• Our Mission

    Our Mission

    Our mission at PCD Smiles is to bring smiles to hospitalized primary ciliary dyskinesia, no mater their age; through the gift of a cheer package. Currently serving only The United States and Canada.
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  • Request Cheer Package

    Request Cheer Package

    Know of a hospitalized primary ciliary dyskinesia patient? Please visit our “Request a Cheer Package” link and fill out our secured form to submit them for a cheer package today!
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  • Donations

    Donations

    Our cheer package program runs on donations. To see how you can help PCD Smiles, visit our donations section today!
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  • The PCD Artist Project is a collaborative effort by artist to raise awareness for PCD & support the PCD Smiles cheer package program. Visit our exhibits today!
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  • just say NO, Buffets & Food Boards; a patient’s perspective

    just say NO, Buffets & Food Boards; a patient’s perspective

    Written by PCD Smiles on December 06, 2023. Posted in Topic Thursday

    A patient’s perspective from our Founder: Well you all know me and know I like to talk about the little know areas of PCD life, like this new spin on buffet type meals; food boards. For most people...
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  • Flying with PCD

    Flying with PCD

    Written by PCD Smiles on October 12, 2023. Posted in Topic Thursday

    A few years during a family medical crisis involving my father I went a jumped on the first plane out of Minniapolis bound for my home state of Ohio. I wasn’t actively sick with and infection, but...
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  • Caregiving

    Caregiving

    Written by PCD Smiles on October 06, 2023. Posted in Topic Thursday

    There are many layers to caregiving when it involves a person who has primary ciliary dyskinesia. These layers peel back and change on the daily sometimes. It is definitely a strange onion to peel...
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  • Nothing is Sacred when you have PCD

    Nothing is Sacred when you have PCD

    Written by PCD Smiles on September 17, 2023. Posted in Topic Thursday

    There are a lots of things that I’ve had to get used to as I grew up doing life with PCD. One of those things was learning that unlike most others I had no privacy. I mean absolutely none...
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Now Shipping Smiles to the United States & Canada

PCD Smiles 

PCD Smiles is a non-profit organization, funded primarily through donations.

Our mission is to bring Smiles to hospitalized PCD patients and or those PCD patients who have recently returned home from a hospitalization through the gift of Cheer Packages no matter their age. We are currently only in the United States & Canada.

To request a Cheer Package for you or your hospitalized PCDer, please visit our "Request Cheer Package" page and fill out our secure form.

If you would like to donate items to PCD Smiles's Cheer Packages, please visit our "Donations" page.

Join our Facebook group Turtle Talk Café today, click here.

We have several ways that you can donate to PCD Smiles;

- Visit Smile E. Turtle's Amazon Wishlist

- For more information on how you can donate, please visit our "Donation" page to check out our "Do & Don't policies.

- Or sponsor a PCD Smiles cheer package today!

- To shop for your “Official” turtle care ribbon gear today, visit PCD Style or Smile E. Cove

Thank you for your consideration!

Looking 4 Smiles!

Looking 4 Smiles!

Written by PCD Smiles on December 11, 2023. Posted in Giving Saturday

PCD patients spend a lot of time doing therapies to help clear their lungs. Having things to...
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Random Fact Friday 2024.5

Random Fact Friday 2024.5

Written by PCD Smiles on December 11, 2023. Posted in Random Fact Friday

“PCD is a genetically heterogeneous disorder affecting motile cilia which are made up of...
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Random Fact Friday 2023.363

Random Fact Friday 2023.363

Written by PCD Smiles on December 10, 2023. Posted in Random Fact Friday

Apparent in most young children with PCD, chronic/recurrent ear infection becomes less apparent by...
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Which Situs are You?

Which Situs are You?

Written by PCD Smiles on March 11, 2020. Posted in Topic Thursday

Cilia are thought to play an important role in organ placement during the embryonic stage of...
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PFTs 101

PFTs 101

Written by PCD Smiles on September 16, 2021. Posted in Topic Thursday

PFTs or Pulmonary Function Tests and the results of those tests are one of the most confusing...
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No Magic Bullet; Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia & COVID-19 in North America

No Magic Bullet; Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia & COVID-19 in North America

Written by PCD Smiles on April 02, 2020. Posted in Topic Thursday

The United States PCD Foundation held its very first town hall meeting on 30 March, 2020 with one...
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