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Jersey Proud: The ‘Card Lady’ gives hundreds of cancer patients hope

Linda Smolinski will often be found at Atlantic Care Cancer Institute in Egg Harbor Township.

News 12 Staff

Jun 19, 2026, 10:25 PM

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She's known as the “Card Lady,” and she's making a big impact for cancer patients in South Jersey.

Linda Smolinski will often be found at Atlantic Care Cancer Institute in Egg Harbor Township.

Smolinski hands out homemade greeting cards — personalized well-wishes for cancer patients, and the doctors and nurses who are in the fight with them.

Smolinski has created and given out hundreds of these cards. Since she herself is a 14-year cancer survivor, she knows the pick-me-up a gesture like this can provide.

"Card-making has become my mission, to reach as many people as I possibly can,” says Smolinski.

Smolinski says ultimately, her mission is simple - to give patients hope.

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