or draw a picture.
Jensen said although letters usually take a significant amount of time to write, a postcard can be written in a few minutes — which makes the activity accessible to all students on campus.
Although Jensen was heavily involved in planning the event, she said she will participate because she would never miss out on an easy, fun and inexpensive way to tell her father that she loves and appreciates him.
Although the event is called Postcards to Dad, students can write into their moms, grandparents or any other caregiver they feel like deserves recognition and a thank you card.
The university created Dads’ Weekend and Moms’ Weekend for parents to travel to Moscow to join their students for a weekend packed with events and activities.
Kelsey Stevenson can be reached at [email protected]