tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37402358402676411142024-03-20T14:42:29.253-05:00Winter WonderlandWinterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12665546201372036027noreply@blogger.comBlogger510125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740235840267641114.post-8790133946931703482022-05-25T21:01:00.004-05:002022-05-26T16:53:43.073-05:00Who's Ready for a New Card Drive?<p> <span style="font-family: georgia;">Hey everybody! It's been awhile since ya'll have heard from me! I've been doing pretty good. Just trying to get back to normal life...or whatever that is! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Some of you have emailed asking how my health was and Praise the Lord, I'm doing good! I just had another 6 month check-up and everything looks good! I'll have to have 6 month check-ups for the first 5 years and then it will be yearly for probably the rest of my life, but honestly, I'm ok with that! I would rather be watched closely. My hair has grown back to normal and most of the chemo curls are gone now. I've had several surgeries and still have a few more, but I'm doing good. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have had a few emails asking about the Card Drive for the kids for Valentine's Day as well and with Covid restrictions still at the hospitals, it's still not going to happen right now. We send cards to some very sick kids, so I understand completely on the strict rules! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">However, I have another project that I have been praying about and talking to someone about. When I had my double mastectomy, I was given a Blessing Box that a dear friend had nominated me for. It is truly a "Blessing Box"! It has a mastectomy pillow and a button up shirt with pockets on the inside to hold drains from surgery, socks, and other thoughtful little gifts to let you know they are thinking about you! The lady who started the organization is named Dawn Compton. She too is a breast cancer survivor and had made herself a mastectomy pillow and shirt and then others started seeing her shirt at the Drs appointments, so she started making them for their patients and she started making pillows for others and now she has a group of men and women who come together and sew (they call it their "sew-ins") and they make them for women and some men. She's already sent several thousand to ladies and some men the last few years. It's a pretty Awesome organization! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">When I received my Blessing Box back in 2019, I messaged Dawn immediately and asked if I could send cards for the boxes when I was recovered and feeling better and she said Absolutely! So, while I was recovering from chemo and surgeries, I was making cards! I wanted to make as many as I could until I knew for sure I was going to be able to tackle another Card Drive. I was able to make 1,000 cards and decided that I did in fact want to try and have another Card Drive since I was doing much better health wise. And I was able to ship those out today.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, are ya'll ready for another Card Drive? These cards are for women who are going through surgeries, some have been going through chemo and some that could be sick and fighting for their lives, so please be mindful of that and if you are sick, please wait to make the cards and send them when you are well. There really isn't going to be a lot of rules like the Valentine's Day Card Drive has for the kids at the hospital. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here are the rules:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">*The cards need to be no bigger than 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 ( I have clear envelopes for them).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">*Please leave the inside blank. I have preprinted messages for the inside of each of them that I will add to the inside when I receive them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">*You can add your blog address or stamp "Handmade By" and add your name to the back of the card and your state if you would like.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">*These cards are for people who will be healing from surgeries, so you can have sentiments like Get Well Soon, Thinking of You, Praying for You, etc. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">*At this time I'm not going to have a deadline on them. I will send them into Dawn when I have collected quite a few. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">*Here is my address for you to send them to.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Cards From the Heart Card Drive</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">P.O. Box 754</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Warren, TX. 77664</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here are a few I made.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUwUNaxw1yo4B_GrHCx339aoKbWZ0-Z13x1Lfq_bWfQMjM5pIQm-e132vT0xXV_EcS2JhUKLtxWDcGgU6OZwV-ybmQ1C0d5-EHLNnNZD2NDb4ZMW5M15AByPGKVuCS1pUIYN-nhDaaXSyogjCTdngu9U_2zNSHwWPEBDU2xJrx7tsgwbhgkngy91PLw/s4032/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUwUNaxw1yo4B_GrHCx339aoKbWZ0-Z13x1Lfq_bWfQMjM5pIQm-e132vT0xXV_EcS2JhUKLtxWDcGgU6OZwV-ybmQ1C0d5-EHLNnNZD2NDb4ZMW5M15AByPGKVuCS1pUIYN-nhDaaXSyogjCTdngu9U_2zNSHwWPEBDU2xJrx7tsgwbhgkngy91PLw/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLW3M7gGnEbunD_8t_1DFdv5vBrL1x7CKJQ7RwhP9teZ3AII3-pM1wrMEucpL8AKg22sx4ZrVxQXPp6D2eM_MiQHPoYAV3Zm3RgPEa7orxWQoLS44nQalGlAdkb_GPLOF_pO4VM5UbMk2LHmUnyTMKIjARTxhnUfFmXWgxujeqp5nAK9iMZDpa5E7Hg/s3501/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3501" data-original-width="2811" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLW3M7gGnEbunD_8t_1DFdv5vBrL1x7CKJQ7RwhP9teZ3AII3-pM1wrMEucpL8AKg22sx4ZrVxQXPp6D2eM_MiQHPoYAV3Zm3RgPEa7orxWQoLS44nQalGlAdkb_GPLOF_pO4VM5UbMk2LHmUnyTMKIjARTxhnUfFmXWgxujeqp5nAK9iMZDpa5E7Hg/s320/2.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiellpcim_3zioFtKfSGEuXFjjPFT4yvPWDUelDGqenRR_m3c7eo5TiCZv4dlhqxuSo2ATa_cpl8AaCx7MhBRZFDdfO-5Uv-0dlCchCcUbUhxyJ7eO-nQKEVwBdsuTtrSLNnsyFEXt6BHdL5lr5FX8bBL_uHnMQL0biEfuhEbNJsFmXAYsBrdl-dU-smg/s3808/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2890" data-original-width="3808" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiellpcim_3zioFtKfSGEuXFjjPFT4yvPWDUelDGqenRR_m3c7eo5TiCZv4dlhqxuSo2ATa_cpl8AaCx7MhBRZFDdfO-5Uv-0dlCchCcUbUhxyJ7eO-nQKEVwBdsuTtrSLNnsyFEXt6BHdL5lr5FX8bBL_uHnMQL0biEfuhEbNJsFmXAYsBrdl-dU-smg/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hope you all will join us for an Amazing Ministry that Dawn has started with </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Blessing Box Project! If you or someone else is having a surgery and needs a mastectomy pillow and drain shirt, you can find Dawn's page on FaceBook at The Blessing Box Project or if you would like to give a monetary donation or a donation from her Amazon wish list for supplies, you can message her on the page. This is a non-profit organization, so all of the proceeds go to the project.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you all for your continued support with the Card Drive for all these years and for checking on me and sending me get well cards when I was sick and most of all for all the prayers, I really appreciate it! 💗</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">~Winter Sims</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12665546201372036027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740235840267641114.post-69653688326752760692021-02-14T21:27:00.001-06:002021-02-14T21:42:09.157-06:00Happy Valentine's Day!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hey everybody! </span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy Valentine's Day!</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Long time no talk! I'm sorry I haven't checked in in awhile, it's been a crazy long year! As most of you know, I've been fighting Breast cancer since August 2019. I had 5 long months of chemo, I lost all of my hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows...you can just imagine how hard it is to create eyebrows and attach magnetic eyelashes when you aren't great at putting on make-up! 😏 But I made do! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I finished chemo on February 10, 2020, I had a double mastectomy March 17, 2020, right at the beginning of the shut down from Covid, so it was a very weird time for sure! I was able to have my husband and kids with me at home while I recovered from that, so that did this Momma's heart well! 💗</div><div style="text-align: center;">I stayed at home and strengthened my immune system and tried to stay well. