tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67958638089467768912024-03-05T07:16:54.580-08:00Cardz for Kidz! Uplifting Spirits, One Card at a TimeCardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-34747372006977330702019-10-24T07:00:00.000-07:002019-10-24T07:00:09.471-07:00You're the One<br />
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actual reactions to</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> C</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">r</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> for </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">K</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">"OMG, that sounds so fun.”</span></li>
<li>“Yeah, we should definitely do it some time.”<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Yes, let’s get together and plan this some time.”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“This would be great for the team. We should definitely think about
doing this.”<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Oh, everyone would love that. We should definitely look into that.”<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“That’s great. And we wouldn’t have to leave the building. We should
see if we can get more info.”<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You can uplift
the spirits of disheartened children and solemn seniors around the world while
using some fun art supplies and you can do it from anywhere you want to.
Doesn’t that sound fun? Ideal? Enchanting? We agree. In fact, most people who
hear about this opportunity get very excited. After all, it’s not every day you
get to use glitter glue. Not only is it fun, but with the impact you’re making
it seems like everyone would take immediate action, right? You’d be surprised
that that’s not the case.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Just to ensure
we’re on the same page, we do understand that there have been tragic situations
where some groups who host events never end up sending their cards. That was
the main reason we wrote the prior blog post, </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2015/06/SealTheDeal.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#sealthedeal</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. Even while removing the
groups who do all the work to create the artwork, but don’t have the outcome of
encouraging kids, there are still others – ones who don’t get past step one of
creating the event. And unfortunately, we’re not sure why that happens so
often. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">With some
groups, the responsibility gets passed around until it gets passed on. People
often think it’s not their job, but since this is something new people may not
be sure who to contact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">We recall back
in 2011 when our founder created the first corporate event. He approached his
boss who told him to talk to HR, and they went and talked to the head of the
office where he got approval. That’s how the detailed Excel sheet was created
that keeps track of all the backend details, including cards -
#everycardcounts. Going above and beyond the event HR approved, he put together
an Excel chart to track the number of cards that were being made, which
partners were sponsoring the event, and how much he spent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Since </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">C</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">r</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> for </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">K</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> events involve purchasing
art supplies and shipping packages, we understand you’ll likely need to check
with someone to get approval. Still, we think <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">YOU’RE THE ONE </b>who should take the initiative to host the first
event that will lead to encouraging kids across the globe. We know this isn’t
nearly as important, but it could be something that you put on your
resume/LinkedIn profile since your leadership is making a big difference </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2015/11/on-their-resume.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#ontheirresume</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2016/11/impressive-title.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#impressivetitle</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#youretheone
#upliftingspirits<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To see more
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Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-21379821518992022152019-09-12T07:30:00.000-07:002019-09-12T07:30:09.790-07:00Not Strictly Giving<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What would you prefer: a gift or a reward? For the nice woman
sitting behind us on the Amtrak, her response was, “A reward because maybe I
did something great.” It’s interesting because the result is essentially same
thing. The outcome, let’s say, is $100. If it’s a gift it means it’s just
because someone is being nice, but a reward means the giver knows the recipient
did something great to receive it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Gift: </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">a thing given willingly to someone without
payment; a present.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Reward:</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> a thing given in recognition of one's service,
effort, or achievement.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A gift also means that there are no strings attached and the
giver is not wanting something in return. It means that the recipient didn’t
necessarily work for it, yet they are still receiving the prize. With a reward,
the recipient put in some type of effort that was appreciated by others. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">From a </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">C</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">r</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> for </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">K</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">d</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>perspective we’re
trying to reward the children and tell them we’re impressed by their strength by
giving them this gift of handmade cards, video game systems, and other toys. While
some people may be saying, “So sorry, get well soon,” we’re a bit different.
Thanks to your cards we’re saying things like, “You’re one in a minion.”
Instead of wallowing in their situation, with the help of your cards, we’re
reaching out and rewarding them for their strength. Here are some of the
hashtags families we’ve sent cards to directly have used:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">#musculardystrophy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">#autismspectrumdisorder</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">#adhdkids</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">#disabilityawareness</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">#downsyndrome</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">#seizuressuck</span></li>
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have been smiling and thankful for their cards and recognition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">While we’re rewarding these kids, we’re hoping people are
giving us gifts; making cards and not wanting something in return. Since
everyone volunteers their time, we do not have to ask for any monetary
donations to go alongside the card donations. That just means that, at times,
it may take a bit longer for us to </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2016/07/solemnly-swear.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">recognize
receiving your cards across our social sites</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the kids are grateful and that people are doing more than simply having fun
with markers and glue. We know that you’re <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOT
STRICTLY GIVING,</b> but instead rewarding these children and families for what
they’re overcoming. From what we’ve seen, they’re thankful for the rewards we’ve been providing!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-83837949281820774862019-07-25T12:50:00.000-07:002019-07-25T12:50:12.937-07:00Helping All Around<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">“How do you do it?!”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“It’s hard to explain.”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“No, give me an immediate answer! You get thousands of cards in so many
languages and get them to kids across the globe without charging anyone. How?!”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Well…it’s a complicated process. It’s more of a…”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Two words. TELL ME IN TWO WORDS RIGHT NOW!”</span></li>
<li><span lang="ES" style="font-size: 12pt;">“Okay, okay. Ummm…<a href="https://www.instagram.com/carlasuetravels/">Carla Neal</a>.”</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s
backtrack a little. We already decided our founder is no longer the nicest and
lost his title (</span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/07/not-as-nice.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#notasnice</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">). It’s just that now after
looking into it a bit more, we think there’s new competition for that position.
