This month, June 2019, Send A Smile Today celebrates our 5 year anniversary! Five years ago we had a vision and a mission – to simply let those with cancer know they are never alone.

We are amazed by the continued donations we receive from YOU who are individuals, businesses, non-profits, religious organizations, Girl Scouts, colleges & universities, schools, scrap-booking enthusiasts, our current or past card recipients, those who have been touched by someone with cancer, or those who simply want to provide smiles to others.

To date, we have mailed nearly 6,000 uplifting greeting cards to 733 cancer patients in 48 states. We couldn’t provide smiles to those with cancer without your love and support – thank you so much. We hear all of the time from our card recipients how much receiving a card means to them. Please know you are making a difference. Keep up the great work!

Thanks to your generous donation in 2018, we have been able to continue supporting those with cancer. Here are some of our accomplishments from 2018:

• – Increased donations of handmade and store bought cards, blank envelopes and Forever stamps by 92% over last year.
• – Successfully moved our operation from Aurora, IL to Louisville, KY in June.
• – Held stamp drive in October receiving over 4,000 stamps, exceeding our goal by 35%.
• – Appeared on the Louisville, KY Wave3 local news channel and their online channel asking for viewers to donate stamps for our cause.
• – Partnered with American Express and their Cancer Support group where they conducted 2 card making events (New York, NY and Phoenix, AZ) resulting in over 300 cards, envelopes and stamps donated.
• – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Justserve.org) conducted a Day of Service in December resulting in over 350 cards & envelopes donated by 7 groups.
• – Continued partnership with Cardz for Kidz, where they donated over 1,000 envelopes.
• – Received matching corporate donations from two donor companies.
• – Maintained our social media presence with 3% growth with our followers in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn.  Like us!  Follow us!

We need your help!  

Our Forever stamp inventory is very low. Please donate stamps.

In September 2018 we mailed cards to 175 cancer patients. We have less than 550 stamps remaining in inventory which is enough to mail cards to those with cancer through the month of November 2018.

How can you help?

From now until October 31, 2018 we are holding a STAMP DRIVE. Our goal is to collect 3,000 stamps which will allow us to mail cards to cancer patients through the end of 2019, as projected.

If you would like to help out, please mail your stamps donation to:

Send A Smile Today
9462 Brownsboro Road #381
Louisville, KY 40241

We’ve Moved!  Our new address is:

Send A Smile Today

9462 Brownsboro Road #381

Louisville, KY 40241

We have really exciting news to share! As of June 18, 2018 the Send A Smile Today operations center moved to Louisville, KY! We are excited with this move as it will provide us with opportunities to extend our mission to more communities throughout the United States.  For those of you that like to donate handmade or store bought uplifting greeting cards, envelopes or Forever stamps, please notice our change in address. Thank you for all of your support in the past and keep up the good work!

“Dear Send A Smile Today,

Just wanted you to know that your cards are doing their intended trick.  I had a real soupy poopy night first chemo, couldn’t make it to the mailbox, but next day there was your smiling cheerful message waiting for me!”

Send A Smile Today card recipient, Wonder Lake, IL

• – Increased donations of handmade and store bought cards, blank envelopes and Forever stamps by 56% over last year.
• – Conducted two local card making events resulting in 500 handmade cards created from the heart.
• – Maintained our social media presence with 15% growth with our followers in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn.  Like us!  Follow us!
• – Launched our redesigned sendasmiletoday.org website for easier card sign ups and navigation.
• – Three cancer centers/hospitals are displaying our brochures.
• – Partnered with two amazing organizations (FT Cares Foundation in Wheaton, IL and Top Level Fitness in Naperville, IL) where we were excited to be a beneficiary of their fundraising activities.
• – Partnered with Small But Mighty Books who provided all of our children and teen card recipients with a free Amazing Annabelle book – a story about a little girl going through a medical crisis.
• – Partnered with Crone Middle School (Indian Prairie School District 204) in Naperville, IL who have set up a permanent Send A Smile Today card making station inside their school’s library media center.
• – Held our 3rd annual bingo fundraiser.

With much gratitude, we would like to thank Top Level Fitness for hosting two charity workouts on October 28, 2017.  Top Level Fitness donated all proceeds from those two workouts to Send A Smile Today.  A total of $411 was raised from the charity workouts.  Top Level Fitness believes in giving back to the community and that #wecanchangelives.  Top Level Fitness is located at 2764 Aurora Ave #120, Naperville, IL 60540.

Click here to view the video from this workout.

3rd Annual Family Night Bingo Fundraiser

All proceeds go toward our mission to encouragement and support cancer patients through greeting card outreach.

When: Saturday, August 26, 2017

Where: Eola Community Center, 555 S Eola Rd, Aurora, IL 60504, room 110/111

Time:  Doors open at 6:00 p.m.  Games begin at 6:30 p.m. Event ends at 8:00 p.m.

Entry Fee:  $10 per person.  Entry fee is required to attend event, even if you are not playing bingo.  Kids under 5 are free.  Entry includes 6 bingo games.  Additional bingo cards may be purchased at the event.

Raffle Tickets:  $1 each.  Two free raffle tickets are included with each entry fee purchased in advance.  Entry fee and raffle tickets purchased in advance will be available for pick up at the event.

Click here to purchase tickets