Places to send or donate my cards to

[akelly100]

Hello! I know in the past there have been threads about this but I can't seem to find any of them now. I'm a card maker and I like to make lots of cards. Problem is, I don't always have people to send my cards to. I have a nice size collection that I'm not sure what to do with.

Does any one have any suggestions? Thank you in advance!

[TeeGeeDee]

There are, as you said, many places to which to donate. I hooe you find these links helpful:

NEW AND OPEN **2019 Ronald McDonald House of the Month** -- DONATE ALL SWAP by karly1020 at Splitcoaststampers

Item #2 in the first post has good info


Several organizations are listed as ongoing causes:

Sticky: ONGOING MISSIONS-CARDS FOR A CAUSE - Splitcoaststampers

June 2019's cause is here:

JUNE 2019 Mission - CARDS FOR A CAUSE - Splitcoaststampers


The Need A Lift forum has a subforum for card requests. You can see it here:

Forums at Splitcoaststampers

And then there are local nursery homes and hospitals too.

[akelly100]

Thank you so much!!

[k dunbrook]

Just a suggestion.....a lot of long-term nursing homes would love to have cards for their residents to give to family or for to each other. I know when my FIL and MIL were in a home, often kids from a local school would bring them in cards they made and it was a real hit with the residents to just get a card to have hang on their wall.

[cnsteele]

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Originally Posted by k dunbrook

Just a suggestion.....a lot of long-term nursing homes would love to have cards for their residents to give to family or for to each other. I know when my FIL and MIL were in a home, often kids from a local school would bring them in cards they made and it was a real hit with the residents to just get a card to have hang on their wall.

This is so true! I donate the cards I make to a local nursing home. Some they sell in their gift shop and others they pass out for free to the residents. It's difficult for the residents to get to a store to buy greeting cards, but they still love to send them to family and friends, so this allows them to do so. I love making the cards and they love getting them - win/win!

[lecricket]

For those of you that donate cards to a nursing home, do you do flat front cards so they don't have to worry about excess shipping if the residents are mailing them? I worry about donating some of my bulkier cards for that reason, but I have some super cute multi layer cards that i would like to donate.

[dini]

When my daughter was born we spent a few days with her in the NICU and enjoyed the quiet comfort of the Ronald McDonald House lounge. I always give back to them when I can, and they love having handmade cards for the families to use.