Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- It started with one unknown person who had a prayer and desire to affect the abortion debate and it has caught on to become an Internet phenomenon. The Red Envelope Project could result in millions of envelopes heading to the White House over the next month to protest President Barack Obama's pro-abortion policies.

"This afternoon I was praying about a number of things, and my mind began to wander. I was deeply distressed at the symbolic actions that President Obama took as he began his presidency," the popular email says.

The person who started the campaign has been involved in the pro-life movement for 20 years and "it pained my heart to see a man and a political party committed to the shedding of innocent blood."

The pro-life advocate expresses sadness over the fact that Obama rescinded the Mexico City Policy and sent millions in taxpayer funds to pro-abortion groups that overate in other nations.

"This man and his party lead our country; but they do not represent me or the 54% of Americans who believe that abortion is wrong and should no longer be legal," the author writes.

How could that pro-life majority respond?

The answer to the prayer for a way resulted in the red envelope campaign.

Based on the red tape students are using to cover their mouths in silent abortion protest, the pro-life advocate developed the idea to send an empty red envelope to the White House to protest abortion.

Not knowing if Obama would understand the message, the email urges people sending envelopes to write the following message on the back: "This envelope represents one child who died in an abortion. It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception."

The email has become so popular that two pro-life advocates have taken it upon themselves to create web sites supporting the project.

Chris Westrick founded SendaRedEnvelope.org and says he is new to the world of pro-life political action.

"I attended my first ever rally of this kind, which just happened to be an anti-FOCA rally at one of the local churches in my community," he shared with LifeNews.com.

"At the end of the rally one of the ladies from the church came up and read basically what is on our site, handed out what she read, and gave us all a red envelope to send out," he explained. "My co-worker and I both looked at each other and said we could create a site to promote this and try to get it sent across the nation as quickly as possible."

Hours later, Westrick had the site set up and ready to go.

Brad Miller also felt moved to create a site to support the project and told LifeNews.com about the genesis behind RedEnvelopeProject.org.

"I was listening to EWTN radio during open line and when the host mentioned the e-mail going around. I then felt moved to build a web site to help organize the movement and had one up within an hour," he said.

"I've always wanted to use my skills in a faith related manner so I'm happy to have been able to provide this site for the movement," Miller added.

Some of the people getting more involved in the project have set a date to send envelopes over the weekend of February 28.

The idea is that if some of the participants in the project will all send their envelopes at the same time, the White House will be so deluged with them that President Obama might take notice.

ACTION: Purchase your red envelopes and send them to President Obama at The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington , D.C. 20500