October 25, 2024
Thank you to Barclay Elementary 2nd Graders for inviting Simple Gifts Project into your classrooms again this year. We were so excited to be back at Barclay with some fun kindness “lessons” in October and November! Together we read a book about Mary and how her kindness spread through her community. We also did a demonstration showing how “kindness” spreads like colors. We also had time with some classes to make our own stickers to give to someone in need of a smile.
May 15, 2024
Our first ever Family Fun Night FUNdraiser was a big hit! Thank you to the Doylestown Bookshop for opening their doors to us after hours, to the WTHS Key Cub for volunteering that night, and for our wonderful board members who helped out by making sure everything ran smoothly throughout the event. We had lots of families attend and enjoy the cookies, crafts, raffle baskets, story time, and face painting.
April 18, 2024
SGP made a new connection this year with the New Hope Solebury Key Club. It was great to meet and work with this super group of students and their mentor teachers. The NHS Key Club raised money and helped pack 75 Teen Bags. We are hopeful we can make this an annual event with these amazing students.
April 10, 2024
We have been working with the William Tennent HS since 2018! They are wonderful supporters of our mission, and it has been a joy to work with them and their teacher mentors. This year the group collected materials to fill and pack 75 parent bags! We are so grateful for this connection and look forward to another event at WTHS next Spring!
March 10, 2024
We had an awesome time packing 50 Smile Bags with the Doylestown Pres. Youth Group again this year. This wonderful group of youth and leaders raised money and filled these bags…thank you! We look forward to doing this event again next year!
February 8, 2024
What at great time we had at Perkiomen Valley High School! The Key Club donated supplies for and filled 75 Teen Care Bags! Thank you to this amazing group of students! We look forward to working with you again next school year!
January 26, 2024
WOW! What an incredible time we had at Barclay Elementary School! These second graders collected loose change to help pay for some of the supplies to fill 100 Smile Bags! These great kids also created kindness bookmarks to be handed out by the school librarian, AND they made kindness posters that will adorn their classrooms and the halls of the school. There were many smiles spread that day!
January 5, 2024
Thank you to the Forest Grove Presbyterian Church Mission Group for collecting supplies to make 35 Smile Bags! Thank you also for creating 35 craft kits to add to those bags! It was wonderful to work with this multi-generational team (ages 2-99).
December 21, 2023
Today we dropped off 40 Smile Bags to Doylestown Health. It was great to see Garrett and Kim. We wish Garrett the best as he begins a new job in 2024. Thank you for all the support your have given Simple Gifts Project, Garrett. We look forward to working with Kim and others for those drop-offs in 2024!
December 8, 2023
This week we visited FIVE second grade classes at Barclay Elementary School - our “Partner in Kindness.” In this class, we read a story and then made our own stickers. The students will give the handmade stickers to people that they know to spread a smile and a little cheer their way. We are learning about how kindness spreads, and that even a small act of kindness can mean something BIG to someone else.
October 26, 2023 - PM
Tonight I got to participate in a Warrington Lions Club meeting. It was a lot of fun to meet the members, and get to share about the mission of Simple Gifts Project. I truly appreciate the time we had to brainstorm ideas on how to grow our project in other hospitals and in other organizations. I look forward to finding ways to work together in the future.
October 26, 2023-AM
We had our first school event of the year today! The second graders at Barclay Elementary had a great time as we learned something about how kindness spreads AND the kids filled 21 Smile Bags for local pediatric patients.
June 2, 2023
We dropped off the 40 Parent Bags, and 31 Smile Bags to Doylestown Hospital today. As always a HUGE shout out to Garett and all the staff at Doylestown Health who help support our mission and find us wonderful recipients for the care bags!
May 23, 2023 - PM
We had a busy day today visiting two schools - Barclay Elementary and Log College Middle School. We finished our day at Log College Middle School. I had the pleasure of meeting with the Kindness Club at LCMS today. These students were SO generous and collected 4 HUGE boxes of coloring books, parent bag supplies, crayons, and colored pencils! The Kindness Club ended up filling 40 Parent Bags that afternoon to be delivered to Doylestown Hospital. Thank you to this great group of students - I hope we get to work together again next year!
May 23, 2023 - AM
We had a busy day today visiting two schools - Barclay Elementary and Log College Middle School. We started in the morning in Mrs. Crotzer’s second grade class. We read a book that focused on our special gifts that each of have. It taught us that we all have something to give and offer another, and not to sell ourselves short. We also did a fun puzzle activity where the students wrote what they were “good” at and how all of us can come together to make this world a better place. Finally, we ended our time together by filling up 21 Smile Bags and writing out the personalized cards for the recipients.
At Simple Gifts Project we are committed to working with schools to help children learn how kindness can impact their lives and ones in their community. Our goal is to empower students to be compassionate, kind, and more empathetic individuals, just by spreading kindness one smile at a time.
