Cards for Soldiers: October 11, 2011

Monday, October 11, 2010

October 11, 2011

As of today I only have 250 Veteran's Day cards to send over to the soldiers. 100 of which I have made. I am hoping before the end of the week I get a bunch more in. We have had such an abundance of cards coming in this year so I know we can do better than this to show our support. Won't you all please make a thank you card for our soldiers? Take the time to write them a note? My hopes is to get as many cards to as many soldiers as we can! Please!

Thank you!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hi Pam, I just received my November CardMaker magazine that features Cards for Soldiers in the Readers Reach Out section. The article mentions you do not need envelopes at this time. From you September comment it appears you did need envelopes. We will be sending some cards for Round 9. Would you like us to send envelopes? Thanks, Mary; October 12, 2010 at 2:55 PM
Pam said...: Hi Mary! Thanks for letting me know about the Article in CardMaker! I'll have to go out and get the issue! I had no idea when it was going to be published! We do need envelopes desperately as we are having a very hard time getting them donated. I have had a few very dedicated card makers who have been buying envelopes and sending them as well which has been a huge help but we definitely need all we can get. Thank you so much for asking! Pam; October 12, 2010 at 5:19 PM
Stampin in the suburbs said...: Pam,
I am so sorry I was not able to send you a packet of cards for the Veterans Day deadline. As you know the fall/veterans day/christmas deadlines are all so close together and of course, it's also at a time of year when everyone is so busy with activities.

I hope to send a big box of Christmas cards (with envelopes) by november 5th. Thanks so much for all you do.; October 18, 2010 at 1:38 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi there. I'm finishing up my cards this weekend and will have them in the mail early next week. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised and happy with the batch I'm preparing to send. Thanks for all your efforts!; October 19, 2010 at 3:04 PM
Anonymous said...: I am new to this. What are the Veteran's day cards? Just for the military overseas? Are they blank or handmade.
Sorry please explain.
Can it be a postcard saying Thank you?

Thanks; August 9, 2011 at 11:19 PM

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Mailing Schedule

2014 Mailing Schedule

ROUND 1: Cards should be received by January 3, 2014

Valentine's Day - SHIPPED

ROUND 2: Cards should be received by February 3, 2014

St. Patrick's Day SHIPPED

ROUND 3: Cards should be received by March 10, 2014

Passover

Easter SHIPPED

ROUND 4: Cards should be received by March 31, 2014

Mother's Day
Armed Forces Day (These cards are not blank inside, please write a thank you note to the soldier inside the cards)

Memorial Day SHIPPED

ROUND 5: Cards should be received by

May 5, 2014

Father's Day &

Independence Day SHIPPED

About this Blog

Cards for Soldiers was started in January 2006 by a group of friends and scrapbookers on a scrapbooking messageboard to support our troops deployed to the Middle East. Now a one woman owned Non-Profit Corporation the mission is to send handmade, blank cards to deployed units for the soldiers to use to write to family and friends. It's been a big hit with the soldiers! Please join me in my program to support the troops! Check out the details, schedule and address below. Thank you for encouraging those who put their lives on the line on a daily basis.

Card Specs

All cards should be 5.5"x4.25" size (cut an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of cardstock in half and then fold that half in half), as those are the cards that fit in the APO boxes we ship the best. PLEASE provide an envelope with your card (A2 - Invitation -4 3/8x 5/3/4). We have not been getting envelopes donated lately and this is a huge expense to purchase them. Please remember to leave the cards BLANK ON THE INSIDE, with a self-stick note from you (or your child) to the soldier if desired. You are also more than welcome to put your signature on the back of the card to let them know who made it. Another idea is to put an address label on the back of the card, many card makers do this and they have gotten nice notes this way!

Cards should not be too bulky as they need to fit inside the envelopes we provide. The most important requirement is NO GLITTER please!! Glitter falls off and can stick to the soldiers and make them shine at night when they are trying not to be seen! Ranger stickles is OK or if you seal your glitter with something so that if you were to rub really hard on the glitter and NOTHING comes off on your fingers, that too is OK.

DIMENSION is OK (buttons, brads, rhinestones, etc) but please make sure the card will fit through a postage meter. The soldiers don't have to pay for their postage the cards are metered so they can't be thicker than that. Thank you!

Dark cards MUST be lined with white on the inside. The soldiers don't have white pens on hand, keep this in mind please!

General Occasion cards are ALWAYS welcome with any of the rounds, including Birthday, Miss You, Thank You, etc.