As we’ve been growing and changing, here are some of the ways that we’ve needed
help and corresponding blog posts that back it up:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Organically spreading the word about our organization: </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2015/11/socially-active.html" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#sociallyactive</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2014/03/who-you-telling.html" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">#whoyouretelling</a></span></li>
<li>Helping us improve our global presence: <span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2015/10/carry-bit-more.html" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">#carryabitmore</a></span></li>
<li>Inspiring other people to make cards in various languages: <a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2013/12/nope-im-all-set.html" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#nopeimallset</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2019/05/market-conditions.html" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">#marketconditions</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Here’s
something that would impress us – Someone who tells other people about our
organization (since we don’t spend on advertising) in order to get people to
make cards. Who then encourages others to participate and creates some
encouraging cards for our disheartened children and seniors. On top of that,
someone who carries a bit more during their travels would exceed our
expectations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What’s amazing
about Carla is that not only has she completed all those wish list factors, but
she’s done even more than that. Regarding telling others, she handles the
process from start to finish. She gives people the cards to complete and even
sends them the stamps and stickers with our address. In terms of the delivery,
she not only went to the Ronald McDonald House in Brazil but went there and
took pictures and sent them back to us so we could include that on our social
media.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Unfortunately,
we did not have enough cards in French to cover our kids in Quebec, Haiti and
the kids she could have helped us reach in France. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We’ve
mentioned it before, but she’s helping by getting her family involved as well.
Do you remember another </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2014/09/runs-in-family.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">mother daughter duo</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">? Thankfully Carla has
helped set up her mom, Sue, so she’s been able to send us over 1,600 cards as
well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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she’s worked with her connections to get us cards in our requested languages.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Then some of
their cards have been included in our English section. After we told Carla that
we couldn’t help with the delivery in France she said that she’d work with some
of her connections to help get us more cards in French as well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So how are we
able to reach kids around the world in our spare time for free? It’s caring
people like Carla. Well, not sure if we can say “people” because we’re not sure
if there’s ever been one person who’s been <b>HELPING
ALL AROUND </b>or in as many ways as Carla has, but we’re thankful that
individual contributors have picked up pieces and contributed in many ways. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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#helpingallaround<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-46438871009938993322019-07-04T06:00:00.000-07:002019-07-04T06:00:05.430-07:00We're Still Hopeful<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You know what?
Since our founder is our president and is helping to expand the board even
more, we’re going to follow his rules. We’re strictly going to focus on the
positive because we can’t complain, </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2015/09/cant-complain.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#cantcomplain</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. We’ll stick with our pledge
that all blog posts must be 100% open and honest. Let’s see if we can somehow
work the two of those together! </span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">😊</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For some background, it’s now official. On July 24<sup>th</sup>
we’re having our 5<sup>th</sup> annual Pledge Allegiance event. How that works
is that we’re trying to be creative and play on the July 4<sup>th</sup> Pledge of
Allegiance to the flag mantra and express our loyalty to our kids. The key
difference with this fundraiser is that we’re not only asking people to make
set donation amounts, but we’re also asking them to make a pledge (e.g. we’ll
donate $1 per card that’s made during the event). If we get enough attendees
and donations, we’ll be able to reach more kids with cards and reward our
hospitals/homes with something extra for being great partners. Here’s part of
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">One thing that
makes this event extra special is our dedication to kids who are stuck in their
rooms. With that in mind, we’ve been reaching out to more hospitals/homes and
now need over 8,000 cards for our disheartened children and solemn seniors
around the world. That doesn’t even include our special one-time deliveries of
over 1,000 cards. To put that in perspective, in Q2 2018 we needed just less
than 5,000! With this Pledge Allegiance event we’re saying that we’re striving
to get as many people to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">make</i> cards
as possible. With that intention, we’ll be able to reach all our recipients. As
mentioned in a </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz/videos/185413949068198/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Facebook Live post</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">,</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> we made a promise and we’ll
stick to it no matter what! <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">In
that promise we told any hospital/home that if they took pictures of their
staff and/or children with their cards for 3 quarters in a row then we would
purchase a new portable video game system for them. These systems are made to
help entertain kids who are stuck in their rooms! We’ll be sure to find a way
to recognize the groups who have helped us reward our locations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thankfully after the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz/videos/185413949068198/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Facebook Live</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> announcement we included notes to our partner hospital/homes and have
already started making some donations. The number of pictures has started
increasing! As the number of locations has risen, some may question how we’ll
find the funds to cover the cost these units. Here are some pictures we’ve
received since we included a note about those GO Karts in our letters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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set up for people to make cards for children around the world. Every quality card
made will help raise funds to help those children in our partner
hospitals/shelters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kinzie, Chicago, IL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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deliver as many quality cards as possible. For this fundraiser we’re asking
supporters to pledge a card donation. So, each card made during the party will uplift
the spirit of a child AND help raise funds for children around the world!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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make a couple of cards and/or pledge to make a per card donation, </span><a href="https://go.rallyup.com/pledgeallegiance5" style="background-color: transparent;">https://go.rallyup.com/pledgeallegiance5</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">.</span></div>
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<br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-22433629719909494272019-06-27T08:00:00.000-07:002019-06-28T01:27:55.147-07:00Special Ability<br />
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Here’s another one of those 100% biased blog posts that’s based on our
founder’s experience, </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/03/purple-pride.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#purplepride</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. As always with the blog
post, we must be 100% open and honest so here’s some insight. Originally we
started making some special deliveries to kids we connected with on Instagram
since we realized that this was one way we could work around the restrictions
that hospitals have with HIPAA (</span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/05/in-room.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#intheroom</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">). Plus we had some additional
cards AND we could reach some kids who may be overlooked. As mentioned in the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz/videos/185413949068198/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Facebook Live video</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, there was some bias in
terms of the kids we were looking for, but now it’s opened up a bit more. Originally,
we were looking for some of these hashtags to find our kids to send cards to:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#epilepsysucks<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#pediatricepilepsy<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#specialneedskids<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#specialneedsmom<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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people will probably say we’re reaching many children with “special needs.”
