Why Become a Hazelnut Champion?

 

✔️ Empower Families – Your support gives families resources, encouragement, and a community that understands.

✔️ Change Culture – You’re helping schools and workplaces see ability before disability.

✔️ Build Inclusion – Together, we’re creating spaces where every person is valued and celebrated.

 

More Than a Donation

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Your monthly gift is a statement: Disability doesn’t limit dignity, purpose, or potential.

As a Hazelnut Champion, you join a growing movement that refuses to settle for anything less than belonging for every person.

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Champion Perks

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• Exclusive updates and stories of impact

• Opportunities to connect with other Champions

• A free Hazelnut Champion t-shirt when you join in September (limited time!)

 

Our Mission

 

Our mission is to inspire compassion and understanding in everyone we reach. Through our programs, children and adults alike walk away with greater compassion for themselves, their friends, and those affected by disabilities.

 

We help participants embrace the truth that we are all uniquely and wonderfully made—different on purpose, for a purpose. By fostering this mindset, we empower individuals to see their own value and the value in others, creating a world where every difference is celebrated.

 

Why We Do It

 

As a parent of two children in the NKH family, a fellow educator, and a parent to public school children, I understand the challenges of discussing special needs with young learners. That’s why The Hazelnut Movement bridges the gap through impactful storytelling, conversations, and assemblies that empower students to see disabilities as strengths rather than limitations.

 

What We’ve Accomplished

 

• Delivered 7 school assemblies in the past year, impacting over 2,500 students with a message of compassion and empowerment.

• Gifted more than 1,000 books to educators, equipping classrooms with stories that inspire inclusion and empathy.

• Donated over 80 books to educators globally since our launch, fostering open dialogue for children with special needs.

 

Join Us on This Journey

 

We can’t do it alone. Your support—whether through donations, volunteering, or spreading the word—helps us continue our mission to change lives. Together, we can teach more children to recognize the superpowers in themselves and others, creating a world where everyone feels seen, valued, and understood.

 

How Your Donation Helps

 

When you give, your contribution has a direct impact:

• $2 brings a life-changing message of hope to one child, teaching them that their greatest challenge might become their greatest superpower.

• $10 provides a book to an educator, inspiring inclusion and empathy in the classroom.

• $50 supplies inclusive coloring books to 25 children.

• $1,200 sponsors a school assembly, reaching 400–600 students with a powerful message of hope and empowerment.

 

Together, we can inspire a world where everyone belongs.

 

The Hazelnut Movement is now an official program of Luke 14 Ministries, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax-deductible. To make a donation, visit the link below and select The Hazelnut Movement.
 

A Personal Thank You

After you donate, send me a screenshot of your gift and I will personally send you a special thank-you gift!

📲 Text me at +1 (425) 655-2001

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