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Wellness - Caring Cards
Estimated hours to complete:
04H 15M
#3 Design Your Cards
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04H 15M
Challenge Details
Challenge Summary
Age group: Stage of Life (all ages)
THE CHALLENGE: $7.5 billion dollars are spent on greeting cards each year that could otherwise fund worthy causes.
THE ACTIVITY: Design and make greetings cards to benefit the cause of your choice. Sell them to raise money for a charity, or personalize your cards and send them to someone in need -- perhaps in a children's hospital, nursing home or in a veteran's hospital.
THE ACHIEVEMENT : Personally touch the life (or lives) of others in need.
Partners Information:
Hartnell offers a bridal collection and custom event dresses for celebrities and today’s fashionistas. In addition, Hanna Hartnell teaches young women about a career in fashion through the Behind the Seams program, as well as works with the American Red Cross of Santa Monica, Healing Bridges and Therapy Dogs International. Hanna also gives back to youth through her Prom Partners program, in which she provides custom-made prom dresses at affordable prices.
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What You Need To Do
#1 Contact Your Chapter
This challenge was inspired by Holiday Mail for Heroes . Organized by the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes, this program challenges American citizens to personalize a message of gratitude for the men and women of the armed forces who have protected and served their country. The veteran population in America is close to 24 million and many are not near family over the holidays.
Through-out the month of November and into the beginning of December, you can participate in the Holiday Mail for Heroes program by sending your cards to:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456
Otherwise, you can ask your favorite charity if they'd be willing to use your beautifully designed cards to thank their donor-base for contributions. If you'd like to call the American Red Cross to confirm their interest, you can find your local chapter local American Red Cross chapter by entering your zip code. Call the phone number of your local chapter and ask:
• How many cards can they use?
• Do they want a message in each card, such as “Happy Holidays” or “Thank you”?
• Where and how should the cards be delivered?
Action To Do: CALL your local chapter
- Begin:
07/06/2010 01:00 AM - Due By:
12/09/2011 01:00 AM - Minimum Credit:
00H 30M - Maximum Credit:
01H 00M
#2 Gather Your Materials
You probably already have many of the materials at home, so talk with your family with what you may be able to use to make the cards, such as:
• Blank note cards, card stock or construction paper
• Patterns, stencils or cardboard paper
• Pencils, colored pencils or markers
• Fabric, ribbon or lace
• Stickers or labels
• Pictures from magazines
• Family photos
• Wallpaper
• Envelopes
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Glue or double-sided self-adhesive tape
If you do not have some items, think about how you may be able to get them. For example, can you use an old piece of clothing to use as fabric (ask your parents first) or is there a fabric store in your community that may have fabric scraps that you can use?
Action To Do: COLLECT enough materials to make the cards
- Begin:
07/06/2010 01:00 AM - Due By:
12/09/2011 01:00 AM - Minimum Credit:
00H 30M - Maximum Credit:
01H 00M
#3 Design Your Cards
Print, sketch, trace a pattern or use stencils to make a design on your card that can be colored in, created with a collage or sewn with fabric.
A variety of different materials can be used to design your own cards:
• Attached Hartnell sketches and instructions
• Wallpaper from a home decorating store
• Paint palette cards from a paint store
• Off-cuts from a local print shop
• Potatoes from a grocery store (for potato prints)
• Stencils from a craft store
Use glue stickers, labels, ribbon and/or lace to decorate your cards as well.
The design does not have to be the same on every card. For example, students from ECHS made these colorful cards for a good cause!
Action To Do: ASK for support from your local neighborhood businesses!
- Begin:
07/06/2010 01:00 AM - Due By:
12/09/2011 01:00 AM - Burden of Proof:?
Image - Minimum Credit:
01H 00M - Maximum Credit:
01H 30M
#4 Add a Message (Optional)
Based on the information you received in Method #1, you can also write a message inside each card, such as “Thank you” or “Happy Holidays”.
You could also use a favorite quotation or poem.
Action To Do: ADD a message
- Begin:
07/06/2010 01:00 AM - Due By:
12/09/2011 01:00 AM - Minimum Credit:
00H 30M - Maximum Credit:
01H 00M
#5 Deliver the Cards
Based on the information you received in Method #1, deliver the cards to your local chapter.
Action To Do: ENTER the number of cards delivered and the name of your local chapter
- Begin:
07/06/2010 01:00 AM - Due By:
12/09/2011 01:00 AM - Burden of Proof:?
Text - Minimum Credit:
00H 30M - Maximum Credit:
01H 00M