They need additional assistance based on their condition. Or one could say that
they have a “disability” based on their health situation. This ranges from the
children with cancer that we’ve sent cards to the kids overcoming autism. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Not sure if you recall, but </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2014/04/when-we-grow-up.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">WHEN WE GROW UP</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">,
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truly helping them as they’re overcoming their respective health conditions.</span> Here’s a note from our founder:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“I recall the time I was
waiting to hear back from my doctor if I’d need to have another brain surgery.
It was definitely one of the top 3 most trying times that I’ve been through with
my epilepsy process. They told me this was the last medicine that we could try
and if it didn’t work that we’d need to do another brain surgery that could
have a larger impact OR we’d need to look to insert something into my brain to
control the frequency of the seizures. I was pretty shaken up and I was holding
on praying that the medicine would continue to work. I couldn’t drive and that
contributed to some setbacks in my career. Thankfully, to this day, the
medicine has been working and that situation has inspired me to help kids who
haven’t been as blessed as I was during that setback.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although that seems
tough, we’re sure some of the families we’ve been reaching would gladly
trade their situation for his. For example, the mother who sent a direct
message asking for cards since her daughter just got a second bout of cancer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In our biased
opinion, we think there should be no politically correct way to describe people
who have a medical condition. Whether that’s a life-threatening condition or a
lifelong setback. Before we describe that please look at some of these
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smiles! We’re not saying that all those families used the same hashtag, but in
our opinion they can all be defined the same way. Instead of being defined as
having <i>special needs</i> OR being defined as having a <i>disability</i>, we
think they should be combined and labeled as having the <b>SPECIAL ABILITY </b>to
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-12395782934924431252019-05-02T07:30:00.000-07:002019-06-09T11:14:02.051-07:00Market Conditions<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Alright, let’s
stop this right now! We DO need cards in English, too! You always see us
posting across our social sites asking for people to make cards in other
languages and highlighting the languages that we’re missing, but to tell the
truth, the only hospitals/homes that don’t want cards in English are the Ronald
McDonald House in Quebec, Brazil and Portugal and Haiti’s Hope for Children. Also,
Dr. Sonrisas wants cards in Spanish. All other locations want cards in English.
Well, okay, Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota asked us to specialize
in getting them cards in Somali and Spanish, but they will still accept cards
in English.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In this post we
want to highlight why we’re consistently pleading for cards in other languages
and apologize if it seems like we’re not expressing our thankfulness for the
cards in English. Once again, since some of the behind the scenes people have
business degrees, we’ll have to use some business terms to attempt to explain
everything. The first thing we can think of is Supply and Demand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">During
some of the earlier business classes, we learned that supply and demand is what
helps determine price. Since we’re not selling anything, we can say supply and
demand is what helps determine the number of social tweets and pleas. Thanks to
your contributions we’ve had an ample supply of cards in English and have an
overwhelming supply of holiday cards.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Holiday cards remaining from last year, <a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/01/best-nightmare.html">#bestnightmare</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We’ll try to
think of something a bit more creative and outgoing to let people know that our
supply and timing for holiday cards is making it exceed our demand and timing.
Now our overall demand, or the amount of kids that we’re sending cards to, has
steadily been increasing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So far in
2019, we’re very far ahead of where we started in 2018. We just hope it keeps
going. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We’ve been
partnering with more locations and sending more cards, but those locations have
been wanting a different breakout of cards. For example, our new location in
Maine requested cards in English and Somali. One of our new partners in Illinois,
Maryville Academy, requested that about 85% of their cards are in Spanish. Then
there are other breakouts like one hospital that wants 75% of cards in Spanish,
three want 50% Spanish and another requested a 25% Spanish composition. Then
there are several of our lasting partners who have requested languages across Europe,
Asia, and Africa. That’s why we created this special slide for the PowerPoint
that’s supposed to play in the background during events. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that as we grow in the United States and strive to reach our goal of getting
all the cities on the map, we’ll need a LOT more cards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">With that in
mind, we’ll likely need cards in even more languages based on the diversity
within the USA, as well as our growth outside of this country. Therefore, we’ll
consistently appreciate the cards in English – especially if they’re on lasting
card stock rather than flimsy construction paper but based on the <b>MARKET CONDITIONS </b>and our current
supply and demand, we’ll have to consistently request cards in other languages.
