How can you help Make A Child Smile???
It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!
1- Click on the children above
2- Read their story
3- Drop a card and/or gift in the mail saying "Wishing you well", "Praying
for you", etc... Be creative, buy a cute card or make your own! Add
a story or a joke to your card. Make cheerful mail!!! You can
also send a small gift
along with your card if you wish!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Please try not to say "Get well soon", "Get better" or anything similar, as
some kids have illnesses with no known cure and sadly will not get better.
Also avoid adding Bible verses or any mention of religion as all kids listed
have different beliefs.
Where to send mail??
Each child's mailing address can be found on their story page, right next
to their
picture. Mail goes directly to them. For more information, please read our FAQ's page.
See how easy it is to Make A Child Smile? Then how about making the young
siblings smile too?
If you have some extra kindness in your heart, consider sending a card or a little something to the
children's young siblings too? Sometimes they feel "left out" with all the attention that the sick child gets, and
some even get very depressed. Once, a sibling of a Featured Kid said: "I wish I had Cancer too so I could get some mail!".
How heartbreaking is that?? Remember, not only the sick child goes through this nightmare,
but the whole family does too.
Chain Letter Warning: Different kids will be featured here monthly.
You're welcome to forward this website's LINK to your friends if you wish to ask
them to help. But please DO NOT send the child's address to your friends by
e-mail or regular mail. Just let them know about MACS and tell them to come
here! We do not want our beautiful goal to turn into something like the
Craig
Shergold Case.
Back in 1989, Craig, a child with cancer, began receiving cards from
all over the world because a chain-letter (by snail-mail) was going around asking
people to send him cards. He was very satisfied after receiving 16 million
cards in just one year! Currently, 17 years later and a total of 350 million
cards, he is still receiving 36 mailbags full of cards
every week because the chain letter is still going around. The Shergold family is
begging for people to stop sending cards. In Craig's case, people forwarded the
information about sending the cards to the boy. In our case, we want people to
forward this website's link only. This way, we can inform people on our website if the family
does not wish to receive mail anymore or in case a child passes away, we do
not want the family to keep receiving "get well" cards.
Thank you,
The Make A Child Smile Organization
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