Emilys Smile Boxes
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About Emilys Smile Boxes
Emilys Smile Boxes gives children in hospitals, their siblings, and children recovering at home toys and activities to help brighten challenging medical experiences. More than 27,000 Smile Boxes have been delivered around the world, with volunteers assembling them at community events and the organization delivering or shipping them to hospitals and families across the United States and internationally. A gift helps put coloring books, puzzles, games, stuffed animals, and other small comforts into a child’s hands when they need them.
Emily's Smile Boxes began with a ten-year-old noticing how boring and upsetting hospital stays could be for children and siblings. Today, volunteers make boxes at community events, with individual Smile Box Making Parties producing approximately 200 to 400 boxes, while the organization also raises awareness about pediatric strokes.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Smile Boxes
Boxes containing toys and activities such as coloring books, stuffed animals, mazes, card games, markers, puzzles, stress balls, and handheld games for children in hospitals and their siblings.
Smile Box Delivery
Smile Boxes are delivered to local hospitals and shipped to children recovering at home and to recipients in other states and countries.
Smile Box Making Parties
Volunteer events where participants assemble and fill Smile Boxes, with individual events producing approximately 200 to 400 boxes.
Pediatric Stroke Awareness
The organization raises awareness about pediatric strokes through events such as its pediatric stroke walk and related educational content.
About this work
Mission
Emily's Smile Boxes makes boxes full of toys and activities for children and their siblings during hospital visits to brighten their day.
Who they serve
Children receiving hospital care, their siblings, and children recovering at home.
Their impact
- More than 27,000 Smile Boxes have been delivered around the world.
- The organization has raised more than $200,000.
- Its last pediatric stroke walk fundraiser raised more than $3,000.
How your donation helps
- Making Smile Boxes filled with toys and activities for children and siblings during medical stays.
- Purchasing items for Smile Boxes, with one box costing approximately $15.
- Sustaining the organization's mission through fundraising and box delivery.
Need help?
How someone in need can access Emilys Smile Boxes’s services.
Families can request a Smile Box through the organization's Request A Smile Box process. Requests should include the delivery address and, when the child is in a hospital, the room number.
Stories
The people behind the work.
In their words
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We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you.
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Emilys Smile Boxes has shared.
Current needs
- Volunteers to assemble and stuff Smile Boxes.
- Volunteers to deliver boxes to local Dallas-Fort Worth hospitals.
- Donations to fund Smile Boxes and support the organization's mission.
Volunteer opportunities
- Help assemble and stuff Smile Boxes at box-making parties.
- Deliver Smile Boxes to local hospitals.
- Organize an Emily's Smile Box event through a school, church, scouting group, or other community group.
- Help with fundraising events.
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