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Joyful Notes Project: Spreading Comfort and Joy
Thank you to our joy creator community for the cards you continue to make with care and kindness. You have spread joy more than 14,000 times!
Join us to spread joy and reduce loneliness during the year-end holiday season and on Valentine's Day.
Joyful Notes Project
People ages 3-93 are hand-creating greeting cards for the year-end holidays and for Valentine's Day! As a community, we are bringing comfort and joy to those who need it the most, mitigating their feelings of loneliness and letting them know that someone is thinking of them.
We're focused on the most vulnerable among us - assisted living and memory care patients, hospitalized patients, low income isolated adults aging in place at home, and veterans.
We accept holiday and Valentine's Day cards year-round. We know that Valentine's Day and the December holiday season can be an especially difficult time for so many. We ask you to focus on making cards for these holidays. We will save them for delivery during those times.
See our guidelines for cards below!
If you are employed at a central Connecticut hospital or assisted living/memory care community or are associated with a veterans' group or Meals on Wheels delivery organization and would like the opportunity to receive cards to distribute, please contact us using the form below.
Everyone, young and older, is invited to participate virtually in the Project!
We invite everyone, regardless of where you live, to participate in making Joyful Notes for the holiday season or Valentine's Day. Anyone interested is welcome to make cards at home (if including envelopes, please leave them unsealed) or with your work colleagues, place them together in a larger envelope, and mail them to us at: For All Ages, P.O. Box 61, Simsbury CT 06070.
If you are local to Simsbury, CT, you may email us at info@forallages.org to arrange local delivery to us.
Guidelines for making cards
The basics:
1. Please focus on the year-end holidays or Valentine's Day
2. Make each handmade card unique and let your creative spirits fly!
2. Keep your notes/cards cheerful and joyful - see greeting ideas below.
3. Envelopes are not required but if you include envelopes, please do not seal them.
4. Do not include last name/identifiable personal information in your card (first name only!).
5. Do not include religious or predictive sayings inside the cards (for example, “I’m praying for you; get well soon; keep getting stronger).
6. Avoid using supplies that can create health concerns (for example, glitter)
7. Do not include food/candy in your card, as these will be discarded.
Some greetings for holiday cards:
Wishing you a happy holiday season and a peaceful New Year.
Season's greetings!
Warm wishes for the holiday season.
May your holidays be filled with love and laughter!
Wishing you all the joy, peace, and love that this time of year brings.
I hope you have a delightful holiday season.
Wishing you a joyous holiday season.
Best wishes for a festive season!
Sending holiday cheer to you.
May your holidays shine bright!
Some greetings for Valentine's Day:
May your day be filled with all kinds of bright, sunny things!
Wishing you a love-filled day!
I hope you feel cared about and appreciated on Valentine's Day, because you are.
Wishing you moments of happiness and delight.
Sending some happy thoughts your way.
Roses are red, violets are blue, sending warm hugs and kisses to you.
You are the sunshine that warms hearts!
You make the world better just being you.
Sponsor the delivery of your cards!
We would truly appreciate your help in defraying our delivery costs (we hand deliver every single card to the facility). See below to make your tax-deductible donation today.
$10 sponsors the delivery of 25 cards. Donate via Venmo at @forallages or via PayPal or credit card below.
14,472 cards delivered as of 6/22/2024!
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