Paper Crane Peace Project
**We are currently collecting paper cranes for Siverek and Kahramanmaras, Turkey.**
- Join us in sending love, strength, and solidarity—one paper crane at a time.
At the 7/20 Memorial Foundation, we know how deeply a simple gesture can comfort a broken heart. In our own time of loss, we were lifted by messages, art, and paper cranes from people we had never met. Those acts of kindness helped us heal and inspired the Paper Crane Peace Project.
- Today, we invite you to fold origami cranes carrying messages of peace, hope, and compassion. These cranes are gathered into wreaths and sent to communities impacted by tragedy, offering a tangible expression of support, remembrance, and care. Each crane carries a message; together, they become a gift of collective healing.
You can participate in several ways:
📬 Mail Cranes To:
7/20 Memorial Foundation
15151 E. Alameda Pkwy
Aurora, CO 80012
🏛️ Drop Off Cranes:
Paper Crane Station at the Aurora History Museum
15051 E. Alameda Pkwy
Aurora, CO 80012
- ☕ Fold With Us in Community:
- Join us every Saturday at Milly's Community Cafe for community folding gatherings. All are welcome. Join us at Milly’s Cafe
The 1,000 cranes pictured here were sent from O’Fallon, Missouri after the 2012 tragedy, inspiring healing, the creation of Ascentiate, and a lasting connection between our communities. These photos, shared by the Williams family, capture the compassion that sparked it all.
Following our banner sent to Las Vegas in October 2017, our community joined with the Aurora Strong Resilience Center to fold thousands of cranes and create peace wreaths for communities impacted by tragedy. We gathered again in March in support of Parkland, continuing this shared act of healing. AuroraTV Channel 8 shares the story in this video:
Memorial Wreaths
Browse the gallery below to see peace wreaths created from cranes folded locally and sent from around the world. Each wreath is a collective expression of love and support, shared in the hope that healing continues. Hover over each picture to see which community received the wreath.