Here’s a list of some of the languages we need the most:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li>English</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Spanish</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Romanian</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Arabic</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Somali</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Russian</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">French</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Portuguese</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Creole</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Chinese</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Vietnamese</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Polish</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Korean</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Kinyarwandi</span></li>
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This prior post has some ideas in other languages - <a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2013/12/nope-im-all-set.html">https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2013/12/nope-im-all-set.html</a>.<br />
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pictures and stories, please check out our website </span><a href="http://www.cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">www.cardzforkidz.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">; like us on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">; follow us on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/cardzforkidz"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cardzforkidz/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">; visit our </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardz-for-kidz"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">LinkedIn</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> page! Also, check out some of our videos on </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1nFN1UqKLmht7us--owSg"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">YouTube</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Not sure if you knew this, but last week
was Volunteer Appreciation Week. To follow our rules, and be 100% open and
honest, we posted on our social media sites to be sure you knew we recognized
it, but intentionally did not post anything big about it until <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">after</i></b>,
ensuring this post would not be tied only to that special week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We scheduled the above post for Tuesday,
April 9 to show you that we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">did</i></b> want to recognize you, our priceless
volunteers, during that week—but we want you to know that we’re immensely
grateful for more than just one week every year. There are some organizations
that mail little handouts to say thanks; some take pictures; some send flowers;
and some do nothing. Though we can’t give much, we wanted to, at least, write
this post to express how thankful we really are for your continued
contributions and support.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">To be honest, your help has been
amazing. We’ve highlighted your stellar contributions a few times, including in
the following posts:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2019/04/love-lines.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Love Lines</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/12/flying-cape.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Flying Cape</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We’re very grateful that—thanks to you—we’ve
been able to expand and reach more children in different ways. Your
contributions include making cards in many languages—ensuring we reach all our children
and seniors, as well as carrying and delivering cards with you during some of
your travels, </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2015/10/carry-bit-more.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">#carryabitmore</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">So far, we’ve noted how you, our
volunteers, have helped with making cards and delivering cards, but there are
also some groups and individuals who’ve helped with donations that cover the
cost of shipping cards, plus doing even more for our partner locations.
Thankfully, we often receive these donations without asking and have been able
to reward our hospitals/homes with strictly having one fundraiser a year…where
we don’t usually make that much money. We just have to say thank you—most of
the funds to cover the shipping costs (illustrated in the pictures below) come
from people, like you, giving voluntarily and unprompted!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">If that’s not enough, we’ve even had
some volunteers step in and help us strike partnerships with new hospitals and
homes, where we’ve delivered a total of 360 cards in the first quarter of 2019 alone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We’re amazed by the variety of ways that
you, our priceless volunteers, have stepped up and we’re continually thankful. We’re
extremely thankful <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">365</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">days</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a year</i></b>—not just during the one week dedicated
to volunteers. We’ll continue to find ways to make sure you know how much
you’re appreciated and the difference you’re making. But we know that even with
our social media posts and quoting the families, we just <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CAN’T SAY ENOUGH </b>to accurately express how thankful we are for your
contributions in helping us reach more children and seniors across the globe! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-62121751210939858622019-04-11T07:30:00.000-07:002019-04-11T07:30:12.273-07:00Love Lines<br />
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me.” & “You had me at ‘hello.’” —<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jerry
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We were
sitting at the airport on our way to donate a <a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-bias-reward.html">GO Kart</a>
and we started to ask some of the people sitting around us at a café what they
thought was the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">perfect</i> love line
from a movie. The quotes listed above were some of the examples that we heard.
Those were pretty good ideas, but we still didn’t think they were quite right.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Yes, we’ve
expressed our love for Taylor’s dream woman before (</span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/10/love-her-more.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#loverhermore</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">), but we wanted to do it
again. And this time, we wanted to express how we found someone who’s been special
in a unique way. This time, it’s someone who’s not only been there around the clock
but been there “around the way” as well. Okay, maybe that second phrase didn’t
quite make sense, but what we mean is that she’s been helping in a variety of
ways. It’s not just the diversity of her contributions, but how in-depth those
contributions are that made us approach strangers and spark some giggles at the
airport (FYI—it was the gentleman who was able to think of the lines first. After
moving to our gate, we hit the jackpot and sat next to a woman who had a bunch
quotes to share).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Now you may be
wondering why we’re talking about someone being so special, so we’ll explain
why <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sarah.b.forschler">Sarah</a> from
Minnesota is so special. We know we’ve written some longer blog posts in the past,
so we’ll try to limit this one; “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">try</i>”
being the key word.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We touched on
it in prior blogs, in social posts and in emails, but we’re <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">always</i> looking for cards in a variety of
languages. Thankfully, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sarah.b.forschler">Sarah</a>
continually steps up and contacts people to help us find out how we can get
cards in the specific language(s) we need. Not just the languages that we need
for her local area, but also for our hospital/homes around the world. If you
visit our blog post, </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2013/12/nope-im-all-set.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Nope, I’m All Set</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, she provided those posts in
Somali and Portuguese. She takes her research and updates other people that are
part of the Facebook group so they can help make these cards too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In addition,
she’s gotten some of her friends and coworkers to join in and make encouraging homemade
cards for our children. Since we’re not spending any money on advertising, this
