Junior Auxiliary of Taney County (JATC) is pleased to announce the continuation of the Kindness Effects Card Project (KECP) for the third year in a row. The KECP was born in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the mass shut down of schools and nursing/rehab/assisted living facilities. The original goal of this project was to spread kindness and joy, the COVID-19 friendly way, by delivering cards to the nursing/rehab/assisted living facilities. Although we are no longer on lockdown, JATC is still striving to spread compassion and companionship to members of the community by continuing this greeting card project.

There are a number of different ways that community members can get involved. If you would like to help with this project, we are currently accepting donations of greeting cards (with envelopes). These cards can be blank or contain a short, sweet, pre-printed message. We are also accepting Christmas/Holiday cards. Cash donations to help purchase cards are also welcomed.

Community members are encouraged to not only donate cards, but to decorate them as well! Feel free to write a sweet message inside (please only sign your first name with no phone number or identifiers) and decorate the outside and inside of the cards and envelope (please do not seal the envelope). You can decorate with stickers, googly eyes, markers, jewels, anything that you want to make your cards special (but please no glitter).

If you have a community organization, church/youth group, class, or summer program that would like to decorate cards, please contact JATC and one of our members will be happy to facilitate a card-writing session with your group. There is no limitation on group sizes and a JATC member can bring all the supplies necessary. Children and adults of all ages are welcome to participate in this project.

For more information on this project and how you can get involved, please contact Junior Auxiliary of Taney County at jatcmo@gmail.com and use “KECP Donation” on the Subject Line.

JATC is more than a nonprofit organization, it’s a group of women united by a single cause. We are dedicated to helping and making a difference in the lives of the children of Taney County. That’s the magic of JATC. It was chartered by a group of caring, enthusiastic women in 1998 and continues to grow and thrive throughout Taney County. Approximately 50 members annually contribute more than 4,000 volunteer hours as they strive to improve the mental, physical, social and emotional well-being of children in Taney County.

JATC is part of the National Association of Junior Auxiliaries (NAJA), a non-profit organization founded in 1941 with headquarters in Greenville, Mississippi. NAJA has more than 15,500 active, associate and life members in over 100 chapters located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Their slogan is “Caring Hearts—Helping Hands—Changing Lives”.