During the COVID-19 outbreak, we are still accepting donations of greeting cards, envelopes, postage stamps and monetary donations. Those with cancer need our support now more than ever. If you know of anyone with cancer, or if you have cancer, please sign up to receive free monthly cards of encouragement from Send A Smile Today. Our April 2020 cards will be sent out around April 15 and will be from inventory greater than 30 days old.
Year 2019 in Review
THANK YOU
Thanks to generous donations in 2019, we have been able to continue supporting those with cancer. As of December 31, 2019, we have mailed monthly uplifting greeting cards, for free, to 997 cancer patients from 49 states. Here are some of our accomplishments from 2019 as compared to the previous year:
- – Increased the number of new card sign ups by 72%.
- – Increased total cards mailed by 88%.
- – Increased donations of handmade/store-bought cards by 460%.
- – Increased donations of envelopes by 160%.
- – Increased donations of postage stamps by 70%.
- – Maintained our social media presence with 7% growth with our followers in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn. Like us! Follow us!
Results from our 2019 Stamp Drive
| We are delighted to announce the results of our September Stamp Drive. We received over 4,300 postage stamps! We would like to thank the following donors for their support:
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September Stamp Drive 2019
September kicks off with our 2nd annual STAMP DRIVE. Won’t you help us reach our goal of 5,000 stamps? We currently mail monthly cards to over 300 cancer patients and this number continues to grow each month. In the last two weeks, we have received 25 new card sign up requests. Last month 55 new cancer patients signed up to receive monthly cards. You make it possible for us to continue reaching those with cancer. Thank you for your continued love and support.
There are 3 ways you can donate stamps:
1. Buy some stamps and mail them to us.
2. Purchase stamps online at USPS.com, Amazon, or another favorite store and enter our address for the shipping address.
3. Make a monetary donation online on our website.
Mail stamps to:
Send A Smile Today
9462 Brownsboro Road, #381
Louisville, KY 40241
Send A Smile Today
9462 Brownsboro Road, #381
Louisville, KY 40241
All donations will receive a tax deductible letter of thanks.
It’s our 5 year anniversary!
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!
Much Gratitude,
Kim Whitehouse
Founder, Send A Smile Today
Our 2018 Year in Review
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!
Thanks for a successful stamp drive!
Our stamp drive ended yesterday. We collected a total of 4,051 stamps! Our goal was to receive 3,000 stamps. We received 135% of our goal. We would like to thank the following donors for your support:
500+ stamps
Thrivent Financial through action team member Rita Whitehouse
250-499 stamps
Celine Swieboda
Jennifer Fennell with a matching corporate donation from The Sage Group plc
150-249 stamps
Shirley Maier
Cynthia Snoddy
John Hill
Betsy Perkins
Jo DeWaal
100-149 stamps
Linda Cable
Nicole Benziger
Clem Gross
Lynette Shields
Freimuth Family
Renee Taylor
Linda Beuhring
Lunch Bunch Sunshine Club in honor of Dennis Kraft
50-99 stamps
Lisa and Jan Newman
Kim Karas
Lois Beauchamp
Donnelle Thames
Stephanie Mathews
Linda Young
Eilliott Lenoff
Cathy Schwartz
Patricia Thompson
1-49 stamps
Lori Ziemniak
Laurie Korinek
Rogers Family
Teresa Zahora
Mickey Hedrick
Poonam Harpalani
Tasha Heidenrich
Cynthia Kennett
Brenda Beltz
Michelle Chan
Blair Selby
Dyan Fox
J Macomber
Pam and Greg Cafouros
Wave3 News (Louisville KY) reaches out to supporters to help the Send A Smile Today stamp drive
Send A Smile Today: Louisville non-profit group needs help cheering up cancer patients
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – A local non-profit group that collects postage stamps is in need of some donations.
Send A Smile Today doesn’t collect the stamps as a hobby; rather, the group needs stamps to use on cards that are sent to cancer patients across the country. Its call for donations can be seen below:
The group is based in Louisville and according to its Facebook page, its mission “is to let cancer patients know they are never alone by regularly mailing uplifting greeting cards: from time of cancer diagnosis – through treatment – to survivorship.”
The cards are mailed monthly to “anyone of any age with any type of cancer.”
Below are some contact details for anyone interested in making a donation.
Email: info@sendasmiletoday.org
Website: https://sendasmiletoday.org/
Copyright 2018 WAVE 3 News. All rights reserved.
Forever Stamp Drive – please donate stamps
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
All donors will receive a tax deductible receipt and a shout out on all of our social media sites
We’ve Moved to Louisville, KY!
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!
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