Our Sharing Smiles team screens each note before forwarding it to ensure the safety and privacy of both writers. We screen for content including: sensitive medical or financial information; exploitative […]

If you don’t use email, or you are signing up on behalf of someone who doesn’t use email, you can have ETA staff send your notes to you by postal […]

Yes. The ONLY information each partner has is the other partner’s first name. They write to you via ETA’s dedicated Sharing Smiles email address. Our staff screens their notes and […]

Your partner will write to you first! They will share a little about their own lives and ask you questions. We will help them with ideas and prompts. Remember: This […]

ETA staff will review the form and match you with a younger writer who wants to share a friendly note with someone from an older generation. We have younger writers […]

Sign up using our online form.  We’ll ask your name, age, and address (email or mailing address, depending on which you want to use).