Growing Smiles

08/06/2026

Today, Johanna delivered back-to-school donations to CASA on behalf of Johanna’s Growing Smiles! 🎒📚

We would like to thank everyone who donated and helped us provide school supplies for children in our community. Your kindness and support made this possible.

Thank you to Lucky Rose Organics for being one of our generous contributors. We truly appreciate your continued support! 💛

07/26/2026

07/26/2026

07/22/2026

As a new school year begins, many children are excited to head back to class with fresh supplies and a chance to learn. Unfortunately, not every child has the basic items they need to start the year with confidence.

Growing Smiles is collecting school supplies to help local children and families prepare for a successful school year. Every notebook, backpack, box of crayons, and pack of pencils makes a difference.

If you would like to support this effort, you can: 📚 Donate school supplies by contacting Growing Smiles directly. 🎒 Purchase items from our Amazon Wish List: Growing Smiles Amazon Wish List

Your kindness helps children begin the school year feeling prepared, confident, and ready to learn. Thank you for helping Growing Smiles make a difference in our community.

03/15/2026

🚒🍪 Spreading Sweetness to Our Local Heroes 🍪🚒

Johanna, founder of Growing Smiles, had the honor of donating Girl Scout cookies to the firefighters at St. Petersburg Fire Rescue Station 6.

When Johanna was younger, this fire station became one of her favorite places to visit. She still remembers the koi pond, the tour of the station, and the kindness the firefighters showed her. That experience stayed with her.

Now, through Growing Smiles, Johanna sometimes receives cookie donations from people who want the cookies to go to someone special. She chooses to pass that kindness forward by donating them to firefighters who work every day to protect our community.

This is the second year Johanna has donated cookies to Station 6, and she hopes the treats make their day a little sweeter.

Thank you to the brave men and women of St. Petersburg Fire Rescue for everything you do! ❤️






SpreadKindness 🚒🍪

12/25/2025

🎄✨ Merry Christmas from Growing Smiles ✨🎄
This Christmas, we are grateful for every supporter, donor, and partner who helped us bring joy, comfort, and hope to children in need. Because of your kindness, more kids felt seen, cared for, and remembered this season.

From all of us at Growing Smiles, thank you for believing in our mission and helping us turn compassion into action. May your home be filled with peace, love, and the joy that comes from giving.

Merry Christmas and blessings to you and your families. ❤️🎁✨

CommunityLove 🎄💫

12/12/2025

🎄🎁 Another special delivery today! 🎁🎄
Growing Smiles just dropped off donations to Alpha House, and we’re so grateful to be able to support families this holiday season ❤️

We delivered holiday gifts 🎁, books 📚, three AMC gift cards 🎬, and a Christmas tree 🎄 to help bring comfort, joy, and a little holiday magic to the families they serve.

None of this would have been possible without the generosity of Target, Bess the Book Bus, Lucky Rose, and other amazing donors, including Regan, who helped make this delivery possible 🙌✨

Growing Smiles is thankful to help bring smiles to kids’ faces and warmth to families during the holidays 💚