Gifts donated in Honor of or in Memory of provide vital support to the mission of BookSmiles
​and help fund programming and future outreach.  

Honorary Gifts
An honorary gift offers you a thoughtful way to celebrate a special person, birthday, bar/bat mitzvah, wedding, anniversary or other special occasion while contributing to our mission.  

Memorial Gifts
A memorial gift is a meaningful way to mark the passing of a loved one or close friend. Suggested wording for an obituary, which invites friends and family to contribute to BookSmiles in memory of the deceased, is below:

In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations to be made in [Name’s] memory to BookSmiles.  Checks can be made out to BookSmiles and mailed to BookSmiles, 1879 Old Cuthbert Road, Unit 33, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 or donate online at booksmiles.org​
In Honor of...
Gifts have been received in Honor of the following...

In honor of Dr. Joseph Meloche - Jill Hammel
In honor of Larry Abrams - Frances Abrams
​In honor of Cara Guagenti - Elizabeth Donohue
In honor of Janet Edelstein - Alison Keel
In honor of Janet Edelstein - Anne Rubin
​In honor of John S. Olson - Merry Christmas! - Kathryn Judge
In honor of Marleen & Brent Schwartz, Ben & Elyse - Lucy Rothman
In honor of Max Raffel - Helene Amster
In honor of my students working from home - Christina Hughes
In honor of Scott Techner - Mark Lerner
In honor of Dr. Joseph Meloche - Alison McCartney
In honor of Camden City School District Students - ​Neil Dwyer
In honor of Vivian Lopez - Kristen Martinez and Hector Perez
​In honor of Noah Pitzer Gamel with Love from cousins Laura Knight, Ellen and Nancy Cohn
In honor of the wonderful teachers at Cherry Hill West and Johnson Elementary School
In honor of Second Lady Gisele Fetterman
Honoring Larry Abrams for being the AMAZING captain of the Literacy Ship!
​In honor of Jerry Mahan who continues to help the Homeless.
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 In Memory of...
Gifts have been received in Memory of the following...
In Memory of H. Dixon and Robert H. Morgan - Linda Gerace
In memory of Gail Evert, who gave us Library Days - Justin Evert
In memory of Louis D. Ellis - Erik Schwartz
In memory of Herb and Ethyl Lubars - Nancy Lubars
In memory of Michael Morgan - Tanya Morgan
In memory of Raquel Horowitz - Erik Schwartz
In memory of Shelley and Marion Zeiger - Jeffrey Zeiger
In memory of William Mason Woodward​ - Jane Gellien
In memory of Jennifer Goff (Elden), UR class of 1989  - ​Ken Odza
In memory of my dad-Stephen Roedig
​In memory of H. Dixon and Robert H. Morgan
​In memory of Roseanne Rubinstein
In memory of Ravi Bloom - Jayne Jacova