Recycling4Smiles

10/27/2025

We’re excited to share that we’ve donated $250 to the Hospital Services Support Foundation (HSSF), an amazing organization dedicated to delivering vital healthcare resources to those in need. This contribution was made possible entirely through redeeming CRV beverage containers donated by friends and family, proof that even simple, everyday actions can create meaningful impact.

How HSSF Makes a Difference:
HSSF collects functional medical equipment from hospitals across the San Francisco Bay Area, including beds, stretchers, and other essential supplies and gives them a second life by refurbishing and shipping them to hospitals in Sri Lanka.
Why Your Support Matters:
While the equipment is donated, HSSF relies on funding to cover the costs of collection, transport, storage, refurbishment, and shipping. Every dollar helps ensure these life-saving efforts continue with transparency and care.
Let’s all do our part, big or small to support the causes that make a difference. Together, we can turn everyday actions into extraordinary changes.
Learn more or get involved: https://www.hospitalssf.org/

09/28/2025

Happy to support Shamal who is raising funds for The Down Syndrome Connection of The Bay Area!

Wow it's been 11 years since I first started fundraising for the DSCBA's annual walk!

04/10/2025

🌟 Small Acts, Big Smiles! 🌟

Thanks to the generous support of our Recycling4Smiles donors, we were able to raise funds by redeeming CRV cans and bottles—and turn them into something truly meaningful. 💚♻️

We’re thrilled to share that we’ve donated underwear for 54 girls and 132 boys at Dharmodaya Primary College in Sri Lanka! 👧🏾👦🏾

This may seem like a small gesture, but for these children, it brings dignity, comfort, and a reminder that someone across the world cares. 💖

Every bottle, every can, and every kind soul who contributed played a part in making this happen. THANK YOU for being part of this ripple of kindness. 🌍✨

Let’s keep recycling with purpose and turning waste into smiles! 😄

03/31/2025

Thanks to your recyclables, we are happy to support students in Sri Lanka with much needed school meals through "No Hungry Kids" project!
https://nohungrykidsproject.org/

08/21/2024

🌟 Proud to support a great cause! 🌟
We are thrilled to share that we’ve just donated $250 to the Hospital Services Support Foundation (HSSF), an organization dedicated to providing vital healthcare services to those in need.

This donation was raised by redeeming CRV beverage containers, turning everyday recycling into impactful support.

How HSSF Makes a Difference: HSSF receives donations of functional medical equipment from various San Francisco Bay Area hospitals, including hospital beds, patient transport stretchers, hospital furniture, and other essential items. These surplus and used medical supplies are given new life through HSSF’s efforts.

Why Funding is Crucial: While the equipment is donated, there are significant costs involved in collecting, transporting, storing, refurbishing, and shipping these items to Sri Lanka. Your financial contributions ensure that these critical activities are carried out with full transparency and efficiency, advancing HSSF's mission to improve healthcare access.

Let’s all do our part—whether big or small—to support the causes we care about. Every contribution helps, and together, we can make a difference. 💙

https://www.hospitalssf.org/

“Health is Wealth” Our Vision: To sustainably support and enhance Sri Lanka’s healthcare infrastructure. What We Do: Collect, refurbish, store,[...]

03/27/2024

We are thrilled to announce that thanks to the generous recycling donations we receive from supporters like you, we have made another contribution of $250.00 to Smile Train!
At Recycling4Smiles, we are firm believers in the power of giving back, especially when it comes to supporting organizations like Smile Train, who are dedicated to transforming the lives of children born with cleft lips and palates. We firmly stand by the belief that every child, regardless of their circumstances, deserves the chance to live a full and productive life.
With your unwavering support, we are proud to share that our cumulative donations to Smile Train have now reached an incredible total of $36,540! This milestone would not have been possible without your ongoing commitment and generosity. Together, we are making a tangible difference in the lives of children and their families around the world.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your continued support and dedication to this important cause. Let's continue spreading smiles and changing lives together!

https://www.mysmiletrain.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.personalCampaign&participantID=1516&fbclid=IwAR0bwsllv_gGloFgp_ElTEf1wdROX_j9E84GABM0QsShKH3XYWCs6nPyyWg_aem_Ac-DvCYswrjb3R_ynbo-CmhaHCbKdrbieHzaFxqGD0RzSf2aBbwHpXjfUhJo8yaS8-bnuUFDXYyQBvy44Zs4LFmx

Smile Train is the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, with a sustainable and local model of supporting surgery and other forms of essential care. I’m raising money to help continue their work to sponsor safe and quality cleft care for children in 75+ countries, and I need your help to g...

12/26/2023

On this Xmas day, we are delighted to donate $250.00 to Smile Train thanks to the recycling we receive from donors like you. We continue to believe that every child born with a cleft can live a full and productive life.
Did you know that children born with clefts often face challenges like malnourishment, difficulty breathing, and social isolation? With your continued support, we have made donations to Smile Train, totaling $36,290 to date!

https://www.mysmiletrain.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.personalCampaign&participantID=1516&fbclid=IwAR0N2Vv1uXdYThNuZnsU8QVQPrFkFr9CswjN_Bs-kk2mGSdEhvSlhBuqJSk

Smile Train is a global charity with a sustainable approach to a single, solvable issue: cleft.

10/07/2023

Thanks for helping us make another Positive Impact! With the donated recyclables, we were able to support Allegakoen with a $250 donation to A Good Cup International Inc.

Their mission to provide social services in the form of clothing, food, shelter, medical, education, vocational support and any other assistance needed to sustain and rebuild a community of women is truly inspiring.

http://www.agoodcup.org/

06/22/2023

Thanks to the donated recyclables, we were able to donate $250 towards a a kidney transplant needed to save the life of a young monk.

I am organizing this GoFund campaign to get your kind attention to an urgent c… Kirinde Chandananda needs your support for Let us save a life of a young monk

12/19/2022

In memory of the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, we donated $200 to Sandy Hook Promise Foundation to end school shootings and create a culture change that prevents violence and other harmful acts that hurt children.

Sandy Hook Promise trains students and adults to know the signs of gun violence so that no parent experiences the tragic, preventable loss of their child.

10/18/2022

Happy to donate $100 to https://www.ds-stride.org/bayareastepup/profiles/registrant/ShamalFundraisingPage?fbclid=IwAR0bAU0pR_NKCCXaE3L_dfEcAE42EUsnKiI5Uzo3t8gq1XGWLSbdiBUWzoQ

As I begin my junior year at UC Berkeley, I will be STEPPING UP once again for the 2022 Bay Area STEP UP Walk and Family Picnic! Since I began volunteering for the Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area 11 years ago, I have met so many amazing people and seen the tremendous work this organization....