type of word-of-mouth advertising is essential.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Next, we’re
grateful for how faithfully she helps us out. She’s been using some of her
different contacts in Minnesota to connect with different hospitals and/or
Ronald McDonald Houses to see if they would like to receive cards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sorry—we can’t
really tell you about the other ways she’s helping. It’s a secret; but know
that we admire her and we’re extremely thankful for her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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overall participation, it’s clear that she’s making an impact and we’re very
grateful. We can try to express our gratitude, but unfortunately even the best/most
well-known <b>LOVE LINES </b>from classic movies
can’t even convey how thankful we are and how much of an impact she’s been
making on our organization and the children we reach around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-26241419767038126392019-04-04T07:30:00.000-07:002019-04-04T07:30:12.292-07:00Investing for Good<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">“Whoa!!!” *Heavy breathing and gasping for
breath.* “I must be dreaming.” Our founder, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz/videos/185413949068198/UzpfSTIyMzQzMDc6MTAxMTA4NjcxNTA0MDAzMDM/?__tn__=%2CdlC-R-R&eid=ARC9n0WWbqcTbCU-Ilxbz_3IfY5gS6n0WC3_EacG9tK3PJNXzT1_aVEfu_IAkYzSgrl-o7b5ZP8rMm0C&hc_ref=ARSSCoKn6nrg16fp42SzH0U-mo57YWIPGSpXL8JCkQoVyBY6s19F-UB1ziNEAnvQ29M"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Ike</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">, sits up thinking to himself, “Where am I?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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himself, “Okay, that looks right.” There’s the framed and signed newspaper
article he received right before his surgery, </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2016/03/piece-of-paper.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">#PieceofPaper</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">. Right below that there’s the
picture made by Paige, </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2013/10/all-done.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">#AllDone</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> that he used as encouragement throughout
his most difficult times.* Sunsets, 2006 Coca Cola… Everything seems normal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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through his head, so he assumes he’s still dreaming. In that dream he saw the
most surprising thing. It wasn’t negative necessarily, but just shocking. He
saw The </span><a href="https://www.capitaloneinvestingforgood.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Capital One</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">logo…everywhere. This renowned company was running engaging ads on TV.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">C</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0070c0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #00b050; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">r</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ffc000; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">d</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">z</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"> for </span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">K</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0070c0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">i</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #00b050; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">d</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ffc000; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">z</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Coming from a marketing analytics background,
this all seemed realistic. Reaching a target audieince with a strong frequency
using a variety of media channels is familiar. The question would be though,
how do you measure which media channel led to the conversion? But that’s
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">The oddest part of the dream was that he
dreamt </span><a href="https://www.capitaloneinvestingforgood.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Capital One</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">was COMPLETELY involved in <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">C</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">r</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">z</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1;"> for </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">K</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">d</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">!.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1;"> So yes, they’ve made cards for a few years in the past. For
example, looking into 2017 as a whole, </span><a href="https://www.capitaloneinvestingforgood.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Capital One</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1;">made a total of 1,725 cards. Then before that in Q4 2016, one
quarter alone, they made a total of 2,076 and had a total of SIX different
cities join in. It’s just… this dream was too good too be true. In order to
provide more information on the dream, here’s what the chart on our donation
page used to look like. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quarters where we average about 7,672 cards per quarter amongst all of our
groups and independent artists from around the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Now back to this dream. Our founder was
first tossing and turning because he was running out of space in the cherished
Excel chart. He wanted to keep track of all the different </span><a href="https://www.capitaloneinvestingforgood.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Capital One</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">locations who made
cards, but he was running out of space and data was overlapping. It looked
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Wow. Something like receiving packages with
addresses from 107 different cities. Maybe that’s believable and you don’t
think anything special of it, but let’s add this. In that dream, this renowned
company worked with all those different branches to make a total of 9,192 cards
in a quarter. </span><a href="https://www.capitaloneinvestingforgood.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Capital One</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> alone broke the record for our prior
top cards per quarter by over 1,000 cards, (Q2 2018 – 8,078). They’ve been
quality cards too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that </span><a href="https://www.capitaloneinvestingforgood.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Capital One</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> isn’t number one, but actually
Capital Two. In our opinion that’s comparing them to families and artists from
around the world who have been making cards for much longer. That includes
Carmen in Taiwan, Karen in Australia, Diane and Karen in the USA and many more
- </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/12/beyond-thankful.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">#beyondthankful</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know what we’re supposed to say. You know what’s missing. Here it is. It’s
time. We need to be 100% Open and Honest. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">C</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">r</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">z</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1;"> for </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">K</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">d</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> originally
started off by strictly delivering cards to hospitals. From the beginning, we
made it clear that we wanted to focus on small hospitals, </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2013/09/too-small-no-such-thing.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">#toosmallnosuchthing</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">. Then we expanded past that and
started to reach kids impacted by tragedies at school, </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2013/09/team-effort.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">#SandyHook</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">. Those are situations people often
hear about and are willing to make cards for. Next, when we began to expand, it
was slightly bias and we looked into Ronald McDonald Houses since we believe
it’s not only the children, but the families who are impacted as well, </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/11/families-too.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">#familiestoo</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">. What about the children who aren’t
in a condition to rely on that type of support? Children who are either
orphans, protected care and/or foster care? They could use some uplifting of
