Just want to say thank you for the invite Roxane! I love groups like this it is a true blessing to have them around. I have done big sister and big brother, young marines, volunteer work at the local schools, OIF, and other assorted things. I am still apart of some the above programs but it is hard with my work being what it is. I love children and anything I can do help I will just give the tools and off I will go! Thank you again for the invite and for being such a wonderful caring women to start this group! 

 [ send green star]

Thank you for the invite Roxane

What a nice group to start I just invite some of my friends it up to them now

 [ send green star]

Roxane...this is such a wonderful, heartwarming gesture...I love it and will do what I can to help put a smile on these chldren's faces'.

My name is ChrisTina and I want to let you know that you are such an inspiration and I am so glad to have gotten this invitation. I am also going to send it out to my friends and hope for some to join!!!

~~Hugs & Smiles~~

    -ChrisTina 

 [ send green star]

Thank you so much for the invite.  I am so excited to be a part of this.  I'm looking forward to helping whenever, wherever possible.  Great idea and great job folks.

 [ send green star]

Thanks SO MUCH for the invitation!! What a fantastic idea! How heavenly to have a positive place to come and see smiling faces and arms that will embrace!

There can NEVER be too many places such as this! We are all in need of this from time to time. This is going to be a really wonderful group and I am thrilled to be a part of it! Thank you so much for including me!

Blessings!

Ann ^i^ Mother Angel

 [ send green star]

Derek, thank you so much for inviting me here!

I did not know such a place existed on here!  I am very excited, as I love children!

I look forward to getting to know everyone and do whatever I can do to help.

Smiles & Blessings!

Cindy 

 [ send green star]

Roxanne, thanks so much for the invite to this amazing group!  I am so excited to start sending cards and doing what ever I can do to help bring a little sunshine to these kids and their families!  If each of us sends even 1 card a day to a sick child, think what an impact we can all have! Yea!!!

Thanks so much!  Roxie

 [ send green star]

I just invited all my friends that aren't already members or pending!

Rox

 [ send green star]

Thank you for the invite Roxane

This is a great idea

 [ send green star]

Blue, Ann, Cindy, Tracy, Roxanne P., and Nance>>>WELCOME Friends....thank you for joining and I look forward to getting to know all of you and together putting tons of smiles on the childrens' faces!!! Please check out our September b-days, Happy mail links, guidelines, and mini fundraiser. Again...

 [ send green star]

50 members in one day!  Woo hoo!

 [ send green star]

Roxanne....THANK YOU for the invite...what a great idea..!

your awesome!

connie

 [ send green star]

Thanks for the invite Roxane!  So glad that I may be part of this wonderful group!

LynZ

 [ send green star]

Another Melissa here! I'm a hugger and a hoper...

What a great thing to do! Send get well cards to kids...my granddaughter will LOVE to help me with this!

Thanks, for inviting me Glenna!

 [ send green star]

This is a way of "helping others" and this way "help" childs.

Childs "are part of the world" I mean the childs today will be the adults of tomorrow.

Don't we "help" adults (at least I do "such thing")?

The same with the childs the childs today will be the adults of tomorrow today are "young" but they will be adults... so one kind of "adults" more to help "young adults" but the adults we "help" have different ages and we help all this "adults" are young now but they will be adults

How I "help"?

I want to help others but there are a lot of countries with "problems" so... how can I help?
Each day I "vist" webs where you only click where the web says and several "bussisnes" pay money to help that need people but... there are "a lot" of webs of that "type/kind" so I "visit" each day a web with links to "a lot" of webs "of that" What web?
Well I live in Spain, so I visit the spanish version of the "English" http://www.maxpages.com/charityclick the spanish version is of that web is http://chaes.iespana.es and in http://chaes.iespana.es you can find The Great Invocation, very "useful" nowadays and "using it you can help even more.
Don´t worry about the language. Althougt http://chaes.iespana.es is in Spanish whe you click La Gran Invocación you can choose to see that "section" in English or in Spanish (it will be show in Spanish but you can choose to see it in Engish).
Remember http://chaes.iespana.es WITHOUT THE 3 W is the spanish version of http://www.maxpages.com/charityclick

 [ send green star]

Roxane [S] for inviting me to this group. I really hope I can do something for the kids.

Maria Vivian

 [ send green star]

Roxanne-

Thanks for the invite to this group.  What a wonderful idea!  It will be an great feeling to know that we're putting smiles on these childrens' faces all over the country & beyond.

Once again, thank you. 

 [ send green star]

Derek,thanks for invitation!!!

This group seems to be very friendly and warmhearted!!!

Hugs for everyone!!!

 [ send green star]

Thanks for the invite!  I know that I still love getting happy stuff in the mail.  I'm glad that I could pass that little bit of happiness on to someone else!

Thanks!

