Photos and Stats from our September Project

Our project was a lot of fun!
We made 20 Value Bracelets, 51 First Aid Kits,
18 Coloring Pages,
7 Geckos,
1 Hat, (these take a long time!)
3 Fleece Blankets were tied, and 1 Receiving Blanket was sewn.
We also worked on these stuffed socks too. We had worked on these at another project before. They will be going to Indian Reservations in Arizona.
Kathi Andersen came to talk to us about Haiti. She has gone there several times to help out since they had their earthquake. It's tough in Haiti! She said they give our bracelets and geckos to kids when they come into their clinics.
Hope to see you there next time!

September Project

This Saturday September 25th from 9-10 am is our next project! Come to the church at 2181 N. Harvest Moon Drive (our regular meeting place).
We'll be doing projects such as: making bracelets, hats, first aid kits, geckos, receiving blankets, and color a smile!
Also, wear your Serving With Smiles T-shirts to school on Thursday and invite your friends to come. See you there!

Back in Action

We've taken a break this Summer, but we have a meeting in August! Be sure to pick up some extra school supplies as you're shopping for them these next several weeks! Here's the info:

Calling all Serving with Smilers!

We've missed seeing you the last few months and are excited to meet again soon.

Here is the Serving With Smiles schedule for August and September.

• August 21 at 9:00am will be a mini project.
• Come to the church at 2181 N. Harvest Moon Drive (our regular meeting place).
• Bring school supply donations to drop off. (See the list below.)
• We will not be working on projects.

Our regular meetings will start again on September 18 at 9 am.

School supplies that are needed:

Spiral notebooks

Children's scissors

Pencils

Pencil sharpeners

Erasers (not pencil top erasers)

Rulers

Colored pencils

May-August Plans

This is what is happening with Serving With Smiles Saratoga May - August!
(Below is a description from our SWS American Fork friends.)

Remember to mark your calendar for a very special 3 year anniversary project next May 15! This project will be held at an LDS Stake Center at 690 W. 600 N. in American Fork from 9 - 10:30 a.m (note time change). American Fork Serving With Smiles and Saratoga Springs Serving With Smiles are combining this month! We also have a very special guest speaker and singer, Jenny Phillips who will share her experiences traveling with her choir to South Africa plus entertain us!! Of course we will have yummy treats afterward.

Please note that after the June 5 project, we will not have a July project and the August project will be a mini-project to only collect school kit supplies (we like to take advantage of the mega sales of school supplies at that time of year).

April's Project

Today we had our Serving with Smiles's April Project. It was a very accomplished project!! We were able to make:
2 blankets sewn,
5 bead geckos,
1 quilt tied,
6 fleece blankets tied,
33 Coloring Pages to make someone out there smile,
1 hat crocheted,
25 hygiene kits,
We also did a very special project where we made 100 hygiene kit socks. This is how we made them: Each table got 15 socks, and stuffed them with multi-colored toothbrushes, toothpaste, a comb, lotion, shampoo, and a tiny soap bar. We will make school supplies socks in our June project. Then we will give these socks to Circle of Love (another service group) and they will take these socks to Arizona and give them to children on Indian Reservations.
We also had about 40 kids there. You should come to our next projects. I'm really glad we have Serving with Smiles, it's been such a great experience. It's a really good feeling to know that we're helping people in the world. My mom wishes she had this opportunity when she was a kid.

P.S. Remember our next project (May 15th) will be in American Fork but, it will probably be our best and most fun project this year because it's going to be a celebration of the 3 year anniversary of Serving with Smiles! You better come!!!!

The Next Projects

It would be great if everyone could come to our May and April's Projects even though our May project is in American Fork. We're going to have SO MUCH FUN! It will be the best project ever! The reason is, we're celebrating the 3 year anniversary of Serving with Smiles. The SWS group in American Fork and our Saratoga Springs group are going to combine for a very special activity! I would love to see everyone there. So please show up!

March Project

We had another fun, successful, activity! Yet again, the Serving with Smiles Group were able to help many people out! On, March 13th, lots of kids showed up at the Serving with Smile's March Project. They (including me!) were doing a very special project along with the usual projects, this project was a teddy bear, an Easter egg with a piece of chocolate in it, a picture frame, a flower seed packet, all in an Easter basket. Why did we do this? This was our gift to the siblings of recently lost stillborn or miscarried infants. We were able to make 28 of those and take them to the American Fork Hospital. We also made: 6 file folder games, 15 finger plays, 6 matching games, and 2 sensory bins for the Harvest Hill Elementary's Autistic Preschool, 5 fleece blankets, and 2 quilts. What a successful project, huh? I can't wait 'til April's Project!