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then on August 2, 2020 I celebrated my 1 year since diagnose. I wanted that day to be a day of celebrating and living, since the year before it was a scary day! </div><div style="text-align: center;">So what did I do?...my husband and I went skydiving! 😮</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have Always been scared of heights! But during chemo I mentioned to my husband and kids that I wanted to go skydiving after I finished chemo. I figured if I could face something as scary as cancer, chemo, being bald, losing my breasts...I can do ANYTHING!!! So on that 1 year anniversary, we jumped out of a plane! It was an Amazing experience and a day I'll never forget!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then on October 20 (2 days after my 41st Birthday), I had my reconstruction surgery and then back home that night to recover at home. So if you've been counting, I've been staying at home and not going out much since September 2019! That's a Long time for a social girl like me! LOL! However, I'm very Thankful that we own our own AC & Heating business, so I am able to work from home, my husband is able to take off when needed and he went to every DR's appointment, chemo infusion, and surgery! I've also had some help from my daughter while I recover. She's been going to college to become an LVN, so it's been nice to have my own personal nurse too! And she has helped with our business as well. And my son has been going to college and working with his Daddy doing AC & Heating works. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They've been a great help! 💗 </div><div style="text-align: center;">But I am doing good at this time. I have appointments every 6 months with my Oncologist and surgeon and they will keep an eye on me for a few years and then I'll be able to move up to every year. My type of breast cancer, Triple Negative, is very aggressive and has a high possibility of returning. But we are praying and believing that I will stay healed, in the Name of Jesus, Amen! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So as most of you has probably figured, we weren't able to send cards to the children's hospitals this year because of Covid and not wanting to spread any germs to those precious kids. 😢 And honestly, I don't know how this will effect the Card Drive in the next few years?. Only time will tell and I will keep ya'll updated on that. I have been thinking of those precious kids all day and prayed they had a day filled with love! 💗</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have some other stuff I've been working on and I still have some details to figure out before I announce it yet, but if everything gets worked out, I'm going to need my Card Makers! 😊💗 </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll keep ya'll updated on that as well! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted to share some pictures with ya'll, just a little of my journey this year and all my hair growth. I had wavy hair before chemo and who knew you could have curly hair from the chemo, otherwise known as Chemo curls! Well...that's what I got! So I've been trying to figure out how to style it! I was looking forward to trying cute little pixie cuts as it grew out...well you can't have cute pixie cuts with curly hair! So, I'm just trying to embrace it! I had my first hair trim a few days ago as I celebrated my 1 year since finishing chemo. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvf2bPE2kdaaOSAdGlJo02z20gJmoehuovGIJnB8yCyjvoutaiAl1NFEmsWh0CUHjhNBQ3h15BR_JuML7wT_1asOfSwO07mgrqq8Bm4eIPy5DF8YHjibVsuuIfLyjI1fwhfV8PhtjDf4I4/s1280/chemo+hair+growth.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="854" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvf2bPE2kdaaOSAdGlJo02z20gJmoehuovGIJnB8yCyjvoutaiAl1NFEmsWh0CUHjhNBQ3h15BR_JuML7wT_1asOfSwO07mgrqq8Bm4eIPy5DF8YHjibVsuuIfLyjI1fwhfV8PhtjDf4I4/s320/chemo+hair+growth.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div> And the day I got to ring the bell! 💗 <br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyFxkAm111IRPbY19w-gSeAdMUl7Emw-KKkXQLPaXJhJLvkJ89bPJzfrA3dcNZNxelcfGm0D8vGvVXRjUk7xA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is a picture of me skydiving! My husband and I designed the shirt! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(For all you Tim McGraw fans!) 😉</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4YB0rHYjdo7pjoCHIYcbRdNT96u5AeCV7YZj6FC2n5BNVDcGPwcgB2HokXCWSuOGt94FkMNFm4sxNghKrchJJILlnTRyy2HMvb1tgB7D0OPIgOnntCd2vvlOZESa50okEdLgWt_qQouhK/s2016/skydiving+11.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4YB0rHYjdo7pjoCHIYcbRdNT96u5AeCV7YZj6FC2n5BNVDcGPwcgB2HokXCWSuOGt94FkMNFm4sxNghKrchJJILlnTRyy2HMvb1tgB7D0OPIgOnntCd2vvlOZESa50okEdLgWt_qQouhK/s320/skydiving+11.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOuiZ4YtkuPc1XiwcH-Mp7-maa9JMYDcVxyYiNcGVUbGQTQIQmh2DYLKjn5aMWo3G1NHZlbycDEAdAyP0hwHwC2Uok-6vFT3gKgtLKrJOQp0WMg3UVyMHXm6rs3VZTPr-xud-wT5LD_6n/s1242/skydive+12.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOuiZ4YtkuPc1XiwcH-Mp7-maa9JMYDcVxyYiNcGVUbGQTQIQmh2DYLKjn5aMWo3G1NHZlbycDEAdAyP0hwHwC2Uok-6vFT3gKgtLKrJOQp0WMg3UVyMHXm6rs3VZTPr-xud-wT5LD_6n/s320/skydive+12.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VFrcwF52F-wNEpFsepx3wvfzrG3t9KsJ3yoD0NFp1C26WIF9mqMZqlhj-3IGFeqkCApV4Pa-FIDd9OAl48Hh5UFP-pjxLD9xydpJPR4Netu-gyD5Gf7UYOS9KSmkrBoLZ-qJEtBghUpm/s640/skydiving+10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VFrcwF52F-wNEpFsepx3wvfzrG3t9KsJ3yoD0NFp1C26WIF9mqMZqlhj-3IGFeqkCApV4Pa-FIDd9OAl48Hh5UFP-pjxLD9xydpJPR4Netu-gyD5Gf7UYOS9KSmkrBoLZ-qJEtBghUpm/s320/skydiving+10.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I sure miss ya'll and pray that ya'll are healthy and happy! And I hope you all are staying warm, the weather is Crazy this year! We are getting snow tomorrow and possibly on Wednesday in Texas! 😲</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">~Winter</span></div>Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12665546201372036027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740235840267641114.post-48038704952232589172020-01-01T00:07:00.000-06:002020-01-01T00:07:13.491-06:00Cards From the Heart Card Drive Announcement and Sharing my Heart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I wanted to share a few pictures of my journey. I turned 40 in October and decided that that was the day that I was going to shave my hair since my scalp started to get painful and I was starting to lose my hair pretty fast. So I shaved the first strip to show the devil and cancer that I'm beating them! Then my Amazing husband shaved it the rest of the way and my sweet son was holding my hand and my sweet daughter capturing the moment with taking pictures through her tears! 💓</div>
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So with all that said, I unfortunately will not be having the Valentine's Day Card Drive this year. My life is consumed with Dr's appointments, chemo every week, and just trying to heal, that I just don't have time to do it this year. It breaks my heart! I hope you all understand. I'm not sure what the future holds for the Card Drive, I'll just have to take it day by day. </div>
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I want to Thank all of you for the continued support you have given me and the Card Drive every year, I appreciate it so much! </div>
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Happy Valentine's Day Everybody!</div>
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It feels a little different this year making this post. Usually I would be announcing the big totals, but this year, there wasn't big totals...actually it was just the opposite! It was the smallest to date, with a total of 326 cards and I sent them to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital & Texas Children's Hospital. Thank you to the ones that sent them in late last year, because I was able to use them this year and Thank you to Patricia who sent some in and helped me out this year. </div>
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Although it was a small year, it was the right decision for me this year. We were able to get my daughters RV remodeled and totally Adorable, for her to live in while she goes to nursing school. And we are almost done with our house, so we should be moved in soon. </div>