spirits as well. With these locations it’s a bit hard to reach out and contact
them directly when everyone has a 9-5 job, but thanks to </span><a href="https://www.capitaloneinvestingforgood.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Capital One</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">’s increased card making in Q4 2018 we’ve been able to send over 1,000
cards to Ronald McDonald Houses around the world, as well as over 3,000 cards
to different orphanages and foster homes across the country. There’s still time
left, but so far in Q1 2019 here are new places that have agreed that they’d
like to start receiving cards for their kids on a quartely basis based on these
test shipments:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Ronald McDonald House Lurie</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">R</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">onald McDonald House Cleveland</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Bethany Christian Services, MI</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Bethany Christian Services, TN</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Baptist Homes for Girls</span></li>
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Alabama</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Albuquerque Christian Children's Home</span></li>
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locations were VERY grateful and we understand there’s no way we would have
been able to test and try to expand if we didn’t have </span><a href="https://www.capitaloneinvestingforgood.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Capital One</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">’s support in Q4 2018. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">“Ok, it’s official. I’m awake.” After
looking into things a bit closer, we received confirmation that they donated
money to cover the shipping costs since they knew they made so many cards. It’s
above and beyond in so many ways. A dream come true, but unlike in the
beginning of the blog post, we’re believing that everyone’s awake and this is
REALLY happening. The </span><a href="https://www.capitaloneinvestingforgood.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Capital One</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> team</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> has made
time to work together to uplift the spirits of the children we connect with. It’s
clear they’re not simply a company dedicated to promoting their cafés and
credit cards, but </span><a href="https://www.capitaloneinvestingforgood.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Capital One</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> has been <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">INVESTING FOR GOOD </b>causes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-90254312911240372382019-03-28T06:30:00.000-07:002019-03-29T23:11:36.128-07:00Still Awake<br />
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start off this blog post. A lot of these blog posts seem to be encouraging, and
like our cards have strictly uplifting messages, based on some of the recent
trends we thought we’d write a more stern blog post to make sure everyone was
on the same page. Sorry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We know that everyone is taking a bunch of
time to make these cards now matter how detailed it is OR how the final product
turns out. Time is time. If you think about it, whether or not your card turns
out in the OVERALL Top 10 or not OR if you spend 5 minutes or 5 hours on a card,
that’s time you could have spent doing 1,000,000+ other things, so we are
thankful. Even with that gratefulness, we want to make sure everyone
understands one of our ultimate baselines and one of the reasons we have this
saved as one of the stories on our </span><a href="https://instagram.com/cardzforkidz/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">instagram page</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Not sure if you recall, but throughout the years we’ve told
you a lot about our goals down the line and how that directly relates to our
personal past. For example, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2014/04/when-we-grow-up.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">When We Grow Up</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> we’d love to be able to start
a scholarship for kids who have been inpatients for a week or longer or have a
lasting health condition. We’d love to be able to give back and make sure we’re
helping remind these kids they’re special. Then we touched on it before that we’re
currently mailing cards around the globe to places like Australia, Brazil and
the United Kingdom, but it’d be great if other people stepped up in other areas
where we weren’t able to securely ship packages from the USA to start</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">C</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">r</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">z</span><span style="font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> for
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Gamers Outreach and working on </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-bias-reward.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">rewarding our hospitals who are taking pictures</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> of their patients with the cards.</span></span></div>
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going and we can get confirmation that we still have the correct contacts.
We’re starting this, but we’ll need to discuss this with the board since it’s
got a long way to go before it fully grows. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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haven’t fully gotten into is how it would be a dream to have a partnership with
Hallmark, American Greetings or another large card manufacturer. What we’re
anticipating is that we’d set something up where at the end of the quarter we’d
work with the judges to select the OVERALL Top 10. Then, as usual, we’d open up
the poll and have people vote for their favorite three cards. The only
difference would be that this time one of those large card manufacturers would
then have the option to select the #1 card to produce and begin to sell and
distribute around the world. Then they’d return the favor and donate some of
that money back to </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">C</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">r</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">z</span><span style="font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> for </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">K</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">d</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> and that would
help us pay our future employees, scholarships and also purchase some GO Karts.
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Wow. That’s one of our visions. That’s
beyond what we want to be when we grow up, but that type of partnership would
be a <i>dream come true.</i> Realistically
though, all of that is still far down the road and for now we’re <b>STILL AWAKE</b>. Therefore, we’re going to
politely remind people not to send us cards that were made by any card
manufacturer since those will have to be discarded. All of our cards need to be
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<br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-77551504168484168172019-03-21T09:00:00.000-07:002019-03-21T09:00:02.601-07:00Shipped All Around<br />
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particular group, has done something that’s never been done before. For
example, we created a </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-definition.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">new verb</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> and
highlighted when </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/08/break-record.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">another
group</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> was approaching it. We then let everyone know when a group changed
our minds about being perfect, </span><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/12/perfections-checklist.html"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">#perfectionschecklist</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span><a href="https://schneider.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Schneider</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> is one of these groups who’s done
something a bit different. Something arguably even <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">more</i> spectacular. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What’s the keyword here: arguably or spectacular? They both
play a major role. It’s not 100% agreed upon, but it’s also important that it’s
spectacular. While we’re not huge into baseball, we think it’d be something
like, what’s more spectacular – an in-the-park home run OR a grand slam? To do
some research, we asked a few people on the train where it was quickly debated.
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The overall skills vs. the amount of points. In our opinion,
what </span><a href="https://schneider.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Schneider</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> has done
is as valuable and rare as getting an ‘in-the-park grand slam.’ If there even is
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">First Base.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Coming to
the </span><a href="http://www.chicagovolunteerexpo.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Chicago
Volunteer Expo</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> and making cards. Although there were hundreds of nonprofits
at the </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.chicagovolunteerexpo.com/">Chicago
Volunteer Expo</a> (CVE)</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">,</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> many stopped
by to make some cards for our kids. We’re sure the CVE team is thankful too
since </span><a href="https://schneider.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Schneider</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> is helping
them move up a level on our site! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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event. These days this is a bit more common, but still we’re impressed that
they stepped up and held multiple events. There are many times when people hear
about our organization and plan to make cards, but don’t necessarily follow
through. With </span><a href="https://schneider.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Schneider</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> we
received 9 different packages within 6 months. Also, they’ve been quality cards
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like taking the time to travel to Lurie Children’s Hospital. Since Schneider is
now a diamond participant, we set up a Cardz WITH Kidz event up for them at
Lurie Children’s Hospital. They sent a team of volunteers and were able to
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encouraging cards AND potentially handing out the cards to children. The not so
fun part, the behind the scenes section, is sorting through the packages and
helping us count the cards that come in, proofing to make sure they’re
appropriate for our kids, taking the pictures, and packaging them up.
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did not highlight how they’ve gone above and beyond during each one of those
steps. For example, during one of the volunteer shifts some of their </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoVolunteerExpo/videos/302878553751640/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">team
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never been done before. Another example is how they reached out asking all the
languages we need and are going to put something together to make it easier for
their team to make cards for kids in multiple languages. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the speed of our volunteers at Schneider. There are some groups who take a year
or more to get to the diamond level on our site. With Schneider they were able
to get multiple offices to join in and get up to the diamond level within 6
months. Based on this speed and participation we’re sure they could get around
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feel they’re now a permanent partner. When we asked some of their volunteers
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I love Cardz for Kidz!
I have been creating cards since it was brought to our organization. I find joy
in getting creative with the creation of the cards but, I LOVE knowing that it
will bring a smile to a child!”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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what’s the most impressive act in baseball, </span><a href="https://schneider.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Schneider</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> has it covered in our terms since
they successfully did both. It’s no surprise, but with </span><a href="https://schneider.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Schneider</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">’s help we can say that their
assistance has been <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SHIPPED ALL AROUND </b>since
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wanted to make it official with our signature 100% Open and Honest blog posts. But
with this one, let’s switch it up. Although the board is being organized and we
have all types of vital contributors, this was more of an executive decision.
Therefore, this blog post will strictly be in first person, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/03/purple-pride.html">I…ke</a></span>.
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I was surrounded by family. As touched on in the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/11/families-too.html">Families Too
blog post</a></span>, during my most trying time I thankfully had plenty of
support. Based on my experience, I feel the amount of support can make a huge difference.
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and reaching more than hospitals, I figured we’d <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/11/families-too.html">connect with
more Ronald McDonald Houses</a></span>. I understand that these health
conditions are terribly trying on families as well, so it’s important that
we encourage those patients, families and siblings too. So far it’s been
working. We’ve sent over 13,000 cards to Ronald McDonald Houses around the
world and have an official partnership with 20+ different locations in at least
eight different countries.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thanks to you we’re helping me reach my
passion point of reaching kids and families who are going through some of their
toughest times. We’re sending cards to hospitals and helping uplift the spirits
of kids and families there. We’re sending cards to Ronald McDonald Houses, too,
and reaching the entire family. Overall, helping accomplish my goal of reaching
families in addition to the patients. In my experience as a patient, <span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve s</span>een
the utmost importance of families. Over my 20 years of volunteering here are
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2013/10/all-done.html">All Done</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That seizure was the most touching. You can read that blog
post to get the full story. The other day I was connecting with Paige – that’s
her real name and she confirmed she still has this picture. </span></span></span></li>
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volunteer shifts going around and delivering cards, I was explaining to a
grandmother and patient that I was bringing these cards for them and hearing
the woman say something like, “Thank you. Thank you. This is just what we needed
right now.”</span></li>
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dropping off cards in the NICU, I noticed on my way out a family holding up
their baby to pose in the picture with their new cards.</span></li>
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constant with all those stories is family. Based on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2015/09/cant-complain.html">my EEG
experience</a></span> I make sure all the hospitals/homes pinky promise to
deliver the cards room to room so the kids who are confined to their rooms
and/or beds can be encouraged as well. That confinement can be sparked by their
condition OR because they don’t have anyone to escort them down to the playroom
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -24px;">With </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -24px;">some</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -24px;">
of the kids in the hospital, them being alone in the hospital/lacking an escort
could simply be temporary similar to my first EEG, </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -24px;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2015/09/cant-complain.html">#CantComplain</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -24px;">.
