Cards for Humanity

01/19/2023

We are collecting cards for Valentine's Day! Share your creativity, love and hope with seniors. Send valentine cards, love quotes, and messages of friendship! Help spread the word and share this post with your friends and family!

12/15/2022

02/17/2021

Resident at Del Monte Assisted Living and Memory Care enjoying your love notes!!

02/17/2021

“Our residents here at Casa Carmel were excited and happy with their handmade Valentines 💖

Thank you,
Alta Gonzales
Manager Casa Carmel”

02/17/2021

Are you ready to be amazed?

**We received 8,389 Project Valentine cards from the community! **

2846 cards were delivered to skilled nursing and assisted living facility residents in Monterey County

300 cards were given to the Monterey Peninsula Meals on Wheels

440 cards were given to the Salinas Valley Meals on Wheels

100 cards were given to La Casa Adult Day Health Program in Salinas

500 cards were given to Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula

800 cards were given to Natividad Hospital

760 cards were given to Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital

1993 cards were delivered to skilled nursing and assisted living facility residents in Santa Cruz County

650 cards were given to Santa Cruz County Meals on Wheels

Your love and positivity made a huge impact in Monterey and Santa Cruz county! Thank you for making cards and boosting this love signal.

02/06/2021

Today was a busy day! We sorted and packaged your Valentine cards. Big thanks to Suzanne, Mimie, and George Neilson for their help today. We will be back at it on Monday. We will be sharing our numbers soon. We surpassed our goal again thanks to all of you. You are loved and you are amazing. Your compassionate messages are inspiring.

02/04/2021

Once again we are blown away by your support and creativity. We wanted to reach out and share our appreciation for this community of creative and compassionate activists. Thank you for reaching out to seniors and sharing your positivity, love and hope. It makes a difference. Ombudsman will be counting and sorting the cards tomorrow. More pictures to come!!

01/12/2021

The Cards for Humanity Campaign is collecting cards for seniors again! We want to create a wave of love and send messages of love, gratitude and hope to seniors in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities.

Project Valentine cards can be any size, store bought or homemade. The cards can be sent in a bundle and they do not need individual envelopes. Card makers can sign the cards with their name or "your neighbor." You can share your favorite quotes, poems or song lyrics about love. Feel free to talk about the people in your life who you cherish. You can share pictures of your family, pets and places that make your heart sing! Cards in English and Spanish would be well loved by the residents. The only limit is your imagination.

Can you commit to sending 10 messages of love? Please share this creative and compassionate call to action with your friends, family, and social networks. This is a great projects for student, teachers, parents, Girl Scout troops, church communities, and service oriented agencies. Please help boost this love signal!

We will be collecting cards until February 1, 2021! We plan on mailing the cards to facilities so they arrive for Valentine’s Day. Our goal is to reach all 2,846 long-term care residents in Monterey County.

Cards can be mailed to the:
Alliance on Aging Ombudsman Program
247 Main Street
Salinas, CA 93901

“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” - Rumi

01/06/2021

We are collecting Valentine's Inspired cards for seniors! Jump on the love wave! Help and share this creative call to action with your friends and family!

10/14/2020

Your creativity makes a difference! The Monterey County Activity directors meet monthly with the Alliance on Aging Ombudsman. During the Inspiration and Support Meeting the Activity Directors share activity ideas and best practices. We are collecting arts and craft donations to help inspire the residents and lift their spirits! Donations can be mailed to:
Alliance on Aging Ombudsman Program
247 Main Street
Salinas, CA 93901

09/09/2020

The Cards for Humanity Campaign received over 6,057 cards since April 13, 2020! Our goal was to send one card to each of the 2,846 long-term care residents in Monterey county.

We surpassed our goal two-fold and thanks to your creative efforts we were able to send cards to the 1,993 long-term care residents in Santa Cruz county!

Thank you for sharing messages of love, hope and courage!

The following communities received Cards for Humanity:
2,846 cards were delivered to Monterey county skilled nursing and assisted living residents.
1,993 cards were delivered to the Santa Cruz County long-term care Ombudsman Program for their skilled nursing and assisted living residents.
400 cards were delivered to the Salinas Valley Meals on Wheels team.
400 cards were delivered to the Monterey Peninsula Meals on Wheels team.
18 cards were delivered to the residents at Van Buren Senior Apartments
50 cards were delivered to the residents at Gateway Apartments in Salinas.
50 cards were delivered ITN of Monterey County. The cards were mailed to their MASA program clients
300 cards were delivered to residents living in 29 different Adult Residential Facilities in Monterey County.

Thank you for sharing this call to action with your friends and family. We received cards for caring neighbors across the country.