Megan

 [ send green star]

I also work with the Children's Miracle Network at my job, so this is a perfect adjunct to that!  You are a great person to think of this!  Looking forward to helping!

 [ send green star]

So many new faces....My name is Christina and Roxane and I welcome you to this group...We hope to accomplish great things and send tons of smiles to childrens' faces... Thank you for joining...Any questions just ask away...We are here to help!!!!

 [ send green star]

Thank you so much for the invite Derek...! I'm glad to see other friends of mine here, and I'm specially glad to be a part of this WONDERFUL project, I think it's absolutly important and it really helps... I'll do my best, with love.

Smiles & hugs for our caring and wonderful Host!  ...Marina./

 [ send green star]

Thanks   for the invite into joining this lovely group. i will do my best too help out the children. I live in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.

 [ send green star]

Thank you for creating this group, allows those of us who are doing what they can to help out children to reach everyone now. I am a paramedic down here in South Florida. Cindy knows me from other groups, also knows of a project that is still in its infancy stages called Giving Hands Caring Hearts that I am working on. Hoping to get ideas and information from those here on how to better work on it.

SpiritEagle

 [ send green star]

Hi All:

Thank you so much 4 the invite Derek, a pleasure 2 be here I'm sure, this is a great group, just with the people I see in here, it should be great, thanks again Derek, glad u invited me, ........

hugz,

Jayne

 [ send green star]

Roxanne,

Thanks for the invitation. Happy to see a group like this here. We all need hugs to be healthy.

 [ send green star]

 Roxane  - What a nice surprise to find an invitation to join Hugs and Hope in my inbox this morning. Of course I will join!  I am honored to be a part of this group.

Thanks for establishing this group and for all the goodness sent to these special children by all the group's wonderful members.

Hugs,

Mary Lou

 [ send green star]

Roxane and I are so happy to see the wonderful turnout of people willing to join and send smiles to these wonderful children!!!

Welcome one and all....Check out the Today birthday thread and send ur wishes and smiles!!!!

 [ send green star]

Derek and Kathryn

Thank you for joining

 [ send green star]

Derek, thank you for the invite!  Let me know what I can do, and I'd be more then happy to help.

Trish

 [ send green star]

I want to help......I would love to send postcards. I think postcards are so pretty and they always brighten my day. You tell me who, when and where and I am there.

Everyone can make a difference and that is why I am here!

 [ send green star]

Hi. . .Umm, I just joined this site, this is only the second day I've been on but this group looks so sweet.  I suppose I will introduse myself. . . My name's Simone and I'm still in High School in Illinois.  I really want to help out and this may be a good place to do it - I am not sure exactly what I can do now to get involved, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks much.

Simone
Says:
"Peace."

 [ send green star]

Hi!  Do any of the children have email?  I handle that better than snail mail due to my disability.  My hands shake, and it's hard for me to get letters into envelopes.

 [ send green star]

Yes Drew...here is the link

http://www.hugsandhope.org/kidslist.htm

 [ send green star]

Thanks, Christina!  That should help me.

 [ send green star]

Cindy, Please refer to the following post for an easy instruction guide: 

http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=5745&pst=263780

Need ideas on what to send? See these posts:

http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=5745&pst=254437&archival

http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=5745&pst=256259

 [ send green star]

My thoughts are with the both of you Rebecca and Missy!!!

I will send all my strength, love, and prayers!!!

-Christina

 [ send green star]

Hi Roxanne - the word 'welcome' has such a beautiful sound.  Here in the middle east they say 'welcome' (not you're welcome) when you say 'thank you'.  "thank you" "welcome".  You all are helping me stay connected to love, stength, caring and hope.  I can feel disconnected (and I am physically) so come here to stay connected!

 [ send green star]

Thanks so much for the invite. What a fantastic group you have.

I`m so excited. I will get started tomorrow. Woo Hoo.

 [ send green star]

Hi! I found this when Roxane sent out a network message and it looks like a great group! A few years ago I met a little girl who was struggeling with cancer and set up a similar (small scale) program for her. I asked friends and family members to send me little cards and gifts which I would forward to her. It made her so happy I'd love to do the same for another child.

(She has since faught off most of the cancer and is doing great!)

Thanks for all the info!

 [ send green star]

This is a really good idea! I got a network message about this group, so I decided to drop on by,

C~

 [ send green star]

Hi all-

I stumbled upon this group only a few moments ago, and it just tugged at my heart and I thought it was one of the finest ideas on Care2!! I was only today contemplating ways to live a more positive and healing existance.  These children's angels are rounding up members for here, also, it seems!!

In Peace-

~*Mia*~

 [ send green star]

Thank you fro the invitation!  What a great thing to do.  I would do anything that I could to help make those kids happy!

