Dear Whyville Parent,

As a proud parent of a Whyvillian, I'm sure you've heard a lot about our town. You must've seen your Whyvillian's carefully designed face, heard about our clam economy, watched your child participate as a citizen in our little town.

Lately, you may also have heard from your Whyvillian that Whyville is busy all the time, so busy that sometimes your child can't even get on.

Well, that's exactly what's been happening. In Sept 2001, the population of Whyville crossed the 100,000 mark. October, 2003 saw our 500,000 th registered citizen. This March, for Whyville's fifth birthday, Whyville's population was close to 750,000. Every day, more than 25,000 children from around the world visit us. With our popularity ever increasing, we're just not able to keep up with the growth.

We have finally come to recognize that for Whyville to grow, improve, and continue to be the most creative environment on the Internet where children can learn, play, and meet friends from around the world safely, we need the help of our members.

By purchasing a Why-Pass, you'll be doing just that. All proceeds will go towards maintaining, improving, and growing this town. Your child will also receive priority access to Whyville. He/she won't have to wait around when our server is too busy and end up surfing the Web aimlessly.

As is the Whyville Way, we want to listen to our Whyvillians and let them tell us how much Whyville means to them. And we've received a lot of heart-warming feedback from our citizens and their parents:

"I would like to express my gratitude for your excellent work developing Whyville. My daughter has benefited enormously from her citizenship in your community and I have directly observed the effects of your efforts in her growth and development. In some ways I regard her involvement with Whyville as having provided her with a more valuable learning experience than her formal public school education."
"I love what you're doing with Whyville. I know because my son has shown me around and it looks like a nice place where kids can meet each other under safety. I like the no swearing on Whyville, one of the many great things I have found out about Whyville. Thank you for a safe and fun chat room."
"Ever since I started Whyville, my grades in Science have been rising! On my last report card, I made an A+ in science because of whyville! My grade went from a B- to an A+! When my parents asked me where I had learned all of this information, I told them, and they were very happy that I was having fun and learning at the same time!"
"I have learned a lot on Whyville, more stuff than I thought I could learn off the internet. On behalf of all the Whyvillians I want to thank you City Hall for all of your work and dedication towards educating all of us."

We hope you'll decide to subscribe for a Why-Pass today.

Please take a moment to review Whyville's Privacy Statement and Safety Tools
For more about the Why-Pass, read the Whyville Times article and the FAQs.
To send us you comments or questions, mail to whypass@whyville.net.