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Welcome to our Thank a First Responder Day shop, where every purchase you make helps us recognise and support first responders and their families.
Thank a First Responder Day also serves as Fortem’s primary annual fundraiser, with money raised helping support our work delivering mental health and wellbeing programs and services for first responders and their families. As a not-for-profit organisation, Fortem relies on donors, funding partnerships and grants to support the mental health and wellbeing of first responders, their families and former first responders.
Co-branded Thank you cards
Show your support with professionally printed, co-branded Thank a First Responder Day cards featuring your logo and we’ll manage the entire process from design through to delivery.
Printing options:
- 500 cards – $200
- 1,000 cards – $250
- Delivery included
These cards can be shared with schools, community groups, and local organisations, giving people a simple and meaningful way to write messages of gratitude to their local first responders.
You can also download free Thank a First Responder Day cards via our resources page.
Order Thank you cards
Specifications
Thank you card size: A6 (148 x 105 mm)
Delivery: Free delivery with an estimated turnaround time from submission to delivery of approximately 2 weeks.
Logo Placement: Your organisation’s logo will be featured on the blank ‘Thank you’ side of the card, positioned in the top right-hand corner, a meaningful space where people will write their messages of gratitude.
Logo upload requirements: To ensure your logo prints clearly on the card, please provide:
- A square or near-square version of your logo
- A vector file (.EPS or.SVG) or a high-resolution PNG
- Minimum size 1000 x 1000 pixels
- Transparent or white background
This helps us maintain a high-quality, professional finish across all printed materials.
Remember: Triple Zero Heroes
Celebrate Thank a First Responder Day 2026 with the inspiring children’s book Remember: Triple Zero Heroes. Proudly created in partnership with Hawkeye Publishing and author J. E. Miller, this story helps young readers understand and appreciate the vital role of first responders.
After an overwhelming response to our initial release with gifted copies quickly snapped up by schools, libraries and early learning centres, we are excited to now offer additional copies for purchase at a discounted rate.
Purchase Remember: Triple Zero Heroes
As numbers are limited, we encourage early orders to avoid missing out, and while we’ll prioritise timely dispatch, books can only be guaranteed to arrive before Thank a First Responder Day if ordered with sufficient lead time.
About the book and author
J. E. Miller’s Remember: Triple Zero Heroes follows a young child stepping into different shoes attending an ANZAC Parade to experience life through another’s eyes, for just a moment.
The child becomes a fireman, a police officer with a sniffer dog, a paramedic, a mounted police officer, an SES floodboat operator, and more. All of these stories are based on real-life experiences.
J. E. Miller writes inspiring stories for the young and young at heart. Her focus on magical realism stems from a lifelong appreciation of the genre, often mistaken for fantasy, and the way it addresses contemporary social questions through drawing from legends, fables, and myths from our past.
J.E. Miller is a former first responder and holds a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English Literature, a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (applied learning) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology (neuroscience/developmental psychology)
Author workshops – exclusive offer
The Hero Within: Storytelling for Thank a First Responder Day
To celebrate Thank a First Responder Day, we’re excited to offer an exclusive opportunity for schools to take part in virtual storytelling workshops with award-winning author J. E. Miller.
Designed to inspire creativity and confidence, these engaging sessions encourage students to explore storytelling while recognising the heroes in our communities.
About: Inspire your students to find their voice, tell their stories, and think creatively with engaging online author workshops designed specifically for schools.
Led by award-winning author, J.E. Miller, these interactive sessions go beyond ‘just writing.’
Students explore the power of storytelling across the curriculum—building confidence, strengthening communication skills, and developing creativity in a supportive, high-energy environment.
Each workshop is tailored to suit your class needs, year level, and learning goals, with clear links to the Australian Curriculum in English, Literacy, and The Arts.
Whether your students are emerging writers or confident performers, these sessions are designed to spark imagination, encourage critical thinking, and make learning genuinely fun.
Workshop Topics (customised for your class):
- Creative writing and storytelling: Generate ideas, build characters, and structure engaging stories.
- Public speaking and performance: Build confidence, clarity, and stage presence.
- Creativity and idea generation: Fun exercises to spark imagination and problem-solving.
- Author study – Remember: Triple Zero Heroes: Explore themes, characters, and real-life inspiration.
- Bringing stories to life: Connect writing to performance through acting and presentation.
Location: Virtual workshops
Class size: Up to 35 students. All ages can be catered for.
What’s provided: 60 min virtual session with J. E. Miller along with physical and digital workshop materials are provided for use during the session.
Cost: This exclusive offer provides a 10% discount off your fee and 50% of your donation will be donated to Fortem Australia to support first responders and their families.
- 1 x 60-minute session: $316.80 (usually $352)
- Add a 2nd session on the same day: total $439.20 (usually $488)
- Add a 3rd session on the same day: total $634.50 (usually $705)
Dates available: Flexible days and times during term 2. Schools request their best time, and we’ll coordinate to find a time that works.
How to book: Schools can email Tamara Hewson at Speakers Ink to book: tamara@speakers-ink.com.au or visit Julie Miller – Speakers Ink for more information.
We See You CD
Ten of Australia’s most talented songwriters and performers have collaborated to create an album called We See You. The songwriters on this album have all focused on an area that means something special to them – to put a face to the first responders who risk their own lives, to protect the lives of others.
We See You acknowledges all the first responders who do extraordinary jobs every day and the families who stand behind them.