Recieve a letter from the Librarian - Brainstorm

I was thinking about how young children rarely receive mail and how fun it is for them to receive a letter of their very own. If I still had a library, I would love to have a program where children who register for the program would receive a personal letter from me. One idea is to send a letter for book related achievements such as reading a book out loud to their parents or reading a certain number of books. For time and simplicities sake I would choose only one of these ideas for the program, not combine them. I think a personal letter would be a great way to establish a connection with the children and their families. I would let the children know that they are always welcome to stop by the desk and say "hi" and to let the librarian know if they have any questions or book suggestions for the library. It might help to make the library seem less like an unapproachable institution and more like a place where they have a voice,and hopefully some of that will stick as they get older. This type of program may be too time consuming to run continuously so I would have a certain time frame for parents to register and/or for the children to complete their tasks such as a small Winter Reading Program.