Send a Smile 4 Kids Featured on Martha Stewart.com!

I am honored to share that Send a Smile 4 Kids is one of four organizations and four different ways crafters can send handmade cards for kids featured in an on line article at Martha Stewart.com! Here is a link to the article:  https://www.marthastewart.com/1522968/send-handmade-holiday-cards-for-childrens-charity

All four organizations featured are worthy causes and all help kids which is what we are all about. Please take a minute to read the article and check out different ways you can help cheer kids both during this holiday season and beyond.

Stamping smiles 4 kids, Karen 

Announcing Three New Hospitals Full of Kids to Help Cheer!

Three of our current volunteers have recently added three more children's hospitals to bring the cards you send them to, and help cheer the kids who are inpatient in them!

Anne Slattery had added St. Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. as it noted below her picture on the right.

Jill Blasche has added Texas Children's Hospital-Katy, in Houston, TX as another hospital we are serving.

And Janet Bailey has added Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, IN.                           

All the hospitals we currently serve are under the pictures of the wonderful volunteers on the right. They also post current needs there so be sure to read those before sending in your cards.

As we continue to grow, we really appreciate the handmade cards you send to each of our volunteers! Right now we are still accepting Halloween cards and fall cards for a short while. Our next big push will be for Christmas and winter holiday cards. We would love for each child inpatient in the children's hospitals we serve over the holidays to not only receive a card, but also be able to pick out a few to give to special people they are missing or to the medical staff who care for them. The gift of giving is a wonderful thing to share. Thank you!

Stamping smiles 4 kids, Karen

P.S. Many of our volunteers would also like Thanksgiving cards or fall cards that can be used that way. Perhaps send them with your Halloween cards in October or early in November. Thanks!

Send a Smile 4 Kids Continues to Grow!!

I am thrilled to announce that Send a Smile 4 Kids has just added two more volunteers who will be accepting your handmade cards for kids who are inpatient at three Texas children's hospitals!

Texas is a big state and both of our new Texas volunteers recently stepped up to help these kids even though where they both live is still dealing with the aftermath of the recent hurricane. 

Please help me welcome Jill Blasche and Cyndi Amaya! Their beautiful faces are over on the right and their addresses have been added to the Contact Us page.

Jill Blasche will be accepting cards for the kids at Texas Children's Hospital-The Woodlands Campus in Woodlands Texas. The address to send her cards for the kids is:

Send a Smile 4 Kids c/o Jill Blasche
7118 Palisades Hts. Dr.
Houston TX 77095

Jill also has a friend who will be helping her in accepting and organizing the cards and her name is Jan Kloss. We thank both Jill and Jan for stepping up to help cheer more kids!

Cyndi Amaya will be accepting cards for the kids in the Children's Hospital of San Antonio and the Christus Santa Rose-New Braunfels Hospital. SAS4Kids thanks Cyndi for volunteering too!

Her address is:
Send a Smile 4 Kids c/o Cyndi Amaya
12122 Upton Park
San Antonio, TX 78253

Cyndi did mention that her hospital was looking for some "Congrats- You are going home" cards. Otherwise, right now both our new volunteers will need all kinds of cards including cheery everyday cards, thank you cards, birthday cards and of course the upcoming holiday cards especially Christmas and Happy Holidays cards. 

All of our volunteers need Fall and Halloween cards (Non-Scary!) if you can get them to them by early or mid October. And then we would like all the kids in the children's hospitals we serve to receive a Christmas or Happy Holidays card and to be able to choose some for the medical staff or to send to relatives they are missing if they are in the hospitals on Christmas or Hanukkah or the holiday season.

We thank you all for the cards sent and hope all the volunteers receive enough cards to help put smiles on many children's faces now and into the new year.

Sending smiles 4 Kids, Karen 

Yes We are Very Much Active:)

I am sorry if there is ever any question as to whether or not we are still accepting cards for our kids in the children's hospitals we serve if there is not a new post here. 

Check out all the activity here on this page:  http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com/p/gratitude-and-activity.html Our volunteers are very busy and grateful for every card sent in. We are posting new challenges twice a month on the challenge side and our volunteers also post updates on the side of the home blog page with current needs, so I assume it is obvious that we are active. 

We are always in need of boy's cards and teenage cards, as well as everyday cheerful cards and thank yous. Next holidays to think about are Halloween (not scary) and Christmas or Happy Holidays. 

Thanks so much for all you do for our kids!

Karen SAS4Kids