Lauren

 [ send green star]

THANK YOU LINDA FOR THE INVITATION. WHAT A GREAT IDEA FOR A GROUP! MY NAME IS CATHY AND I'M MARRIED WITH THREE ADULT CHILDREN AND A GRANDSON. I LIVE IN GLENDALE, AZ BUT IN TWO WEEKS WILL BE MOVING BACK TO CALIFORNIA. MY GREATEST LOVE I DOING FOR OTHERS.   

 [ send green star]

Hello all my name is jacqueline i am a 35 yr old female from ohio and tomorrow i will celebrated my 7 yr anniversary with my wonderful husband ..Monday oct  17th whooohoo ..I have two gifts from god --My son's ages 13 and 6 and i am a stay at home mom ...

 Thanks for the invite and i am so glad to be a part of this group ...My heart goes out to these kids and there family's i know i have seen it first hand ..My cousin who was 1 at the time found out that she had cancer ---brain tumor and she fought with everything she had in her until the age of 3 when she passed on ...She turned 17 on jan 21 watching her fight that horrible thing broke my heart but i know she is alot better now she is no longer sick .

 Anyway thanks for the invite and glad to be a part of this ..........hugsssssssss to all ....

 [ send green star]

Got an invite in my messages this morning, and tho' I, too, was trying to delete some groups, this one seems perfect for me.  Just what I was looking for when I came to c2c a few months ago.  I'll check out the threads and see what I can do for these precious children.  I have no money, but lots of time to spread a bit of cheer.  Count me in !!

Peace and Grace,  Nina

 [ send green star]

Thank you Linda A for inviting me to join this group, it is nice to see so many of my friends already here.

I live in UK, i am 53 years old with 3 grown up children, 1 grandchild and another on the way.

 [ send green star]

Thank you Joanne C for the invite!  I was hoping to cut down on some of the groups which I'm a member of, but this just seems like such a great idea how could I refuse to be a part of it?  I'll do whatever I can to help spread a little happiness around!

Love & light,

Anna xx

 [ send green star]

and very pleased to be! Thanks for the invite.

Blessings to all!

Kini

 [ send green star]

This is an awesome group!

Peace to all

 [ send green star]

hello hello

hello

hello

 [ send green star]

Thanks for the invite to this wonderful group. Here is what CARE2 is about. Doing things to help improve situations.

I look forward to participating.

 [ send green star]

Welcome newest members!  We're glad you've joined!

 [ send green star]

...for the invite but to tell you the truth ..I'm not sure who it was that invited me....But..HERE I AM!..

I'm really excited on helping the little kiddos and bringing a smile and a lift in their spirits...Bless their hearts!

 [ send green star]

Roxane, thanks for the invite.  I will see what I can do....Actually, my major is sign language interpreting, and I have some fingerspelled cards here.  Can I send them to a specific Deaf child(ren)?  Hook me up-I would love to!  Thanks....

Sandra

 [ send green star]

Roxane...

I'm honored you invited me to join this wonderful group! 

Hi my name is Chetna and I'm from London

Thank you for your invitation Joanne

I will try my best to make a meaningful contribution

 [ send green star]

I am a mother of 4 children, 2 with disabilities. I am quite an advocate on their behalf and I feel great compassion for all children and or adults who suffer in any way. We can do so much for those in need through loving and kind words and action.

God bless everyone here!!! This is a wonderful board Roxanne!

Peace~love and light~

Wendy

 [ send green star]

Hi to everyone, I am working here in Middle East (Dubai) and glad to be part of this group.  I have no kids but have lovely nephews and nieces.

Merry Christmas to all!!

 [ send green star]

Hi everyone,

I have been in this site for a while...just haven't really post anything until today...I think this is great that we all do something for the kids.

Thanks Leann for the invite.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Genie

 [ send green star]

Oh my gosh, I just looked, and realized I never introduced myself...I joined back in September I think it was...lol...OOPS!  Anyway, I have been sending email to some occaisonally.  I haven't kept track though...another OOPS!  I will start keeping track...Happy New Year everyone!

Hugs,

Susan

 [ send green star]

Hello Im Anjee and would like to thank Roxane for the invite.  As of right now My daughter is currently in the hospital and has been since Thursday due to her CRMO, in laymens terms its a rare diease that attacks the bones. Her doctor I found out only has 2 paitents with this and one comes from NYC to De to be treated for this.

Hugs Anjee

I read on another group about the Valentine e-cards .. I had to join, I did not know this group was here. A little about me will explain ~ I am a cancer survivor, from a rare childhood illness that killed most at that time. I worked in many oncology departments and also did medical research before the illness resurfaced as a form of Myologic Encephalitis. That means I live with chronic pain of the spine and brain among other things.

In California, I volunteered with a similar group when my best friend's daughter got a brain tumor. Now, I do what is available from the computer.

  Hi all

 [ send green star]

This is such a great idea!  I am excited to get started.  I think it is so great for this sweet children to know that there are other people who are thinking of them and caring about them. 

Kristy

 [ send green star]