Send In Your Letters! ZNN’s Second Ultimate Thank-You Card Project Starts Now!

Some of you who have been around the fandom for a while might remember when we did The Ultimate Thank-You Card Project back in 2016. It was a big challenge, and I admittedly had no idea what I was doing at the time when I started it, but it turned out spectacularly! We ended up being able to deliver nearly 1000 cards to the staff of Walt Disney Animation Studios to show our appreciation for the amazing film they created.

Well, since the 10 year anniversary of both the movie and ZNN coincides with the end of Zootopia 2’s theatrical run, we had a great idea.

What if we did it again? But bigger and faster?

That’s right, we’ve opened up a new google form where you can leave thank-you messages, each of which will be delivered to a different member of the Disney staff! There are more people who were credited this time, so the goal is 1509 unique messages. A tall order, I know, but I am confident in this community’s ability to show how much the past 10 years of Zootopia has meant to them!

Here are the rules:

1. Keep messages short; 6-8 sentences at most. These will be printed on the backs of postcards, so there’s not too much room.
2. Write as many messages as you want, but make sure they’re all unique.
3. No AI. We’re writing from the heart, and I’ll give them a once-over for spelling and grammar. You don’t need to outsource your personal feelings to a machine.
4. SFW messages only. Obviously. We’re sending them to Disney. These are going to real people. Anything inappropriate will be deleted.

Also, you can choose which type of message you would like to send:

1. A general message for anyone on the staff. They can talk about your personal gratitude for the franchise, how it’s impacted you, etc.
2. A message for a specific department. Say you really loved the lighting in the confession scene of Zootopia 2- you can send a message to the Lighting department. Make sure your message has something specific to the work that they did on Zootopia 2.
3. A message for a specific individual. Say you have a friend who was a part of the orchestra- you can write out their name and we will make sure that it gets addressed to them. If there are any duplicate messages for the same person, we will edit all but the first we got to be more generalized. Also of note, don’t use this for cast or directors- they would be flooded with them, and we want to show our appreciation for as many different people as possible.

You may have also noticed a new addition to the sidebar of our website (or at the very bottom if you’re on mobile): a progress tracker!

You can use this to see exactly how far along we are in this project, and how far we have to go. If you click where it says “Send a Thank-You Card”, it’ll take you directly to the google form.

Also, we are working with the amazing artists who have contributed to the WildeHopps Community Calendar to ensure that each department has a unique style of postcard, to make things even that much more special.

We are going to be collecting messages between now and MARCH 25th. That’s just about 3 weeks to get them in. Afterwards we will be printing them out and delivering them to Disney on ZNN’s 10th Anniversary, March 31st. So there’s no time to waste!

FILL OUT THE FORM AND SEND A THANK-YOU MESSAGE HERE!