2016 Light the Torch walk shines brightly on Send A Smile Today™

FT Cares Foundation donation press release PDF

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Kim Whitehouse
630-363-6826
info@sendasmiletoday.org

Send A Smile Today™ receives donation from FT Cares Foundation

Aurora, IL – February 24, 2017 – Send A Smile Today™ was the recipient of a generous donation from the FT Cares Foundation 2016 Light the Torch walk. Send A Smile Today™ was a charitable partner with the September 2016 event. The donation from FT Cares Foundation will continue Send A Smile Today’s mission to reach more cancer patients by helping to fund future card making events, website maintenance, postage, marketing materials, and card making supplies.

About FT Cares Foundation
The FT Cares Foundation works to transform lives, locally, nationally and globally. Through the Foundation, we’re committing our resources and employees to show how much First Trust Cares and how, together, we can help change the world. The Foundation partners with many organizations in the DuPage community which are making an impact. Together with our parent organization, First Trust Portfolios, located in Wheaton, IL the Foundation is proud to make an impact in its community, and has a mandate as well to impact others around the nation and the globe. For more information, visit ftcaresfoundation.org

About Send A Smile Today™
The mission of Send A Smile Today™ is to let cancer patients know that they are never alone by regularly mailing uplifting greeting cards: from time of cancer diagnosis – through treatment – to survivorship. Cards are mailed monthly to ANYONE of ANY AGE with ANY TYPE of cancer in the United States and are meant to provide hope, love and support. Send A Smile Today™ is a service provided by the Kim’s Crew Foundation™, an Internal Revenue Service approved 501(c)(3) organization. To date, Send A Smile Today™ has mailed over 1,600 greeting cards to 200 cancer patients in 37 states. For more information, visit sendasmiletoday.org

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