THE CARES LIST: I am working with Dianne Beckwith on matching kids with seniors to write letters that bring cheer. Here are photos of kids making a difference in the lives of seniors living in resident care facilities. Will you join them? Reach out to me on my contact page and I will work with Dianne to get you going. Thanks for caring!

Awed by the kind theater students of Megan Kelly Bates. They sent 84 letters to cheer seniors in two Oklahoma facilities, Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creeksid : ! Thank you, Megan, & your wonderful students for bringing l…

Awed by the kind theater students of Megan Kelly Bates. They sent 84 letters to cheer seniors in two Oklahoma facilities, Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creeksid : ! Thank you, Megan, & your wonderful students for bringing light and hope to our seniors!

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Awed by the kind theater students of Megan Kelly Bates. They sent 84 letters to cheer seniors in two Oklahoma facilities, Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creeksid : ! Thank you, Megan, & your wonderful students for bringing l…

Awed by the kind theater students of Megan Kelly Bates. They sent 84 letters to cheer seniors in two Oklahoma facilities, Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creeksid : ! Thank you, Megan, & your wonderful students for bringing light and hope to our seniors!

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Awed by the kind theater students of Megan Kelly Bates. They sent 84 letters to cheer seniors in two Oklahoma facilities, Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creeksid : ! Thank you, Megan, & your wonderful students for bringing l…

Awed by the kind theater students of Megan Kelly Bates. They sent 84 letters to cheer seniors in two Oklahoma facilities, Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creeksid : ! Thank you, Megan, & your wonderful students for bringing light and hope to our seniors!

Awed by the kind theater students of Megan Kelly Bates. They sent 84 letters to cheer seniors in two Oklahoma facilities, Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creeksid : ! Thank you, Megan, & your wonderful students for bringing l…

Awed by the kind theater students of Megan Kelly Bates. They sent 84 letters to cheer seniors in two Oklahoma facilities, Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creeksid : ! Thank you, Megan, & your wonderful students for bringing light and hope to our seniors!

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Usually, groups write letters 2 seniors in need of cheer. But in Annie Benjamin we have a 1-woman whirlwind, writing to 40 seniorrs in Fullerton, CA. Credit also 2 Marley 4 not putting up w/anyone messing w/Mama's work. Thx, Annie (and Marley!) for spreading love and light.

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Inspirational teacher Tina Porretta Centineo and her Science & Arts Academy 4th grade students wrote letters (the four photos above) to kids at Kulama Malama, a facility in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, identified by The Cares List, as a place where kids need cheer. From Tina: “SAA's 4th grade students found so much joy in writing the letters during SEL class! I will be going to the post office this afternoon to mail their letters to the kids in Hawaii, and hope they smile ear to ear when they receive them!” Thank you, Tina, and your wonderful students. You are a light in the world!

Thank you, Karen Rose and the wonderful MYO McKinney Youth Onstage cast of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. You are truly living the Christmas message by writing 174 cards and letters of cheers to veterans and seniors identified by The Cares List, f…

Thank you, Karen Rose and the wonderful MYO McKinney Youth Onstage cast of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. You are truly living the Christmas message by writing 174 cards and letters of cheers to veterans and seniors identified by The Cares List, founded by Dianne Beckwith. Thirty-eight students, ages 4-17, worked hard on letters and a link to songs they recorded for the Oregon Veterans Home. They also wrote cards for the Montana Veterans home and to Sunnybrook at Muscatine. Thank you, Karen, Doug Valentine, and these amazing children for bringing light and being a light in the world.

Check out these amazing letters Connie Marie Bentham shared of her choir students writing to seniors in need of Christmas cheer in a nursing home in Maryville, Missouri. Thank you, Connie, and your wonderful students for bringing and being light in …

Check out these amazing letters Connie Marie Bentham shared of her choir students writing to seniors in need of Christmas cheer in a nursing home in Maryville, Missouri. Thank you, Connie, and your wonderful students for bringing and being light in the world. See a photo of Connie’s great students working on their letters below left.

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Megan Kelly Bates and her wonderful students sent letters of cheer  to seniors at Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creekside in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Thank you to Megan and her students. Your kindness brightens the world!

Megan Kelly Bates and her wonderful students sent letters of cheer to seniors at Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creekside in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Thank you to Megan and her students. Your kindness brightens the world!

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Luz Pinilla’s great students in Garland ISD wrote letters to seniors at a resident facility in Rockwall. Thank you for your kindness!

Luz Pinilla’s great students in Garland ISD wrote letters to seniors at a resident facility in Rockwall. Thank you for your kindness!

Luz Pinilla’s great students in Garland ISD wrote letters to seniors at a resident facility in Rockwall. Thank you for your kindness!

Letters from Luz Pinilla’s wonderful students in Garland ISD to seniors at a resident care facility in Rockwall. Thank you for bringing happiness and cheer!

Letters from Luz Pinilla’s wonderful students in Garland ISD to seniors at a resident care facility in Rockwall. Thank you for bringing happiness and cheer!

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Megan Kelly Bates and her wonderful students sent letters of cheer  to seniors at Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creekside in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Thank you to Megan and her students. Your kindness brightens the world!

Megan Kelly Bates and her wonderful students sent letters of cheer to seniors at Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creekside in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Thank you to Megan and her students. Your kindness brightens the world!

Megan Kelly Bates and her wonderful students sent letters of cheer  to seniors at Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creekside in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Thank you to Megan and her students. Your kindness brightens the world!

Megan Kelly Bates and her wonderful students sent letters of cheer to seniors at Fountainbrook Assisted Living & Memory Care and Creekside in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Thank you to Megan and her students. Your kindness brightens the world!

Seniors treasure letters from kids, like this one sent through The Cares List program.

Seniors treasure letters from kids, like this one sent through The Cares List program.

Letters from Luz Pinilla’s great students in Garland ISD to seniors in a resident facility in Rockwall. Thank you for bringing light and love into the world!

Letters from Luz Pinilla’s great students in Garland ISD to seniors in a resident facility in Rockwall. Thank you for bringing light and love into the world!

Luz Pinilla’s great students in Garland ISD worked hard writing and drawing pictures for seniors at a resident facility in Rockwall. Thank you to all these wonderful kids!

Luz Pinilla’s great students in Garland ISD worked hard writing and drawing pictures for seniors at a resident facility in Rockwall. Thank you to all these wonderful kids!

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