2021 Cards For A Cause
FEBRUARY MISSION
Stamp from the Heart!
ORGANIZATION BEING FEATURED: Send Seniors Love
DESCRIPTION: (From the founder) My name is Ashley. And I am the Founder of #SendSeniorCitizensLove, I started the #SendSeniorCitizensLove campaign when COVID started shutting down the nursing homes. From experience of visiting my Grandparents in the nursing home, I knew that isolation and depression ran rampant through the days of normal operation and that it was only going to get worse as COVID shut down visitation. I knew that some of the senior citizens were not tech savy and needed another way to communicate and that is how #SendSeniorCitizensLove was born!
Their Mission Statement (from their website): We focus on making the maximum positive effort for our Senior Citizen Community. We collect letters, cards, notes, drawings, and more! Our goal is to make every senior citizen smile!
WEBSITE: Send Senior Citizens Love
TYPE OF CARDS REQUESTED: We are collecting different cards with each different season. When it is a season of down time, we just ask for cards with words of encouragement or something that has a personalized feel to it.
SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS: Christian themes are welcome but not necessary. Envelopes would really be helpful if possible but not necessary. No restrictions regarding supplies.
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, let's help make their jobs easier and bless them in helping others.
MAILING ADDRESS: Please mail cards to...
SendSeniorCitizensLove
11251 Parkside Drive
Knoxville, TN 37934
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Want an extra challenge? Looking for a little extra challenge for this month? February is traditionally about love and hearts and red/pink/white....so this month our extra challenge will be to use those colors or add a heart on the card somewhere. It doesn't have to be a Valentine theme.
Be sure to use the keyword C4AC so that we can check out your card and comment!