ANOTHER ROUND OF THANK YOUs

Thank you to all of our new followers and to all of those who have help spread the word by placing our badge on their blog.

Thank you to Wendy, Carol and Sharon for their continued help and support with the Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge Blog. We have a new challenge starting this Saturday, be sure to check it out. And there's still time to enter the current "Anything Goes" challenge.

Thank you to all the wonderful sponsors who have agreed to sponsor our upcoming challenges:

Bugaboo Stamps
Wendy P. (Kaszazz Consultant)
Mari K. Creations
Robyn's Fetish
Sassy Studio Design
Digi Doodle Shop

When you have the time please visit our sponsors too.

And last but not least, thank you Angie from Texas for sending in the adorable cards this week!

JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THANK YOU'S

I just wanted to take a few minutes to say a few thank you's.

Thank you to our 2 anonymous donors. One has offered to sponsor one of our challenges and another has donated funds towards shipping the Valentine's.  Thank you so much for your support! Thanks to generous people like you we will be able to put some smiles on kids faces this Valentine's Day!

Thank you Melissa for the cute Valentine cards you sent in. They are adorable and the kids will love them!

Thank you to all of our followers and everyone who has requested the mailing address to send cards in. I can't wait to see all of your wonderful creations and pass them on to the children.

Launch

While the official launch date of the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog isn't until January 1, I see I've had a few visits to the blog already so we're going to go ahead and get it rolling a few days early.

Send A Smile 4 Kids was created as a way to get handmade greeting cards to children in hospitals across the country. Cards will be distributed for Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Birthday cards will be distributed throughout the year. 

All cards should be handmade for kids ages 0-19 and should be fun, happy, upbeat cards. Beginning with Easter 2011 we will also be sending small treat bags to be given out to some of the kids as well.

If you wish to donate some handmade cards, please e-mail me at sendasmile4kids@rocketmail.com and I will give you the address to send them to. We will be getting a P.O. Box in January, once we do that address will be listed on the sidebar at all times. The first holiday we will be sending cards for will be Valentine's Day. Valentine's should be received by February 1, 2011. I do realize that's not a lot of time, so I'll go ahead and give you the dates for Easter cards as well. Easter cards should be received by April 10,  2011. All of the dates will be posted in the sidebar as well. Birthday cards can be sent anytime. And if you are like me and have tons of leftover Christmas supplies, you can send Christmas cards as well, we'll just hold onto to them until next year. PLEASE read the card guidelines before making your cards.

And if you aren't the creative type, you can help by giving a monetary donation (click the donate button to the right) or you can send in items for the treat packs (stickers, pencils, crayons, coloring books, etc.)

Every card received will get you an entry in a drawing for the next holiday prize giveaway. The first giveaway will be February 2, 2011. Also, everyone who sends in a Valentine card will be sent an Easter digi stamp set to get you started on your Easter cards.

Thank you so much for your support!!