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I want to Thank you all for the support and understanding that you gave me over my decision in keeping the Card Drive small this year, I appreciate it more than you all know!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So you see my struggle with so many responsibilities and adding a VERY time consuming Card Drive to it, will almost be impossible to do! First and foremost, I am a Wife and Mother, so I have to take care of all them and those responsibilities first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It breaks my heart, to not be able to do everything, but I have to be honest with myself and realize I can't do it all! <img alt="Disappointed relieved" height="25" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs.aolcdn.com%2Fcdn.webmail.aol.com%2Fresources%2Fcore%2Fimages%2Femoji%2Fdisappointedrelieved.png&t=1546239428&ymreqid=53671325-17bd-7991-2f69-e90054010000&sig=vNPZW8lCNC_TfsKenZN.sg--~C" style="vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="Disappointed relieved" width="25" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I know many of you will offer to help out and I appreciate that so much, but with the strict rules of the hospitals, I feel like it would still be stressful to try and keep everything organized. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hope you all understand and will come back next year and join me for the 2020 Card Drive. I want to Thank you all for the continued support through the years and for all the prayers you have said for our family this year, we appreciate them SO much!</span></div>
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Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12665546201372036027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740235840267641114.post-26196679810605558562018-02-08T22:18:00.001-06:002018-12-25T21:42:07.868-06:002018 Card Totals<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hey everybody!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well I finally got all the packages sent off! I sent half of them off on Friday (February 2) , a ton more on Monday (February 5) and the last 3 Texas hospitals on Tuesday (February 6), way later than I normally send them out, thanks to the US postal service! They have not been my friend this year! I collected cards the last 4 days while I was still counting and packaging! The dates on these packages were expected to be delivered on or before the 31st and I collected them the 3rd, 4th, and 5th! I even got 2 packages on the 6th, but they’ll have to wait until next year since all the cards were already packaged and being shipped. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And I'm hoping and praying that the US postal service gets all of the packages to the hospitals on time! I have already received 3 emails from hospitals saying they received theirs and they LOVE them and I have checked the tracking on all of them and only 3 haven't gotten to their destination yet. But they are expected to arrive there tomorrow or Monday. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So Thank the Lord for that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But, back to the totals...this year was the biggest year yet!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">With a total of 7,735 CARDS collected!!! </span><br />
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I am truly humbled by the 200+ card makers who sent in cards! I appreciate the love and dedication and the understanding that there wouldn't be prizes this year, in fact, a lot of you said you didn't do it for the prizes anyway and you just liked to help, so Thank you! 💓</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I want to Thank all of you for spreading the word about the Card Drive, and for the extra work from Christy @ Christy Gets Crafty- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0epTHTylBkw">Valentine Day Series</a>, that she has so generously been making videos to help spread the word of the Card Drive for the past 5 years! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you SO much, Christy! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And I want to Thank Jenn @ Scrapbena Creations, she made a<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R45QiU16uKE"> video</a> this year too, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to help spread the news! Thank you, Jenn! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I also want to Thank the ones who sent in money to help with shipping, the stamp sets that you sent me to help build my stamp collection back up, since the fire took many of them, the gift certificates to help with stamp supplies, house supplies, and money to help my family from the devastation from the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> fire. None of that was required, but I'm so Grateful for them! Words can't adequately Thank you enough for your generosity and love! 💓</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My plans last year were to find more hospitals, but that is easier said than done sometimes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and I never hear back from some hospitals. I was able to add one more hospital to the list though, so I am Thankful for that!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is the list for this year:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">St. Jude Children's Research Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Texas Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">St. Louis Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">St. Joseph's Children's Hposptial</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">UF Health Shands Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nationwide Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cook Children's Medical Center</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pendleton Place (Foster home)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Akron Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Seattle Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chilcago</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Shriners Hospital for Children-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Shreveport</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">St. Loius</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cinncinnati</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Galveston</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Houston</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Boston</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Northern California</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pasadena, CA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Salt Lake City</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nemours/ Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was able to add the extra card in each one</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> again this year. I had a Great response from the hospital staff last year when we did this, so I felt it was the right decision to do it again, since we had enough cards.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My Momma, daughter, and I were able to get the post-its stamped this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is a pic of all the shipments of cards.</span><br />
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Here are some of my favorites. I really wish I could have taken a pictures of all of them,<br />
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There were still some issues with glitter paper & stickers, some that were too large to put in the envelopes, some that had last names, some that added the city, and some that added their youtube channel names. I hope everyone reads the guidelines more carefully next year,<br />
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I had also asked if you would include your info with your cards and some of you did, but some didn't. If you didn't, can you please email me so I can have your email address? I need it for the email reminder for next years Card Drive and I always send out a Thank you email too.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As some of you know, my family and I have had a pretty rough year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our 12 year old dog Tucker went missing in March and we never found him, my daughter and her boyfriend of 2 1/2 years broke up, our son was in a wreck and totaled his truck (he and everyone else was fine, Thank goodness!) and the next day we went through a hurricane, all in August. And then we had our house fire and lost everything and our sweet cat, Po, too, all in October. Then just a few days after the fire, we lost my sweet Mee Mee, in November. My son Chace went through his first heartbreak with a girl and then the devastating news that my daughters ex-boyfriend/ first love, passed away in a car accident, all in January. :'( It's been tough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've had to draw my strength from the Lord through all of this and to be able to continue the Card Drive this year. I have all of you to Thank for your support, encouragement, and kind words that you have shown me and my family, I couldn't do this without all of you! 💓</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I always had those sweet babies on my mind and heart and I knew that they still needed a little Love on Valentine's Day, so I had to be strong and do the Card Drive, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">regardless of how tough it was and I'm so glad I did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you all and I can't wait for next year's Card Drive, it will be #10!!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hope you all have a Very Blessed Valentin's Day and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">remember those sweet kids in the hospitals too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">~Winter</span><br />
