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Read a Book, Pass it On!

Oh, the places you go when you read a book! When was the last time you dived into a good story with your child? Chances are it was just last night! There is nothing like a good book that whisks you away on far off adventures. Books let you experience different, imaginary worlds, but they also open doors for new experiences in the real world. Reading books aids in comprehension, language skills, and mental stimulation. Regularly reading exercises your brain and improves neural connectivity. It’s so important for children to have access to books, so as their young brains grow […]

ISP Ambassadors & AP Academy Donate Nearly 100 Easter Baskets for Foster Kids

Infinite Smile Project Kid Ambassadors, Orange Spirit Nation girls and their Dads, as well as students from AP Academy, got together this past weekend to make Easter baskets for foster kids and children in need across Orange County. Awesome kids of all ages and backgrounds spent the last few weeks gathering donations, purchasing Easter baskets and gathering Easter candy, toys & toiletry items to make baskets for the Friendly Center Orange County’s Annual Easter Basket Drive. In all, these truly amazing kids and Ambassadors assembled nearly 100 baskets for this year’s drive! AP Academy, a local tutoring academy in the […]

Easter Basket Donations for Kids in Need!

We know our ambassadors and friends are excited to make Easter baskets for kids in need this month! Some have already hopped into our campaign and started gathering donations! If you haven’t checked out our March Campaign yet be sure to click here. We’re encouraging you this month to collect donations for Easter Baskets to put together and deliver to The Friendly Center. Every child deserves a happy Easter! For many people, Easter is not about receiving gifts and is a spiritual holiday, however, regardless of spiritual belief most children look forward to the fun, spring day when they get […]

Seniors loved our January Campaign!

We hope you enjoyed our first campaign of the year! Making and delivering warm and fuzzy cupcake socks to seniors was the perfect way to share some kindness mid-winter! Angel and Peanut, along with their Girl Scout troop, had an amazing time spending an afternoon with seniors in their community. The day before Valentines Day they went to a senior center and made the cupcake socks, sat with each of the seniors and chatted, and gave the seniors homemade cards. We are so proud of Angel, Peanut and their Girl Scout troop! Many senior citizens do not have family nearby […]

Start With Hello!

Happy New Year! With the new year on its way, we are excited about the exciting things we have planned for our Kindness Ambassadors, as well as our monthly participants! At the start of each year, we like to present our kindness community with a yearly focus, kind of like a New Year’s resolution. This year we have chosen to focus on the Sandy Hook Promise's “Start With Hello” campaign. We challenge students to reach out to classmates who are in need of kindness, compassion, and friendship. An aspect of the Sandy Hook Promise is for students to recognize social [...] Read more »

Tis the Season to Give Back to Others!

Ho-Ho-Ho!! How is your holiday season going so far? In between Christmas parties, school events, and getting prepped for the big day on the 25th you might have let this month’s campaign slip by. We understand, but it’s also one of the easiest campaigns of the year and one that can potentially give back the most! Plus, you won’t have to worry about presents for your entire extended family…it’s a triple win campaign! We encourage you to do something different this year with your gift giving. Before you buy gifts cards or toys that will lose meaning over the years, think [...] Read more »

It’s the Season of Thanks and Giving!

This is the season of thanks and giving! As the holidays approach, consider how you and your family will give back this year, maybe in lieu of gifts, but more on that next month. We are all familiar with Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday. It seems like we find ourselves in a spending frenzy this time of year, buying gifts for ourselves and others. Now there is one more day to add to the list, but this day is all about giving in a different way. Giving Tuesday has been growing in popularity in recent years and we could [...] Read more »

Presidential & Government Awards for Kids Volunteer Service

For the past year we have been partnering with a former staff member of mine to bring more to the table for our ISP families. We at Infinite Smile Project have been fortunate enough to bring on someone I adore, Morgan Lunsford. Morgan left my company when she moved out of state but has continued to work closely with me and her passion for what we do at ISP to improve the program and work on campaigns and challenges, and research ways to create fun ways for kids to give back and continue a philanthropic spirit. Now that my […]

#BooItForward2018 This Halloween!

As our campaigns always have some sort of charitable aspect in them, sometimes it’s just fun to have some simple neighborly kindness. Everyone loves to give and receive “boo’s”. I have done them for my adult neighbors with a bottle of wine and the sign below and we do them to about 3 unsuspecting neighbors in our neighborhood with kids. Sometimes we even do a drive by to a friend from school and drop one off to their house to start the trend in their neighborhood. It’s fun, easy, and inexpensive. Halloween ~ my kids know it is my favorite […]

Events & Ways to Give Back This October

We know October is busy but many of you have recently asked how you can give back before the year is over. I will keep looking for fun and easy ideas for your families into 2019! Right now, here are some things going on some of you may be interested in! November 17th is FAMILY VOLUNTEER DAY sponsored by Disney. Now is a great time to get started and organize a way to help serve your community that day. And who said family can’t include friends that are family? OCTOBER EVENTS! Host some marines or service members for Thanksgiving […]