Color A Smile is a nonprofit organization that distributes cheerful drawings to Senior Citizens, Our Troops Overseas, and anyone in need of a smile. Every month we mail thousands of new drawings to all the people on our mailing list. School children, adults, scouting troops, corporations, ANYONE of ANY AGE, can volunteer and help us to spread smiles.

Color A Smile was started by Jerry and Susanne Harris in the late 1980’s. While visiting a friend’s house they noticed the colorful drawings on the refrigerator. They realized how simple and yet uplifting cheerful drawings could be. Color A Smile began in Morristown NJ with a few local teachers getting their students to color for people in a local nursing home. We now distribute tens of thousands of cheerful drawings every month to senior citizens, our troops overseas, and anyone in need of a smile.

To better serve our clients, we have eliminated the Seasonal Themed coloring pages. The issue with the Seasonal Themes, was their limited ‘Shelf Life’. The nursing homes and Meals On Wheels programs had a short window of time to give out these drawings. After the holiday, the drawings were old and could not stay out on display. Our clients have asked us to only send the Nonseasonal pages so they can distribute and display them over a longer period of time. We are in the process of creating even more Nonseasonal pages for everyone’s enjoyment. Thank you all for continuing to help us to spread smiles.

It’s simple to volunteer: Color cheerful drawings and send them to us.
Simple 3 step instructions:

1. Print a coloring page from our website.
2. Color the page using crayons or markers (please NO GLITTER).
3. Mail the cheerful drawing to us:

Color A Smile
PO Box 1516
Morristown NJ 07962-1516

FedEx or UPS: 164 Ridgedale Ave Unit 7 Morristown NJ 07960
Use the cheapest mail service available. It is ok to fold the drawings to fit them in an envelope.
Please enclose a donation to help with our program costs. (Donation not required, but if you can…Thanks!)

US Mail:
Color A Smile
PO Box 1516
Morristown NJ
07962-1516

FedEx or UPS:
Color A Smile
164 Ridgedale Ave Unit 7
Morristown NJ 07960

Or you can donate via our website by clicking the Donate button. Thanks!

Color A Smile can provide a letter of validation for the volunteer hours that you spend coloring our cheerful pages. You must be sure each drawing is Cheerful, Colorful and Complete. We will validate 10 minutes of volunteer work for each complete drawing that you send us.
1 drawing = 10 minutes
6 drawings = 60 minutes
12 drawings = 120 minutes etc.
You must complete our online validation form and mail it to us along with your drawings.

Anyone of any age that likes to color is welcome to participate in our program. We receive cheerful drawings from 5 year olds to 95 year olds.

Color A Smile is a simple, fun activity that that allows everyone to participate. It is adaptable to any size organization. From a one-time 15 minute project to an ongoing part of your corporate identity. Coloring our pages is physically relaxing, mentally calming, and all for a great cause. Everyone wants to help senior citizens, our troops overseas and someone in need of a smile. All you need are crayons and photocopies of pages from our website. There is no set fee to participate. Donations are voluntary, you decide if you want to support us.

We ask that you use only the pages from our website for your drawings. Our pages are easy to photocopy and easy to mail. Our pages contain our logo and a place for you to put your name. The recipients look forward to receiving our pages and we want them to be uniform from month to month. If you do not have access to a printer, please visit your local public library for assistance.

Crayons and Markers seem to produce the most vibrant and bold drawings. Colored pencils do not seem as vibrant or bold. Please use only crayons or markers on our pages.

Since more adults are coloring today, Color A Smile is constantly increasing the number of detailed coloring pages available on our website. We want to provide pages that are fun to color for people of all ages and abilities. Our goal is to create happy drawings that will put a smile on someone's face. Please do not send us pages from adult coloring books. We prefer that you put your artistic talents to work coloring our cheerful pages from our website. Thanks for helping us to spread smiles!

Please mail the drawings the cheapest way possible. Do not waste money on Priority or Express Mail.

**US Postage Rates**
1 - 5 drawings fit in a letter size envelope and still only cost the 1 ounce rate.
6 - 25 drawings fit in a 6 X 9 envelope and travel at the ‘Letter Rate.’
25 + drawings fit in larger envelopes or boxes. (Please rubber band the drawings to keep them safe.)

If you take a package to the Post Office, always ask to send it, “The Cheapest way possible.”

**US Mail address**
Color A Smile
PO Box 1516
Morristown NJ
07962-1516

**FedEx or UPS address**
Color A Smile
164 Ridgedale Ave Unit 7
Morristown NJ 07960

Yes, you can fold the drawings. Please fold all the drawings together - Do Not Fold Individually.

You can send a subscription of cheerful drawings to anyone in need of a smile. A subscription is for 1 year and includes a mailing every month for 12 months. You choose whether the recipient will receive 2 drawings per month or 10 drawings per month. A yearly subscription can be renewed as many times as you would like. Go to the "Subscribe to Receive" button above.

Color A Smile does not charge anyone to receive our drawings. Suggested donation amounts are really only, “Suggested.” Feel free to donate more, less, or nothing at all. Suggested amounts:

2 drawings per month:
•Mailed to individuals
•Usually hung on a refrigerator door or bulletin board for the individual to enjoy
•Suggested donation is $20.00 per year

10 drawings per month:
•Mailed to Activities Directors at Nursing Homes or to Our Troops Overseas
•Usually displayed in Common Areas for everyone to enjoy
•Suggested donation is $35.00 per year

You choose whether the recipient should receive 2 drawings every month, or 10 drawings every month.

2 drawings per month:
•Mailed to individuals
•Usually hung on a refrigerator door or bulletin board for the individual to enjoy
•Suggested donation is $20.00 per year

10 drawings per month:
•Mailed to Activities Directors at Nursing Homes or to Our Troops Overseas
•Usually displayed in Common Areas for everyone to enjoy
•Suggested donation is $35.00 per year

The majority of our drawings go to senior citizens, but we also send to our troops overseas and anyone in need of a monthly smile.

We can mail drawings to any active military personal with an APO/FPO/DPO address. Follow the regular directions for a 1 year subscription. We usually send 10 drawings per month to our military recipients so they can share them with their "buddies."
NOTE: If you are in the military yourself, and want to receive our cheerful drawings, please do not send us a donation. Your service is already your donation and it will be our pleasure to send our drawings to you.

Other than our military, Color A Smile cannot currently mail drawings to people in other countries. However our goal is to someday send cheerful drawings to anyone in the world that is in need of a smile. Stay tuned...

We get donations from people like you that believe in what we do. We get donations from Volunteers that send a check along with their cheerful drawings. We get donations from people ordering subscriptions. We do not charge people to receive our cheerful drawings, all donations are voluntary. We do not sell, rent or exchange our mailing lists with anyone. If you click on the "Donate" buton above, we sincerely thank you.

Color A Smile is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Our Federal EID, or Employer ID # is: 223179537