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Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12665546201372036027noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740235840267641114.post-14571228211695438082018-01-31T09:59:00.001-06:002018-01-31T09:59:23.879-06:00Last day to collect cards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am working my booty off (I wish 😜) to get the cards sorted, counted, and boxed up! Today is the cut off for collecting cards, so if you haven’t sent them yet, Please don’t. You can either keep them for next year to send, give them out locally, or maybe find someone else that is accepting Valentine cards. I have to have a cut off day or I’ll never get them counted and packaged and they have to get to the hospitals before Valentine’s Day and the way the postal service has been...I need to send them ASAP! It looks to me that some of your packages that you sent in are a few days delayed on the dates on the packages. The cards you are sending in are so Adorable and inspire me so much! I’ve still had a few that aren’t by the rules, but most are, so Thank you for those! I still have several days of packaging, so I better get back to it! I just wanted to check in and let you know I’m still here and still working hard. Thanks again for all of the cards & love that you have sent me! ❤️ I’ll be checking in again soon.</span><br />
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Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12665546201372036027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740235840267641114.post-88420055531792562132018-01-19T15:19:00.000-06:002018-01-19T15:19:22.017-06:00Get your cards sent in!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Just checking in letting you all know there is still time to get your cards sent in! I haven't received a ton of cards yet (not like normal). I'm sure the ice storms have something to do with it and the delays of the mail, I know they will come, they always do! :) But there is still time to get them sent in, and the sooner the better! If you will, please the get word out about the Card Drive and lets make this another Great year! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Just a quick update. Here are the packages that came in today. Thank you to all those who have sent them in already! I also wanted to mention again about reading ALL the rules! In these packages, there were cards with last names, Glitter, brads and some that were larger than 5 1/2 X 4 1/4, and envelopes sent with cards. Just because you send an envelope with a bigger card, Does Not mean I can use it! I use clear A2 envelopes ONLY! There is no need to send Any envelopes with your cards. SO Please read the rules carefully, it makes my life so much easier! And </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you to all those that did!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well that's all I got for tonight. We've been home all day with a "snow day". No school, no college classes, cancelled dentist appointments, and cancelled basketball games. We didn't have much snow, more like ice, but being home and nowhere to go, I was able to get caught up on Card Drive stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Happy New Year! It's time for the 9th Annual Valentine's Day Card Drive! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">It's my blogs 9th anniversary, so as always...it's time to celebrate by having a Card Drive!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; text-align: left;">Last year's Card Drive was another HUGE success! We collected 7,268 cards and sent them to 2</span><span style="font-family: "georgia"; text-align: left;">1 hospitals, 2 foster homes and 1 nursing home!</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; text-align: left;"> I'm praying that this years card drive will touch many more kids hearts this Valentines Day! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">* Cards need to be a Valentine theme </span><u style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia, serif;">ONLY</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">* Cards MUST be able to fit into a 4 1/2 X 5 3/4 envelope (A2 size, but can be smaller, just not bigger). I</span><u style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia, serif;"> CANNOT</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"> use them if they are bigger! (I will provide clear envelopes for each card, so there is no need to send an envelope with your card.) The clear envelopes make it easier when they hand them out to the kids.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">* 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! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">No religious sentiments either, as most of the hospitals are non denominational in their beliefs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">I know it seems like there are A LOT of rules, but they are the hospital's rules and we want to obey them, to keep the kids safe. So I hope you will join us again for another great year and help us put some smiles on those sweet kids faces on Valentines Day! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">I'm a little sad to say that there won't be any prizes or sponsors this year. I hated to share this on this post, since it's suppose to be happy, but my family and I suffered a house fire in October and lost our new dream home and everything in it! :'( (I'm sure I'll share the story with all of you at another time, but we are all safe, that's the most important thing!) At the time that it happened, I was unsure if I would even have enough strength to have the Card Drive, since my heart was broken! But through a lot of prayer, strength from the Lord, and support from my family, I decided, to continue to have it this year! As you can imagine, I have A LOT of responsibilities with insurance and building our new home, and all the other responsibilities I had before, so for me to be able to have the Card Drive, I had to eliminate something this year to make it a little easier on me. I put a lot of thought into this and I feel this is the best decision for this year. We will start the prizes up again next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">I just really wanted those precious kids to get their cards this Valentine's Day! </span><br />
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Hey everybody! Sorry for the delay, I hosted a baby shower at my house yesterday, so it took some time to get my house back to normal and presentable after the Card Drive and I've been making gifts for the baby too! :)<br />
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And Thank you to my son Chace, who is almost 16 and still draws the winners out of the bucket for me every year! <3 p="">Thank you all for another Awesome year! See ya'll next year! :)<br />
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Hey everybody! It's here...the Totals!!!! I've been SO excited to tell ya'll! :)</div>
