How to Request a Baby’s Birth Greeting From President Barack Obama

A personalized Baby’s Birth Greeting from our President is a wonderful gift to receive for your newborn. These greetings are sent from the White House signed by our President. The Baby’s Birth Greeting must be requested after a baby is born. Follow the guidelines below to request a Baby Birth Greeting for your newborn. It is a keepsake that will be cherished forever.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. 
   United States Citizen

   Become a United States Citizen. You must be an United States Citizen to receive a personalized baby birth greeting from our President.

2. 
   Birth Greeting

   Request a greeting. Requests for a baby birth greeting must be made after a baby is born. The honoree must have been born within the past 12 months. It takes at least six weeks to process your request.
   
   Note: The Obama White House Greeting office has been swamped with requests for Presidential Greetings due to the historic value of this administration. The requests may take several months to receive.

3. 

   Provide the following information.
   Name of honoree.
   Address of honoree.
   Date (month, day, year) of birth.
   Requestor's name and daytime phone number.

4. 
   Mail Request

   Mail your requests to:
   The White House
   Attn: Greetings Office
   Washington, D.C. 20502-0039

5. Watch your mailboxes. The White House will send out your baby’s birth greeting in about six weeks.

6. 
   Picture Frame

   Select a nice frame for your official greeting and display it proudly. Who knows, your child may be our next president. Presidential greetings are also available for birthdays, anniversaries, baby’s birth, Eagle Scout Award, Girl Scout Gold Award and Bar / Bat Mitzvah or equivalent.

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure to send your requests after the birth of your baby.
• Mail in your request after the birth of your baby.
• The Obama White House Greeting office has been swamped with requests for Presidential Greetings due to the historic value of this administration. The requests may take several months to receive.

Resources

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[msknowalot]

on 4/11/2009 this is so very very cool! will forward to all my pregnant co-workers, they would love to get a baby birth greeting from the President

[gypcgal]

on 1/19/2009 I did this for my nephew in 1996 (at the time a friend was a DC intern - that's how I heard about it) but also for our son who was born in 2007. I'm due with our second February 2009 and will do the same for her!
This department of the White House also will send birthday greetings to those over 80 years of age as well as for anniversaries 50 years or higher. My sister submitted a request for an anniversary greeting for our parents 50th. It was a treasured gift!
Speaking of another cool welcome/greetings, Ringling Bros. grants a free ticket to the circus for your baby (the offer is called "Baby's 1st Circus"). It must be done prior to the child turning one - go to www.ringling.com under special offers for details.

[jkmom2007]

on 12/4/2008 Great article! I didn't know you could do this. It's too late now since my kids are older, but I wish I had done this. (-:

[Kathymcbain]

on 12/3/2008 Oh my gosh!! I never knew this. I'm gonna have another baby just so I can get one. :) Seriously, this is so cool.