The Smiles Project Irvine

06/09/2021

Hello Smile Makers!

It's WW2 Captain Frank Wendzel's 101st birthday on June 14th! Will you help make his birthday a memorable one? He's hoping to receive 101 cards to celebrate 101 fabulous years! 🥳

📫 Please mail birthday cards to:

Captain Frank Wendzel
Freedom Village Health Center
23442 El Toro Road, Bldg 2
Room 139-B
Lake Forest, CA 92630

07/14/2020

We dropped off the last of our feminine products along with hand sanitizer and Gatorade to farm workers in Irvine. Through your generosity, our helped provide essential items to over 100 essential farm workers in Irvine. Thank you! 💕

As our farm workers continue to work for our communities, their needs will continue. If you’d like to organize an effort to spread appreciation to our hard working farm workers, we would be happy to connect you!

For more info on ways to support our farm workers:
Orange County Interfaith Committee to Aid Farmworkers

06/24/2020

🌸 Periods don’t stop for pandemics! 🌸

We dropped off a cart full of feminine products this morning to Orange County Rescue Mission’s Village of Hope. Our community donated essential items for women in need for our !

Thank you to all those who donated! 💕

For more info on the Village of Hope:
https://www.rescuemission.org/shelter/village-of-hope/

06/20/2020

WWII Veteran Captain Frank Wendzel's 100th Birthday celebration was featured on ABC Channel 7 last night! In case you missed it, you can watch it here! 💕🎉🎂🇺🇸

Instead of the big party that was planned for Frank Wendzel, family, friends and veteran groups celebrated his 100th birthday with a parade.

06/19/2020

👏 We did it! First stop, a local farm!

Thanks to all your donations we were able to distribute feminine products to our local farm workers. One van had all the pads, another van had the tampons! 💕

We also combined efforts with Center Church who provided bandannas and Grace City Church who provided Gatorade! 💕

Next stop, a local homeless shelter and another farm! 👍

Orange County Interfaith Committee to Aid Farmworkers
National Farm Worker Ministry
United Farm Workers

06/14/2020

Smiles Project #4: 📣 We received $550 in monetary donations, enabling us to purchase 40 boxes of pads from Costco for our farm workers & homeless communities! 🎉

Thank you to all those who generously supported this project. Looking forward to heading out to the farm this Thursday and Mercy House thereafter! 💕

06/11/2020

Hello Smile Makers! Here's a special request!

"Hello! My name is Frank Wendzel. I am a proud WWII veteran. I will be 100 years old on Flag Day, June 14, 2020. I am currently quarantined with no visitors. I would love to receive 100 cards for my 100th birthday!" 🎉

Let's send him a card to wish him a very Happy 100th Birthday and thank him for his service! 🎂🇺🇸💕

Please mail cards to:

Captain Frank Wendzel
Freedom Village Healthcare Center
23442 El Toro Road
Building 2, Room 111-B
Lake Forest, CA 92630

Cards can also be dropped off at 14 Gettysburg, Irvine. Thank you! 💕

06/06/2020

More donations received in this bag. We are family! ❤️

06/06/2020

Thank you everybody for stopping by with your donations today! 💕

Bringing smiles to various community groups while sheltering in place is what we are about and we can’t wait to take all the love from our community for the out to the fields and streets!

So thankful for our wonderful community who has helped bring smiles to our seniors, healthcare workers, teachers, and now farm workers and homeless! Thankful for this wonderful community we call home. 💕

06/05/2020

🌸 Feminine Products Collection TODAY, June 5th from 3-4pm!

🌸 Just place items in your trunk and drive over to either Heritage Park or University Park Library and a volunteer will collect them from you!

🌸 For those who prefer to make a monetary donation:https://givebutter.com/periodproject

🌸 100% of the proceeds will be used to purchase feminine hygiene products that will go directly to our OC farm workers & homeless neighbors.

Thanks for helping bring smiles to our essential farm workers and homeless communities! See you at drop off! ❤️

05/28/2020

Happy little campers filling a cart full of baby wipes that were donated by Happy Little Camper! 🥰 We asked for feminine care products for our Smiles Project #4 and received boxes of Veeda products. These wipes and diapers were a bonus! 💕

Baby wipes are one of the most needed items at a local non-profit Families Forward so that’s where we dropped them off!

Thank you Naturalena Brands for your support! All your donations will be going to our families and individuals in need. ❤️

05/28/2020

Swimming in tampons and pads! 😍 Thank you Naturalena Brands for all the Veeda donations! Can’t wait to head to the fields and Mercy House to pass them out!

We are just getting started. Let’s keep the donations coming! 💕