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Although I was able to add more hospitals, we still had TONS of cards left over and no time to find more hospitals on such short notice (the cards literally came in by the hundreds on the last couple of days!) So after brain storming, I decided the best thing to do was add an extra card in each envelope for the kids to give to their sibling, parent, Dr., nurse, or friend. Most of these kids won't get to do Valentine exchanges at school, so I thought this would bring something a little more special to the cards. So my sweet daughter stamped a couple of hundred and my Amazing Momma came over and stamped THOUSANDS of these to add to the extra card!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNrIj7sZWQSHJn1Dxkmviw8XgiBvs0mKAEjgwu-6fX4Dm-hihxxbBF9GnS-O3V0v1p3WGq5DjGkDghP_ZJKVjBkhHGHG5Icc_GrRqwJDI7k6i4E6aU5zYHTBfvwlDDYfQb03Rg9IXT-bM/s1600/post+its.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNrIj7sZWQSHJn1Dxkmviw8XgiBvs0mKAEjgwu-6fX4Dm-hihxxbBF9GnS-O3V0v1p3WGq5DjGkDghP_ZJKVjBkhHGHG5Icc_GrRqwJDI7k6i4E6aU5zYHTBfvwlDDYfQb03Rg9IXT-bM/s320/post+its.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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A little story about all these post-its, I went to the store to pick up a couple of packages and the more I thought about it, I knew I needed a Bunch more! I looked at my receipt from the day before and they were $0.01! You read that right, 1 cent for a pack of 200! I went back to the store to find out if it was a mess up and they checked the price and it was a discontinued item, which meant they could sell it for 1 cent! I went to check on how many they had and they had a ton left! I told the cashier that I felt stingy for getting all they had, but I really feel like the Lord ordained that! He knew I needed all of them! Almost down to the EXACT amount of packs I needed! I had 2 packs left over! :)</div>
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Here are the 3 shipments.<br />
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I've never done this before, but I always wished that ya'll could see all the cards I received. Although this isn't all of them, here a some that I fell in love with! </div>
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There were many more I loved too, but I couldn't post them all! I was SO inspired by the cards this year, seriously, it's a privilege to get to see and hold them all! :) </div>
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(If anyone doesn't want their card posted, please let me know and I will take it off. I apologize that I didn't get to ask for permission first, the time FLEW by this past week and it really slipped my mind. Sorry! :( )<br />
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And <span style="text-align: center;">I'm shocked that I had time to take pics of them! This was the hardest and most time consuming Card Drive to date! I think because I had gotten my daughter, nieces and myself to start sealing the envelopes, before I realized that we would have so many that we would add the extra card! So it was double work, unsealing them to add the extra card, but it needed to happen, so I did it! So some days I worked about 20 hours straight! (insert the BIG eyed smiley face here!) :) </span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">I also had personal things going on at the same time. We had about 4 funerals to attend the last 3 weeks! Some were family friends and one was my step-brother. He tragically and suddenly passed away, so it was a very hard time! :( I also had a cold that was brought on by my allergies, so I got to the Dr quick to get some shots and meds and got well pretty quick. Lots of hand washing and germ-xing going on here for awhile! I'm well now though! :) </span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">So with all that said, the Lord carried me through this Card Drive and everything else I have been going through and for that, I am very Thankful! </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I am Thankful to all of you who sent in cards! There were 186 people who sent them in this year!!! That is a lot people and packages! :) </span><span style="text-align: center;">They came as far away as Qatar, Singapore, Quebec, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Norway, Aruba & Western Australia, just to name a few! </span><span style="text-align: center;">I know that life gets busy and you all have things to do, so Thank you for taking time out of your busy lives to help me with this ministry! I can never Thank you all enough! Thank you to the money donations for the shipping and the cards and gifts you gave me, you really didn't have to do that, but they are Very appreciated! Thank you to all the Sponsors and the Amazing prizes and for getting the word out about the Card Drive! There are going to be some happy people soon, when I announce the winners! :)</span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">A BIG Thank you to, Kari for donating the envelopes again this year! </span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">And another BIG Thank you to, Christy for the Card Drive series on YouTube, where she makes the cards for Card Drive and mentions all the details about it! I only wish I was brave enough to do a video, I can't stand to hear myself talk! :)</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">As I mentioned before that we got to send some to a nursing home this year, my Mee Mee had a stroke in March and was moved to the nursing home soon after. She is unable to speak, eat, walk, or move much of her right side. She knows us some days and some days she doesn't! She sleeps a lot, but in a way, it makes me feel better for her, so she isn't reminded of all the things she can't do anymore. She is currently sick and has pneumonia, if you will, Please keep her in your prayers. I was very Thankful that I got to make her a special card. She always loves my cards I give her and I always give her flowers, so I knew I wanted to make her a card, where the flowers would last longer. She LOVES flowers! I hope she likes this one! </span><br />
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The main issues I had with the cards I received this year was the glitter, shimmer pens and Wink of Stella. The hospital doesn't want anything glittery, because it can be harmful to the kids. We all understand as card makers that some of the supplies are safe, but the hospital staff might not, so all they see is glitter and they want to keep the kids safe! So please be aware of these supplies for next year. I tried to email as many people as I could, but I'm sure I left some out. We just want to keep the kids safe and continue to have the trust from the hospital, that we are going to do just that! Thanks for understanding! :)<br />
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Here are a list of the hospitals, foster homes, and nursing home.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">St, Jude Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">TX. Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">UF Health Shands Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">St. Joseph's Children's Hospital of Tampa</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Nationwide Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">St, Louis Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Seattle Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Akron Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cook Children's Medical Center</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shriners Hospital for Children- Shreveport</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shriners Hospital for Children- St, Louis</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shriners Hospital for Children- Salt Lake City</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shriners Hospital for Children- Cincinnati</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shriners Hospital for Children- Galveston</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shriners Hospital for Children- Houston</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shriners Hospital for Children- Boston</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shriners Hospital for Children- Northern California</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sinclair Children's Center- Foster Home</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Pendleton Place- Foster Home</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shriners Hospital for Children- Los Angeles</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shriners Hospital for Children- Tampa</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Arboretum of Winnie- Nursing home</span><br />
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I'm going to be working hard this year finding even more places to send these to! Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks!<br />
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And I'm still working on the drawing, please bare with me, I'll be posting soon! :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all again, from the bottom of my heart! </span><br />
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Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12665546201372036027noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740235840267641114.post-71606568210009753802017-01-28T02:34:00.003-06:002017-01-28T02:34:40.454-06:00You are my sunshine cards & some updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey everybody! I'm still busy counting and packaging cards! :) If you haven't sent your cards by now, they probably won't get here in time for me to have them in my hands by Jan. 31. The post office tends to delay their shipping a lot! It will probably be safer for you to keep them for next year or if I receive them late, I'll just keep them for next year's Card Drive.</div>
