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Cards2Warriors Org, inc

we send Happy Mail to isolated illness Warriors

Oviedo, FL   |  https://cards2warriors.org

Mission

To send 100,000 greeting cards filled with love, hope and cheer to inspire healing perseverance for those living with long-term illness, rare disease, and disability and their care teams!

Notes from the nonprofit

While we believe in the power that a tangible card brings to each recipient's life, we are deeply committed to our beloved planet. Therefore, we offset double the carbon footprint and plant double the number of trees needed to reach our goal of 100,000 cards sent.

Ruling year info

2020

Pres

Dawn Veselka

Main address

1439 Twin Rivers Blvd

Oviedo, FL 32766-5112 USA

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EIN

85-2622373

NTEE code info

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (E12)

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

We aim to positively affect the mental health and emotional well-being of patients living with long-term illness or rare disease, along with their care teams.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Warriors in Crisis

This program sends extra, handwritten cards of support when an illness warrior or caregiver is going through an atypical challenging time in their health journey. They can be nominated on our website by a friend or family member (or personally request support). Once the nomination is approved, our volunteers make, write and send card to encourage and uplift the personal struggling. Over and over again we are told how the cards arrived JUST when they were needed most!

Population(s) Served
People with diseases and illnesses
People with disabilities

We invite illness warriors, caregivers, siblings, and medical professionals to sign up to receive our happy mail! Once registered, a recipient has the chance to randomly receive our greeting cards throughout the year! At least 5 times per year, we print greeting cards featuring the artwork of an illness warrior and signed by 5 fellow warriors that we send out to those in our database. The number of cards printed and sent depends on the funding we have raised thanks to our sponsors. Additionally, we send 10% of our cards internationally, spreading hope and cheer around the globe!

Population(s) Served

The Warrior Card Swap is a monthly, global swap for illness warriors only! It runs every month throughout the year. It is open only to those living with long-term illness, rare disease, disability and those undiagnosed. Participants register once and then have the option to participate at the beginning of each month when their health allows them to. Participants can choose to send domestically or internationally, to send physical mail or digital mail, and to "make a friend/pen pal" or to simply brighten a fellow warrior's day! To sign up, visit: https://warriorcardswap.com

Population(s) Served
People with diseases and illnesses
People with disabilities

Where we work

  • Global

  • United States

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Handwritten Cards Sent

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Warriors in Crisis

Type of Metric

Other - describing something else

Context Notes

Handwritten cards sent by our Card Crew, our Student Volunteers, and group volunteers.

Happy Mail Sent

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Happy Mail Program

Type of Metric

Other - describing something else

Context Notes

4281 printed cards sent

Cards swapped by illness warriors

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Warrior Card Swap

Type of Metric

Other - describing something else

Context Notes

Cards swapped during our monthly Card Swap Program.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Our goal is to send 100,000 cards filled with messages of love and cheer to inspire hope and perseverance in chronic and rare patients.

There is something magical about a card showing up unexpectedly in a patient or caregiver's mailbox to remind them that they are seen, heard, and loved.
Living with an illness takes a toll on the mental health and emotion well-being of not just the patient, but their caregiver, siblings, and medical team.
We send printed cards throughout the year to encourage and uplift these illness warriors.

Financials

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Cards2Warriors Org, inc

Board of directors
as of 2/22/2025
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Dawn Veselka

Dawn Veselka

Diana Boyesen

Ed Hoge

Organizational demographics

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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability