Where do the profits go?
We also sell the handmade cards to create revenue to sustain the effort and donate the surplus to the International Medical Merchants, alongside other charities.
How do you receive and write to card recipients?
We receive names of the people that have their birthdays in the month to come and we complete the cards and send them to arrive before the first of the month. They are then distributed when the social service personnel are doing their rounds to aid the elderly who live alone.
Do card recipients have to provide potentially sensitive information for these cards?
No, we do not ask for any sensitive information. All that is needed to create a card is full name, and birth month.
Where are you based?
We are based in New York City, a place where many communities mesh with each other, which was the inspiration for our original mission.
“Do things for people, not for who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.” – Harold S. Kushner