child smile organization type nonprofit 501 c 3 charity founded may 17 1998 headquarters minneola florida united states founder s alexandra bakker slogan s for the price of a stamp you can make a child smile website www.makeachildsmile.org alexa rank 12 721 625 april 2014 update 1 founded in may 1998 by alexandra bakker the make a child smile organization also known as macs was a source of support to children with chronic or life threatening illnesses and their families . emotional support was provided by creating the opportunity for people to visit the macs website and learn about the children and their illnesses . a picture and biography of children battling chronic illnesses were published on the website . hundreds of net surfers schools service organizations girls boys scouts and church groups used the macs website as a philanthropic project where they could send cards letters and small gifts to the featured children and their siblings through postal mail to cheer them up during their difficult time . due to the lack of funding and staffing make a child smile has temporarily closed down at the end of 2011 after 13 years in operation . children featured on macs and the mail they received in the news edit macs has been featured on many tv news broadcasts magazines and newspapers including the maury povich show 2 redbook 3 seventeen 4 nick jr. 5 family circle 6 references edit makeachildsmile.org site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 04 01 . wishes and dreams i m a little kid with a big holiday wish . the maury povich show . 2000 12 22 . nbc . katherine dykstra & lisa pilnik 2001 05 01 . send a card to a sick child . redbook magazine p. 90 . retrieved 2007 12 22 . robyn freedman spizman 2006 02 01 . share your love . seventeen magazine p. 68 . retrieved 2007 12 22 . wendy smolen maija johnson & barbara huber 2006 11 01 . wish list feel good gifts . nick jr. magazine p. 71 . retrieved 2007 12 22 . stephanie berger 2006 10 01 . help from home . familycircle magazine p. 78 . retrieved 2007 12 22 . external links edit make a child smile official website post pals similar to macs no affiliation but helping children in the uk retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title make a child smile & oldid 735798601 categories charities based in floridachildren s charities based in the united stateshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from april 2014all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 05 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view