A little love from home
Care packages hand-delivered to college students and missionaries in Phoenix. Treats, a few useful things and a note from you, packed like a letter from home.
Hand-delivered locally: no shipping, no package lockers, no mailroom lines.
How it works
Choose the Basic or the Deluxe Finals Box, and tell us their school and dorm.
Write a message and we'll copy it onto a note card. Their name goes on the box.
We hand-deliver it to their dorm before finals and text you when it arrives.
What's inside
Comfort food, study fuel and a few things to get them through the week, all packed in school colors.
Includes a note card with your message. Their name goes on the box.
Order the Basic
Everything in the Basic, plus these upgrades:
Includes a note card with your message. Their name goes on the box.
Order the DeluxeFlavors of candy, chips and energy drink may vary.
Hi Emma,
We are so proud of you. Eat the snacks, get some sleep, and call us after your last exam. You've got this.
Love, Mom & Dad
Basic or Deluxe?
The Deluxe adds brands they'll recognize, not just more candy.
| What's included | Basic | Deluxe |
|---|---|---|
| Snacks, candy, chips & hot chocolate | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pen, highlighter & stress ball | ✓ | ✓ |
| Your note + their name on the box | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cookie from a local bakery | — | ✓ |
| Burt's Bees lip balm | — | ✓ |
| Barebells protein bar | — | ✓ |
| 3 Lindt truffles | — | ✓ |
| Cup Noodles & gum | — | ✓ |
| Energy drink | — | ✓ |
| Price | $35 | $55 |
Key dates
We deliver in the days before finals start at each school.
$5 off every box through Oct 31.
Applied automatically at checkout.
Or sooner if we sell out.
Classes end Dec 4, and finals run Dec 7–12.
In-person classes end Dec 18, and dorms close Dec 20.
Meet the maker
I'm a Phoenix mom, and Sent From Home started with my own son. When I sent him off for his freshman year, I knew I wouldn't be there for all the moments that matter, like finals week, birthdays and holidays away from home. So I mailed him a care package. Between dorm mailrooms and shipping, it felt more complicated and less personal than I wanted.
That's why I started Sent From Home: for parents who can't be there in person to hand their child a little love from home. Today that means college students here in the Valley, and missionaries serving in the Phoenix area, often hundreds or thousands of miles from the families who sent them. This is the next best thing.
I pack every box by hand at my kitchen table, and I deliver every one myself. For missionaries, I work directly with the mission office, so every box arrives the way the mission prefers. You'll know it got there, and that's one less thing for you to worry about.
My favorite part is the photo. Whenever I can, I take a picture of your student or missionary with their box and send it to you. That way you get to see their smile too, wherever you are.
When they open the box, I want it to feel like a letter from home: your words, a few favorite treats, and a reminder that someone's cheering them on.
Stacey
Questions
Arizona State University (Tempe campus) and Grand Canyon University, in the Phoenix area. We hand-deliver locally and don't ship.
We'll text your student ahead of time to arrange a handoff in their dorm lobby or another spot nearby. If we can't reach them, we follow the steps in our delivery policy below.
Yes. We only contact your student to set up the handoff and never mention what's inside. If you'd rather we coordinate through you, add that to your order notes.
When you order, type the message you want them to read. We copy it onto a note card in handwritten style and tuck it inside the box. The outside of the box is labeled with your student's name.
Add allergy notes when you order and we'll contact you about what we can swap. Our boxes contain nuts, chocolate, wheat and dairy and are packed in a kitchen that isn't allergen-free, so we can't guarantee any box is allergy-safe.
Yes. Check out once for each student so each box gets its own name, note and delivery details.
No. Sent From Home is an independent local business and isn't affiliated with or endorsed by either school.
The fine print
ASU boxes are delivered Dec 4–7 and GCU boxes Dec 11–14. We'll text your student to set a time, and we'll text you when the box has been delivered.
We'll try to reach them twice. If we still can't connect, we'll contact you to pick another time in the delivery window or arrange a drop-off with their roommate or the front desk.
You can cancel for a full refund through Nov 20. After that, we've already bought and packed the items, so we can't offer refunds, but we're glad to change the delivery details.
Boxes contain or may contain peanuts, tree nuts, chocolate, wheat, dairy, soy and eggs. Bakery cookies come individually wrapped and labeled by the bakery. We can't guarantee any box is allergen-free.
Get in touch
Send a question, ask about a custom box, or join the list for spring boxes. Stacey usually replies within a day.
