100% Open and Honest. We were looking back at some of our
posts, and didn’t see our motto included, so we wanted to remind you all of our
goal to always be “100% Open and Honest.” So, just so you know, we’ve only
received positive feedback about all of the cards we’ve sent out. Also, we’ve
received great pictures from some of the hospitals/shelters and have heard and seen
some lovely stories. Even with all that positive news, we know there’s some potential negative issues with some of
the tools that are being used to make the cards. We wanted to share with you
some new guidelines. Please be aware that the person hosting an event may not
have seen these guidelines yet, so be kind to each other – and simply direct
them here for future event planning. WE RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE COMPLETELY AVOID
SPRINKLE GLITTER, FUZZ BALLS, FELT STICKERS, OR OTHER FUZZY MATERIALS.
Our first concern with these types of crafts is that they
donn’t last. Often by the time the cards reach us here at Cardz for Kidz! a lot
of those types of materials have already fallen off. Then when you think that
we have to check them, then ship them to our locations there’s even more room
for damage during transport. That’s why we previously told people to refrain
from using beads, buttons, or bulky items. If you look closely at the bag below,
you can see one of the cards lost a lot of its sparkle before the young boy
even opened it up.
Similar to a lot of children, and as confirmed by his
mother, he was still excited to receive the cards, but it still wasn’t exactly
what the artist intended it to be.
- Cardzforkidz: “…Looks like a little glitter is coming off, sorry about that!”
- Mother: “No biggie! Our daughter loved the glitter 😊”
While this child and
parent didn’t have a problem, there’s still 30K+ other families who haven’t
told us what they think! Based on that, and that we want all our cards to get
to kids in one piece, we’re definitely leaning towards using glitter glue
rather than sprinkle glitter.
But, now, where it comes a bit more serious, we have to ask,
“what if?” We understand that with standard card stock, we don’t have to worry
about transmitting germs as much. In addition, with stickers or decorations
that attach firmly to that type of paper, we don’t have to worry about the
cards falling apart or kiddos choking.
In addition, we heard from one hospital when they requested
that we not send cards with glitter since that could impact patients’ breathing
tubes. We haven’t heard anything from the other places we partner with, but we
still think it’s something we should look out for.
Since we’re always a bit over protective of our kids, we’re
asking that if you’re making cards to send to kids who are currently
in-patients, that you don’t use fuzz balls, feathers or other little things
that are NOT effectively attached to the cards. With buttons, if you can secure
them tightly, then that works well! And, remember, the cards have to survive a
couple of trips through the post office and our sorting process!
Since we haven’t heard back from the hospitals and/or
shelters declining these types of materials, we understand we may be being a
bit over protective, but we just wanted to get the word out, before it was a
100% must. So right now, will the kids still love those cards, YES. Will the
hospitals or shelters still accept those cards, probably. Do we still want
those types of cards? The answer to that is A BIT FUZZY right now. We’ll accept them, but we’d LOVE it if you
could avoid those materials. Either way, to be on the safe side, we updated the
Supplies list on our How-To page to only include supplies that will work best for
the children.
#abitfuzzy #upliftingspirits
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