This afternoon, I mailed another big box full of cards to Operation Write Home. Maria Flashman, one of my Club Members, donated a huge bag full of the cards. Thanks, Maria! Others are ones I made up from leftover camp/class supplies or are samples featuring retiring products. Here's what got sent:
- 83 birthday cards
- 69 generic cards
- 49 cards for holidays (Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentine's Day, etc.)
- 37 miss you/thinking of you/friendship/hello cards
- 35 thank you cards
- 22 get well/sympathy/encouragement cards
- 14 love/wedding/anniversary cards
- 8 congratulations/graduation cards
- 5 cards specifically for Mom or Dad
- 3 new baby cards
They still need more cards though! So, I'm still accepting donations. I'll have a box to accept donated cards at all of my events or you can just drop them by or mail them to me at any time. Just remember the basic rules - absolutely no glitter, no handwritten messages anywhere on the card, must be handmade, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" size much preferred, and put liner of plain white paper inside cards with dark card stock bases.
Operation Write Home is a charity project that provides handmade cards to our military service members who are deployed so they can write home. They accept donations of handmade cards, package them up with envelopes, and send them to the troops so they can choose the card they need to send a message home.
If you want to learn more about Operation Write Home and get some more tips on the types of cards they need most, why glitter is bad, why they only accept handmade cards, how to donate money to them, etc., please check out their website at Operation Write Home.
Thank you for helping support our heroes!




