A Surprise Card Drive for SAS4Kids!

What a lovely surprise we had this week! Stamping with the Dragon is hosting a card drive along with a challenge to make a card for a child for a birthday or holiday! Their blog with all the details can be found here. They are offering two great prizes - one for a birthday card and one for a holiday card. And they are encouraging any one who enters to send their card along with any others they may have for children to Send a Smile 4 Kids! They are honoring the birthday of Janette with this card drive and challenge, so Happy Birthday to Janette and THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Now is the time to be thinking about holiday cards for our kids. We would love to be able to give a fall or cute Halloween card and a Christmas or Happy Holidays card to each of the children who are in the Children's Hospitals on those days. And we do need to receive them well in advance to be sure to get them to the hospitals on time.

If any other blogs or organizations would like to co-ordinate with us for a card drive or challenge for our cause, we would be thrilled to hear from you.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen

Welcome to our Newly Remodeled Blog! And Time to Think about Holiday Cards!

Thank you for visiting Send a Smile 4 Kids! Please click on any of the tabs above for more information about our cause and/or our challenges!

We want to send a HUGE THANK YOU  to Sara and Michael for the fantastic job they did on our makeover. Please click on their names to visit their blog and leave them some love for all they have done for us.

Thanks to everyone who has sent us cards recently! We have a huge box ready to be delivered to the Children's Hospitals in Neenah and Milwaukee very soon. You can see specifics on what has been received and delivered on our Gratitude and Activity Tab.

Believe it or not, it is time to be thinking about Fall and Winter Holiday cards for our kids! If you want to send in some for those holidays, here are some suggested deadlines (to be sure we can get them to the kids in time):

Halloween   October 10th    - Please no scary ones- just fun fall and Halloween cards.

Thanksgiving  November 5th  

Happy Holiday (Christmas)  December 1st  - Please no specific religion cards as the nurses do not necessarily know the religion of the child or their family. We would also love just seasonal  fall or wintery ones for the kids.

And of course, we always need birthday and everyday happy cards for all ages of children.

As you are designing, keep our older teenage children in mind too and maybe make some specifically for those kids as we never seem to get enough for teenagers.

If we get any cards after a deadline, don't worry, we will just save for next year. Remember to include envelopes if you can.

We appreciate any amount of cards you can send to put a smile on our kids faces!

Stamping smiles 4 Kids, Karen

Craft it Forward for a chance to Win BIG!

Craft for Charity – and a chance to win $500!

I wanted to let you know about a really cool charity movement that has just launched! It’s called Craft It Forward and it’s a great way to use your passion for crafting to make a difference in YOUR community. A handmade card can bring smiles to kids in the hospital and you can help us and our kids and maybe win by Crafting It Forward.

Here’s how it works: throughout 2011, visit the Craft It Forward website each month for a new downloadable pattern or design one of your own. Make the project or a card for kids and donate it to a charity that is near and dear to your heart, like SAS4Kids. Then, add your story to the Craft It Forward gallery for a chance to win $500 in cash and a $500 donation to a charity! They’ll be looking for stories to feature in the magazine and on the website, too. Click on the button on the side for more details at their site.

So join me and Craft It Forward throughout 2011. Just make a card for a child, enter it at Craft it Forward and send it to Send a Smile 4 Kids (with any others you have) to the address on this blog. You could also enter it if you wish in one of our fun challenges at our challenge blog to possibly win even more prizes.

For more information, visit the Craft it Forward website:

Scrapbooks etc. magazinewww.scrapbooksetc.com/craftforward .

Stamping smiles for kids, Karen

Keep Watching for Lots of Fun Changes!

Hello to everyone out there in Blogland! Karen here. We have been working real hard behind the scenes here and at our challenge blog and soon both blogs will be totally updated. In the meantime we are hoping you will consider sending us any hand stamped cards you have that we can deliver to our kids inpatient in Childrens' Hospitals. No matter how many you send, it would be greatly appreciated! Check your samples and extra cards you have laying around- we need cards for all holidays, birthday and every day cheer. If you are making them, blank insides are the best but we (or you) can cover the inside if need be. The address is on the side here and check the guidelines quick before sending. Grab our badge for your blog and help us publicize this great cause.

Thanks and keep checking back for more fun changes. And join us for a fun challenge on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month for a chance at great prizes.

Stamping smiles 4 our kids, Karen