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JANUARY 2017 Mission - Cards For A Cause
2017 Cards For A Cause
JANUARY MISSION Stamp from the Heart!
ORGANIZATION BEING FEATURED: Cards From The Heart
Description of Organization: A non-profit Card Drive bringing Valentine cards to children in hospitals & foster homes, to bring a little love their way.
CONTACT PERSON: Teresa - va.sunshine
Referred by: Winter Sims
TYPE OF CARDS: Valentine ONLY! NO get well or religious.
SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS: Absolutely NO glitter, glitter pens, sequins, googly eyes, buttons, or anything that can be taken off and become a chocking hazard. The hospital won't allow them. NOpersonal blog or website info can be on their cards either.NO get well or religious. NO envelopes.
GUIDELINES: Please keep in mind, we are representing SCS by sending our cards each month. Recycling is always good, but only use products on your cards that you would like to receive on cards. Also, our card donations are not tax deductible and it is not required. Please do not ask for a receipt. There have been groups that will send thank you's but the "referred by" person keeps us informed and passes on the thank you's. Most of these organizations are volunteers and spend countless hours helping others, lets help make their jobs easier and bless them in helping others.
MAILING ADDRESS: PLEASE MAIL THEM SO THAT WINTER HAS THEM BY THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH. YOU WILL HAVE TO MAIL THEM THE WEEK OF JAN. 23
Cards From the Heart P.O. Box 754 Warren, TX 77664
For a little added inspiration you can join us in playing along with the OPTIONAL challenge each month. This is only optional and you do not have to play along to send your cards to the featured cause for the month. We always take cards no matter if you play along in the challenge or not. This months optional challenge is to make a valentine.Be sure to use the keyword C4AC so that we can check out your card and comment! To see this gallery C4AC click here. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Another exciting announcement, we now have a badge for you to proudly display on your blog; here is the link. Sticky:Cards For A Cause Blog Badge
Also, we have a section now for on going Cards For A Cause, these are organizations that take cards all year. If after your monthly generous giving you have others, go here..thank you so much for all you do!
Fellow SCSer's, thank you for spreading your SCS love! Please feel free to mail your cards all throughout the month of June!
Once you have mailed them come back to us here
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please read the special restrictions section carefully. Winter has been giving cards at valentines to hospitals and foster homes for many years, she and her family pull this off. They take in over 3000-4000 cards in one month...thank you for your help! With that said it is very important that we help them by following the guidelines. Please get your cards mailed out so that Winter has them by the last day of the month...this means you will have to mail them out earlier, the week of Jan. 23.
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this is a great month friends to create CAS cards, quick and easy with not a lot of fuss. Colored sweet images would be great too. It will surely be a challenge for me, but hey we can do it for the children!
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This is one of my favorite causes. I think this will be the 4th year I've donated to it.
To answer the question about card size, according to the email I got from Winter, cards must be able to fit in an A2 envelope that she provides. So they can be A2 or smaller, but not bigger.
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thanks everyone for your support! I must say this is a hard one for me, I always use some type of glitter or shine. I made a few cards yesterday and kept smacking my own hand as I reached for the stickles and gems! :?
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Me too, Teresa. I have all these adorable heart shaped gems and beaded hearts to use and I put them all back. I did find some good simple ideas on Pinterest, that's why I asked about the Washi tape.
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Mary, did you see this response? I did not think of it this way....as long as they can fit the card into an A2 envie they will use them...that is awesome!
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This is one of my favorite causes. I think this will be the 4th year I've donated to it.
To answer the question about card size, according to the email I got from Winter, cards must be able to fit in an A2 envelope that she provides. So they can be A2 or smaller, but not bigger.
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Mary, did you see this response? I did not think of it this way....as long as they can fit the card into an A2 envie they will use them...that is awesome!
"* You can include a message in the inside, but please remember, nothing reminding them of being sick. (Maybe just a Valentine sentiment.) You can also sign your first name and what state you are from ONLY, no last names and cities! No religious sentiments either, as most of the hospitals are non denominational in their beliefs."
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here is info on the sentiments...
" You can include a message in the inside, but please remember, nothing reminding them of being sick. (Maybe just a Valentine sentiment.) You can also sign your first name and what state you are from ONLY, no last names and cities! No religious sentiments either, as most of the hospitals are non denominational in their beliefs."
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Should we leave the inside blank or stamp a Valentine's Day message inside?
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here is info about the inside of the cards....
"You can include a message in the inside, but please remember, nothing reminding them of being sick. (Maybe just a Valentine sentiment.) You can also sign your first name and what state you are from ONLY, no last names and cities! No religious sentiments either, as most of the hospitals are non denominational in their beliefs."
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Originally Posted by CraftyMatilda
I would like to know, too, if these Valentine cards should have sentiments inside or be blank.
Thanks.
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From Winter's website...
"* You can include a message in the inside, but please remember, nothing reminding them of being sick. (Maybe just a Valentine sentiment.) You can also sign your first name and what state you are from ONLY, no last names and cities! No religious sentiments either, as most of the hospitals are non denominational in their beliefs."
I would like to join in this cause I would like to verify some rules. Do you want just a one dimensional card such as just stamped and colored. Not any glued on paper either. those can be taken off and put in mouth. Kinda like the cards that we got when kids at school?
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welcome and thank you for joining us! I think layers are fine, it is only things that can be picked off, gems, sequins, glitter, staples, even paper flowers. Thinking simpler is probably best, but layered card stock is fine.
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I would like to join in this cause I would like to verify some rules. Do you want just a one dimensional card such as just stamped and colored. Not any glued on paper either. those can be taken off and put in mouth. Kinda like the cards that we got when kids at school?
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It's been a while since I participated in Cards for a Cause but I'm ready to jump back in! Count me in, it will be fun to make some cute Valentine cards!
JANUARY 2017 Mission - Cards For A Cause