May 13, 2023
We met a wonderful 10 year old at the Farmer’s Market in Warrington last summer. She wanted to help out others and decided to throw a SGP Crafting Party for 9 of her close friends. Together they made 10 craft kits and filled 10 Smile Bags (with the craft kits inside) to give to children at Doylestown Hospital. Thank you to this great group!
March 22, 2023
What a wonderful time we had visiting Mrs. Crotzer’s second grade classroom at Barclay Elementary School! Today we read a book on kindness, we did an experiment showing how quick and easily kindness can spread, and finally we created our own stickers to give out to friends and family. Spreading smiles all the way!
At Simple Gifts Project we are committed to working with schools to help children learn how kindness can impact their lives and ones in their community. Our goal is to empower students to be compassionate, kind, and more empathetic individuals, just by spreading kindness one smile at a time.
March 11, 2023
We held our first cupcake decorating fundraiser at Allora Gifts in Doylestown. We met some amazing people who showed off their creative skills by make flowered themed cupcakes. Thanks to everyone who came and for spreading smiles!
February 1, 2023
Today I dropped off 125 bags to Doylestown Health. These bags were filled by kids from the DPC Youth Group and William Tennent’s Key Club. The nurses and staff were so excited to see all these bags and were looking forward to sharing a smile with their patients.
January 23, 2023
Today we went to William Tennent High School and met with over 50 members of the Key Club. They brought in items to donate and filled 25 Smile Bags, 25 Teen Bags, and 25 Parent Bags. I loved their energy and was so excited so many kids participated in this event. Thanks again…hope to see you all next year!
January 15, 2023
We had the pleasure of partnering with the DPC Youth Group. They are comprised of 7-12th graders from a variety of different schools in the area. What an AMAZING group of young adults! They donated funds and filled 50 Smile Bags…that is awesome! Thank you so much for your generosity and your kindness. I look forward to doing more events with this group in the future!
July 2022 & September 2022
We had the incredible opportunity to open up a booth at the Warrington Farmers’ Market again this year. We were there on two different Friday nights. One was a beautiful (albeit hot) summer night in July, and the other a crisp fall evening at the end of September. It was great to meet so many families in our community! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to see us. We had games, photo booth, smile cookies, goodie bags, and of course SMILES for everyone. Thanks to the WFM for another wonderful year!
April 2022
We first me Dylan and his family at the Warrington Farmer’s Market in the fall of 2021. Dylan had a Bar Mitzvah coming up in 2022 and wanted to help a charity like Simple Gifts as part of his Bar Mitzvah Project. We are so grateful to him and his family for the incredible donations that were raised over these last few months. Yesterday, Dylan, Sabrina (his sister), and their parents helped pack over 100+ Smile, Teen, and Parent Care Bags!
January 2022
We partnered with 7 Middle and High Schools in the area to put together our second annual SGP coloring book. Actually, we created 4 different books because our teen artists were so kind to draw over 450+ pages this year! You can buy these coloring books for yourself, or donate one or more of them to help fill our Smile Bags. Thank you to the schools that participated this year! Keep spreading those smiles!
December 2021
Introducing our new Teen Care Bags and Parent Care Bags! The teen bags will help support those teens who are facing a hospital stay (the numbers were up sharply this year). The parent care bags are filled with items a parent may want/need as they stay with their child in the hospital. We were so excited to deliver 25 Smile BagsTM, 25 Teen Bags and 25 Parent Bags to Doylestown Health right before the holidays.
December 2021
Thank you so much to our friend Brayden, who chose Simple Gifts Project to support as part of his Confirmation Project. He and his family raised money for our cause. Brayden and his sisters filled 25 Smile BagsTM al fresco (that were delivered in late December - see above). Thank you so much for your support-it was so great to work with such wonderful kids!
October 2021
We were so fortunate to meet so many wonderful people at the Warrington Farmer’s Market this year. Our booth had games, prizes, and special cookies to help spread the smiles! Thank you to everyone who came up to our booth and for the generous donations you made to help support our mission. We look forward being a part of the Farmer’s Market again next season!
September 2021
Just dropped off 30 more Smile BagsTM today. The bags also had the new SGP coloring books inside. I know these will definitely spread some smiles!
May 2021
We were so fortunate to have worked with teens from 4 local Middle and High Schools this Spring to make the very first, original and completely unique 50 paged SGP Coloring Book. These talented teen artists created wonderful pictures of what kindness looked like to them. We bound the book and you can buy one for yourself, or donate one (or more) to add to our Smile BagsTM. Thanks to Tamanend MS, CB East, CB West, and William Tennent HS!
November 2020
Even though we are in the midst of a pandemic, we still were able to drop off another 30 Smile BagsTM to Doylestown Health today. Thank you to all of our donors who help make this happen!
July 2020
We dropped off 35 Smile BagsTM to Doylestown Health today. With the hospitalizations going up, there is even more of a need for smiles and Smile Bags. Thanks to everyone who donated to make this happen!