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The world today can sometimes seem mean and full of hate. But when I checked the mail today....I had hope! Hope in this world! What I saw was loving people wanting to help, me, a complete stranger, collect cards for children that are also strangers to you! Just to bring a little happiness to kids who need a little more love and happiness on Valentine's Day! Thank you for believing in this ministry and believing in me! I can never Thank ya'll enough! <3 nbsp="" p=""><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Here is the packages I received today! </div>
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I have already received TONS of cards, so there is going <span style="text-align: left;">to be some smiling kids on Valentine's Day! :) Thanks so much to all of those that have already sent in cards! I am Impressed with the cards! There are some Adorable cards and so well made and inspire me so much! :)</span></div>
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I have received SO many cards with Wink of Stella shimmer pen on them! I have tried to correct some that could be fixed, some couldn't be and will have to be donated to another Card Drive that allows it. The hospital asks that there is NO glitter on these cards! I understand that it is a "shimmer pen", but to the hospital staff, they just see glitter and something that could harm the already sick children! So I have edited my blog post with the rules and added the actual name "Wink of Stella" to the Do not use list! I had NO idea that that pen was so popular right now! :) I think every card makers owns one (I actually don't!) :) , so whoever makes it...they should be millionaires by now! LOL! :) </div>
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I have spent more time trying to figure out how I can salvage these cards and still be able to send them safely and not be disrespectful to the hospital for sending them. So I'm not sending them, if I don't feel 100% about them being safe and acceptable to the hospital staff! I hope you all understand. I and many of you have worked too hard for 8 years, for a hospital to say they can't accept cards anymore, because we didn't follow the rules, rules that we said we would go by! </div>
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Well it's 2 am here, it seems to be my normal bedtime for the last few weeks and then up early in the mornings. It takes a lot of hours to get all the work done with the cards every night, I must say, I'm ready to get 8 hours of sleep after the Card Drive is over! :) But honestly, this Card Drive is VERY dear to my heart and I will continue to have sleepless January's for as long as the Lord allows me to do this! :) Thank you all for the support!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">~Winter</span></3></div>
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Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12665546201372036027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740235840267641114.post-57924181798800041222017-01-21T21:00:00.000-06:002017-01-21T21:00:11.386-06:00Pizza Cards & I'm still packaging cards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hey everybody! I just wanted to check in again and let you know I'm still here and working hard on the Card Drive! :)<br />
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I have received a lot of packages already and I would love to email every single one of you to let you know when I receive them, but honestly, I run out of time for many things this time of year! :) I got caught up on packaging the cards, (Thanks to my daughter!) :) So I was able to get caught up on emails & blog posts!<br />
If you are still wanting to send cards, you need to send them soon, I need to have them in my hand by Jan.31! I'm still receiving some cards with glitter on them. PLEASE, NOTHING WITH GLITTER! No glitter, glitter stickers, glitter paper, Stickles, Wink of Stella, NO Glitter! Although we as card makers, know that some of those products are safe, the staff at the hospital might not know about card supplies! All they see is glitter and that it can be harmful to the kids, so please read all the rules and go by them! It would make my life so much easier! :)<br /><br />Here are a few cards that I made a few months ago. I always have to get my cards made before the Card Drive starts, because I won't have time otherwise! <br />
I LOVE these Lawn Fawn stamps SO much! :)<br />
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Thank you to everyone who has already sent cards in, ya'll are Awesome! :)<br />
Have a Great weekend!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">~Winter</span></div>
Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12665546201372036027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740235840267641114.post-26425627034303829682017-01-10T21:36:00.002-06:002017-01-10T21:36:44.471-06:00Super Hero cards & Packages<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey everybody, just checking in! I received the first shipment of cards yesterday and a few more today! Yay! :) However, I did receive some with glitter, rhinestones, brads and some with their company logo and their first and last names on the back, all are against the rules! <u>PLEASE</u> read <u>ALL</u> the rules, most of these are the hospitals rules, not mine! And Thank you to the ones that did them Exactly right, it truly makes my life a little easier! :)</div>
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Here are a few of my cards! I am still in LOVE with these images! They are so fun! They remind me of the Scooby Do bunch! ;)</div>
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Well that is all for tonight! If you are still wanting to send in cards, you still have time! But Please make sure I receive them by Jan. 31, I will have to get them shipped out soon after that! :)<br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13px;">Happy New Year! :)</span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">It's time for the 8th Annual Valentine's Day Card Drive! Can you believe it?....8 years!!! WOW! :)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">It's my Blogs 8 year anniversary this month, and I don't know a better way to celebrate it, but having another Card Drive for all those precious kids on Valentine's Day! I will be collecting cards for many Hospitals and hope to add more! :)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">Last year's Card Drive was another HUGE success! We collected 4,707 cards and sent them to <span style="font-family: "georgia";">17 hospitals, 2 foster homes!</span> I'm praying that this years card drive, is even better and reaches even more kids! :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">As always, here are some of the guidelines from the hospital's and a few of mine. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">(Please read carefully.)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">* Cards need to be a Valentine theme <u>ONLY</u>!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">* Cards can't have anything about 'Get Well Soon', 'Feel Better', or anything reminding them of being sick. (Only Valentine Cards)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">* Please make cards that can be used for any gender or age. (This could be a little tricky, but I think you can handle it!) :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">*<u> NO</u> buttons, glitter, glitter pens, glitter glue, stickles, wink of stella, sequins, rhinestones, brads, googly eyes, or anything that looks glittery or can be pulled off and become a choking hazard. This is the hospitals rules!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">* Cards MUST be able to fit into a 4 1/2 X 5 3/4 envelope (A2 size, but can be smaller, just not bigger). I<u> CANNOT</u> use them if they are bigger! (I will provide clear envelopes for each card, so there is no need to send an envelope with your card.) The clear envelopes make it easier when they hand them out to the kids.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">* 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! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">No religious sentiments either, as most of the hospitals are non denominational in their beliefs. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">* And <u>Do Not</u> add your blog addresses, email address, or your website to your cards! Some hospitals have rules against patients knowing who the donors are.