February 2020
Thank you to the Brownie and Daisy Scout troops of Kutz Elementary School for helping to fill Smile BagsTM for us. They brought in donations, had a fun time learning about spreading kindness & smiles, and helped to fill 40 bags for local hospitals. Thank you!
January 2020
We are so excited to have raised the funds needed to purchase a new gaming system for the patients in the pediatric department of Doylestown Hospital. With donations from generous donors, Simple Gifts ProjectTM was able to buy a brand new gaming system and 10 new video games for the department. This will replace the very outdated, and unreliable old system. Spreading smiles, one game at a time. Thank you to all who donated!
December 2019
Thank you to the Hatboro-Horsham High School Key Club for hosting their 3rd annual Simple Gifts ProjectTM Holiday party! They raised money for SGP and brought in a HUGE number of coloring books, activity books, and crayons to fill Smile Bags. We hope you all had fun decorating and eating your cupcakes. THANK YOU for your continued support!
October 2019
A huge shout out to the amazing Interact Club at Central Bucks West High School! Thank you for raising money to fill 50 Smile BagsTM! I am so pleased that we were able to work together again. THANK YOU !!!
September 2019
Earlier this month, we dropped off Smile BagsTM to the amazing folks at C.H.O.P. and to our incredible friends at the pediatric department at Doylestown Hospital! Thank you for your support of this project!
May 2019
Hatboro Horsham High School Key Club donated their time and donations to help fill almost 100 Smile BagsTM! This group is so very generous and continues to be one of our greatest supporters! Thanks to all the incredible students at Hatboro Horsham High School!
April 2019
This year we met some wonderful young children at the Brookside Montessori School. Students, ranging in ages from 2-12, learned more about what it means to give to others and participated in filling over 80 bags with their generous donations!
December 2018
A huge shout out to the Hatboro Horsham High School Key Club for hosting a holiday cupcake fundraiser for Simple Gifts ProjectTM! Thank you for your donations of coloring books and crayons too! Your support is a wonderful gift this holiday season!
November 2018
Thank you to the Central Bucks West Interact Club who raised enough money to fill 50 bags for Simple Gifts ProjectTM! Thank you so much for filling the bags and supporting us. You are a wonderful group of kids, and I look forward to working with you again in the future!
May 2018
Thank you to the William Tennent High School Key Club for helping to raise money for Simple Gifts Project. The group received a grant from the Centennial Education Foundation to buy the supplies needed to fill 20 Smile BagsTM! You were a great group of students and I thank you for filling all of those bags! I hope we can work together again next school year.
April 2018
Thank you to Chris, Sarah, and Sheila, from Hatboro-Horsham's Key Club, for coming with me to drop off 30 Smile BagsTM to Doylestown Hospital. We met with Garrett Owen, Director of Donor Relations, Pediatric Hospitalist, Dr. Komasz, Pediatric Outreach Coordinator, Ashley Heidler, and the head nurse for Pediatrics and Maternity during the visit. This picture was taken in front of the donor wall outside of the pediatric wing. Thank you to Doylestown Hospital for their continued support of Simple Gifts ProjectTM!
Thank you to the Hatboro-Horsham Key Club for filling over 125 Smile BagsTM for pediatric patients at Doylestown Hospital and CHOP. What a wonderful and hard working group of students! I look forward to working with you again in the future. THANK YOU!
March 2018
Thank you to the Girl Scout Troop 814 for helping to make craft kits that will be given to children in local hospitals. This wonderful group of girls held a fundraiser in December, and were eager to help us out again. Thank you again...it was great working with you again!
December 2017
A BIG "thank you" to the Hatboro-Horsham High School Key Club for holding a holiday cupcake fundraiser! The money you raised will help to fill LOTS of Smile BagsTM! I look forward to working with you all again in the Spring!
I had the pleasure to work with a great group of Junior/Senior Scouts from the Lehigh Valley Academy. They held a cupcake fundraiser and collected supplies for SMILE BAGS. I look forward to working with this group again in the Spring. Keep spreading smiles!
Thank you to the Girl Scout Troop 8118 for holding a cupcake fundraiser. They collected LOTS of supplies for SMILE BAGS and had fun creating their cupcakes to help spread smiles!
May 2017
Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 63403 for decorating cupcakes and donating LOTS of supplies for Smile Bags! We could not do this without the support of troops like yours!
Thank you to all the teachers and students at Aston, Pennell, and Coebourn Elementary Schools. Middle School students worked with their elementary school partners to fill bags and build smiles.
April 2017
We visited Girl Scout Troop 6810 and we had a great time decorating cupcakes and collecting supplies for Smile Bags. Thank you girls for helping our cause!
February 2017
I had a wonderful time with a great group of 7th graders from Northley Middle School last week. Thank you so much for your time, hard work, and creative ideas!
Norhtley Middle School 7th graders work together...each with their own piece to the puzzle.
Northley Middle School 7th graders making cards to put into the Smile Bags.
Everyone taking part in working out a solution.
Every student added a special piece to the puzzle. We could not do it without each person...giving their gifts to the project.
Students filling Smile Bags.