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">*I will be excepting cards for the whole month of January. (Jan. 1 - Jan. 31) I have to have them in my hands by Jan.31! Please do not send any after that, because I have to send them off early, so they will get to the hospitals in time for Valentine's Day. And please make sure you allow enough time for shipping as well. At the end of the month, I will draw names for prizes.The more cards you send, the more times your name goes into the drawing to win prizes. I will be adding more prizes and sponsors, often. :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: lightcoral; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px;">*And </span><u style="background-color: white; color: lightcoral; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 13px;">Please</u><span style="background-color: white; color: lightcoral; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px;"> <u>NO </u>smoking around the cards! You may not realize that they smell like smoke, but they do and it could effect the children who are already sick!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">* Please send a piece of paper with your name, address, email address, and the amount of cards you sent. (It will help when I have the drawings.) A lot of the prizes</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13px;">will be sent from the sponsor, so I NEED to have your email address for sure!</span></span><span style="color: #e06666;">* If anyone wants to donate a prize for the drawings, please email me with the details at <a href="mailto:wintersims1@aol.com" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">wintersims1@aol.com</span></a> .<br />*You are welcome to use the Card Drive badge on your blog to spread the word, just remember to save it to your computer first.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">*If you have a hospital in mind that might want some cards, please send me the contact info and I will email them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><br />I know it seems like there are A LOT of rules, but they are the hospital's rules and we want to obey them, to keep the kids safe. So I hope you will join us again for another great year and help us put some smiles on those sweet kids faces on Valentines Day! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><br />If you have any questions, please just send me and email at:<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">wintersims1@aol.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><br />Have a Blessed New Year!,</span></div>
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Hey everybody! Well the cards have been packaged and shipped off to the hospitals and foster homes! This has been the busiest one yet!!! As I stated in my earlier post, I have lost LOTS of sleep on the drive this year! There were alot of hours put into it! I'm Extremely Thankful for my daughter and for all of her help with sealing up the cards! After helping for the past 7 years...she's getting fast at it! :) And Thank you to my husband for taking up my slack, while I've been busy! :)</div>
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I want to Thank everyone for all the cards that were sent in, for the money you spent on shipping them to me, I want to thank everyone who sent money for shipping (you did not have to do that!), but I appreciate it so much! And a BIG thank you to Kari for donating all of the clear envelopes! How thoughtful is that?! I also want to Thank all of the Sponsors for donating the prizes! I really couldn't do this without all of you! Thank you for making the 7th year another success! :) </div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">And what ya'll have all been waiting for...the Totals! </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">4,707 cards!!!! </span>Isn't that Amazing?!!! I'm just Amazed at all of your generosity! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!</div>
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Here is a list of Hospitals & Foster homes I sent them to. We lost one hospital this year, but when I received so many cards, I sent out about 15 emails to new hospitals and I heard back from 4 and they all accepted cards. I am going to have to find more places to send them for next year, we are getting more cards and not enough places to send them! I don't want to send them more than they need. Thank goodness for Tx. Children's Hospital, they accept all that we have left over! So I will be trying to find more hospitals throughout the year!</div>
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*St. Jude Children's Hospital</div>
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*TX Children's Hospital</div>
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*Nationwide Children's Hospital</div>
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*St. Joseph's Children's Hospital of Tampa</div>
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*UF Health Shands Children's Hospital</div>
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*Cook Children's Medical Center</div>
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*Shriners Hospital for Children</div>
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*-Galveston</div>
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*-Houston</div>
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*-Cincinnati</div>
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*-Northern California</div>
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*-Shreveport</div>
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*-Boston</div>
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*-Salt Lake City</div>
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*Akron Children's Hospital</div>
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*Seattle Children's Hospital</div>
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*Sinclair Children's Center (foster home)</div>
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*Pendleton Place (foster home)</div>
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That's 17 Hospitals and 2 Foster Homes! This makes me happy, because I know that more kids are receiving a little more love this Valentine's Day! :) There were several times that I got emotional when I checked the mail and saw all of the packages! It was a very humbling feeling to know that all of you, believed in this ministry! <3 nbsp="" p="" thank="" you=""><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">
Here are some more picks of all the shipments. I forgot to take a pic of the 2nd shipment. Oops! :/</div>
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5th Shipment: This box was HUGE!!!! It weighed 51 lbs! I had to get my husband to go with me to carry it! :/<br />
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I still need to draw names for the prizes, please bare with me! My baby girl is having her Basketball Senior night tomorrow night at her last ever Basketball game :'( , so I've been getting the Seniors gifts made and my daughter's memory display table ready. I haven't had time to work on any of it, because of being so busy with the Card Drive, so now I'm doing everything last minute! :/ But I have my blog post already ready, so all I have to do is draw the names and then send out the emails, so it shouldn't take long. Well I'm off to work on more of the Senior night projects. I'll be back soon for the prize winner post! </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hey everybody! Sorry for the lack of posts, as you can imagine...it's been BUSY to say the least! I've missed hours of sleep, meals, and fresh air outside, as I counted and packaged cards, sent tons of emails and so many other tasks, but I absolutely wouldn't change it for the world! Thank you all so much for sending in cards! Here is the first batch of cards I sent off yesterday! We have had SO many cards come in this year, that I sent out about 15 emails to new hospitals, in hopes that they would want some cards! :) I've gotten a couple of emails back and they have accepted (YAY!), but I am still waiting to hear from some more, before I send the rest of them to Texas Children's, who always accepts as many as we sent, since they see so many kids daily! So please pray that I get more emails back, so we can get these cards to more kids! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well it's back to work for me, there is still tons to do and I need to run a couple of errands. I can't WAIT to tell you all the totals! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">~Winter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jan. 30, so I have plenty of time to get them in the mail to the hospitals! There was an issue with some of the shipping last year, on a couple of packages, so I need to get them all out even sooner this year. So this would be a great project of this cold weekend and then get them in the mail to me next week! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy New Year! :)</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>It's time for the 7th Annual Valentine's Day Card Drive!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">It's my Blogs 7 year anniversary this month, and I don't know a better way to celebrate it, but having another Card Drive for all those precious kids on Valentine's Day! I will be collecting cards for many Hospitals and hope to add more! :)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">Last year's Card Drive was another HUGE success! We collected 3,971 cards and sent them to <span style="font-family: "georgia";">12 hospitals, 2 orphanages, and to a little girl who was fighting cancer and to her two brothers. I'm happy to report that she is doing Great! :)</span> I'm praying that this years card drive, is even better and reaches even more kids! :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">As always, here are some of the guidelines from the hospital's and a few of mine. </span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">(Please read carefully.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">* Cards need to be a Valentine theme.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">* Cards can't have anything about 'Get Well Soon', 'Feel Better', or anything reminding them of being sick. (Only Valentine Cards)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">* Please make cards that can be used for any gender or age. (This could be a little tricky, but I think you can handle it!) :)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">* NO buttons, glitter, sequins, rhinestones, brads, or anything that can be pulled off and become a choking hazard.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">* Cards MUST be able to fit into a 4 1/2 X 5 3/4 envelope (A2 size, but can be smaller, just not bigger). I CANNOT use them if they are bigger! (I will provide clear envelopes for each card, so there is no need to send an envelopes with your card.) The clear envelopes make it easier when they hand them out to the kids.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">* 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. </span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">* And Do Not add your blog addresses to your cards! Some hospitals have rules against patients knowing who the donors are.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">*I will be excepting cards for the whole month of January. (Jan. 1 - Jan. 30) Please do not send any after that, because I have to send them off early, so they will get to the hospitals in time for Valentine's Day. And please make sure you allow enough time for shipping as well. At the end of the month, I will draw names for prizes.The more cards you send, the more times your name goes into the drawing to win prizes. Let your kids get involved too! I will be adding more prizes and sponsors, often. :)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">* Please send a piece of paper with your name, address, email address, and the amount of cards you sent. (It will help when I have the drawings.) A lot of the prizes</span><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span><span style="color: #e06666;">will be sent from the sponsor, so I NEED to have your email address for sure!</span><br />
<span style="color: lightcoral; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;">*And </span><u style="color: lightcoral; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Please</u><span style="color: lightcoral; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"> NO smoking around the cards! You may not realize that they smell like smoke, but they do and it could effect the children who are already sick!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">*Please send cards to me at:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">"Cards From the Heart Card Drive"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">P.O. Box 754</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Warren, TX 77664</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">* If anyone wants to donate a prize for the drawings, please email me with the details at <a href="mailto:wintersims1@aol.com"><span style="font-size: medium;">wintersims1@aol.com</span></a> .<br />*You are welcome to use the Card Drive badge on your blog to spread the word, just remember to save it to your computer first.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">*If you have a hospital in mind that might want some cards, please send me the contact info and I will email them.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />I know it seems like there are A LOT of rules, but they are the hospital's rules and we want to obey them, to keep the kids safe. So I hope you will join us again for another great year and help us put some smiles on those sweet kids faces on Valentines Day! :)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><br />If you have any questions, please just send me and email at:<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">wintersims1@aol.com</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is the <a href="http://winterwonderlandcrafter.blogspot.com/2016/01/2016-card-drive-sponsors.html">Sponsor Page</a>.</span><br />Have a Blessed New Year!,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey everybody! I was recently emailed and asked if I would participate in an Awareness day, so of course I wanted to try and do my part! So today I'm here to bring awareness to the terrible disease, Mesothelioma. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The lady who emailed me, Heather, shared a little bit about her story. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">She was</span><span style="background-color: white;"> exposed by wearing her dad's jacket that had been covered in "dust". :(</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">When she was diagnosed, she was given 15 months to live. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Mesothelioma is a rare and very aggressive form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos fibers. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">There are three types of mesothelioma: </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"> 1. Pleural mesothelioma (occuring in the lining of the lung) is the most common - 70% of all cases </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"> 2. Peritoneal mesothelioma (lining of the abdominal cavity) </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"> 3. Pericardial mesothelioma (lining of the heart) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Mesothelioma becomes most apparent in patients in the US about 30 to 40 years after their exposure </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can find her whole story<a href="http://www.mesothelioma.com/heather/survivor/#intro"> here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So if you could, please check out her story and help spread Awareness to this disease. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks,</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~Winter </span></span><br />
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<span><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Prize #8</span></span></div>
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<u><br /></u><span style="font-size: large;">($30.00 Gift Card)</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Kelley Lesniak</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Prize #9</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(2 Winners- $25.00 Gift Certificates)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Winner #1- <span style="color: red;">Christine Nixon</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Winner #2- <span style="color: red;">Theresa Burns</span></span> </div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Congrats! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I will be sending emails to the companies with the winners info, so please be </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">on the look out for those!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Thank you to all the Sponsors, for the prizes and Thank you to everyone who has sent cards in this year, and all the years past! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~Winter</span></div>
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