Maybe their parents are at work or maybe it’s flu season and their siblings
can’t come to the hospital, so their parents are with their siblings. Then
again, what about some of the kids who are alone for more than a few hours? Days,
months or potentially years? What about kids who are either orphans and/or
recently put into the foster care system? Although they’re not necessarily a
pediatric patient, we believe they deserve to be uplifted. With that in mind,
I’m going to ask the team continue to reach out to hospitals around the world
and make sure we consistently reach out to Ronald McDonald Houses, but would
LOVE if we all worked together to help reach significantly more Foster Homes
and Orphanages that you know have children who <span style="font-family: inherit;">could use some cards.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -24px;">During the walk around the campus it was
disheartening/inspiring to hear the story of what some of these kids have gone
through. For example, how there was one child who has been going in and out of
care for 10+ years, how there was another child who was intentionally burned
over 75% of their body, how the orphange got several new boys right before
Christmas, and many other stories. We’d like to reach these kids directly if
they were in happy homes, but even more so with the fact that they’re not
living with family and could feel alone.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -24px;"> </span></span></div>
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stories I realized that I don’t have to worry about us making any changes to
our mission statement (</span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -24px;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2014/11/no-more-changes.html">#NoMoreChanges</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -24px;">).</span></span><br />
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Also, not as important, but I already double checked with our
friends at Gamers Outreach. They originally created their systems strictly for
pediatric hospitals, but they agreed that we could donate some of those to
these homes if we’d like. During the tour of Methodist Children’s Home they
showed us they had one game room. We would love to make sure that all of the
locations we partnered with have at least one of these gaming systems as a way
to reward their children for completing their homework and other
responsibilities. And don’t worry, we talked it out. For the children’s safety
some of the parent’s don’t know where the children are currently located so the
homes can’t take pictures of the children’s faces. How it works is that similar
to our picture of the patient in Israel they could take a picture of the back
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with Erin, we were chatting about the future expansion of their program. She
noted how they want to start a trade school and what they were looking to do
for some of the young men who aged out of their foster program. She also
explained how a lot of the large children’s hospitals can get celebrities to
help them advertise and ask for donations, but it’s a lot harder for orphanages. I was told that both celebrities and private individuals are less willing to associate with
these type of organizations/homes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s amazing what she’s doing and we’ll definitely make this a
prime focus this year. Thinking about how those kids who are overcoming those conditions, definitely are superheroes. Then it clicked
to me. Two of the top superheroes of all time, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time">Batman
and Spiderman</a>;</span> Bruce Wayne and Peter Parker. Sure they had a lot of
things in common ranging from saving the world to special outfits, but another
thing in common is how they lost both of their parents. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Now, I understand
sending some handmade cards isn’t going to make the next caped crusader, but I
do believe that by investing our time by giving these cards and showing
support/love to these kids will help inspire and, possibly help produce, a </span><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">REAL</b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"> “</span><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">SUPER HERO</b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">” that we experience in our day to day lives, rather than
something strictly in comic books. Thankfully we had a Spiderman card to drop
off that day!</span></div>
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Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-87781069336252235272019-02-20T08:00:00.000-08:002019-02-20T08:00:09.079-08:00Meant to Be<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Lucky? Blessed? Special?
However you look at it, we want to tell you about this upcoming weekend at the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.chicagovolunteerexpo.com/">Chicago
Volunteer Expo<span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a></span>and
why we’re very excited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We’ve touched on it a
couple times; however, as a reminder, here’s a brief recap on the establishment
of </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">z</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">. In the beginning, it was just a
group of children from church making cards for patients at Ann & Robert H.
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (known as Children’s Memorial at that time).
Presently, we’ve expanded a lot and nearly 300 groups have made cards for disheartened
children and solemn seniors in over 35 countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We’re believing that after
this year’s </span><a href="http://www.chicagovolunteerexpo.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Chicago Volunteer Expo</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">, </span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">these
numbers will all grow exponentially. What’s so exciting about this year’s event
is that we’re going to have an even larger space, attendees will be directed
towards our area, and more people will be encouraged to make cards throughout
the event. We were told we’d also have a table to recruit volunteers, explain the
mission of our organization AND a bigger space for people to make cards on the spot.
Based on last year’s participation, we’re sure <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">year’s</i> event will
help move the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.chicagovolunteerexpo.com/">Chicago Volunteer Expo</a></span>
up a level on our website: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.cardzforkidz.org/participants">www.cardzforkidz.org/participants</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We still don’t remember
exactly how we first heard about the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.chicagovolunteerexpo.com/">Chicago Volunteer Expo</a></span> (maybe
from a Facebook ad, through word-of-mouth, or some other way). Somehow, we
connected; we applied, made a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">small</i> donation,
and then we were selected to be one of the featured nonprofits. We were told
about the anticipated number of people who would attend the event, and the
renowned fellow nonprofits also participating—to be honest, we were a bit
nervous. Thankfully, the Vice President was able to get a sign made for us, and
we made handouts as well as t-shirts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Our goal was to spread
the word and get as many people to start making cards as possible. Originally,
the plan was just to bring in the “Thank You” cards we’ve received from the
hospitals so attendees could see how grateful they were for the cards. At the
last second, our founder decided to grab a few art supplies, thinking that
maybe if people made cards at the event they could see how fun it was and want
to make more cards at home. Then, during the setup—before the event started—as we
were laying out the supplies and our flyers on our half of the table (the setup
was two organizations per table), another nonprofit a few tables away called us
over. They told us that their tablemates never showed up and they didn’t need a
full table. They asked us if we wanted to switch locations, since we also had art
supplies. PERFECT. BLESSED.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tight a squeeze ended up working out nicely. Based on that last-second decision
to grab art supplies, and the kindness of another nonprofit, we got a full
table to ourselves AND attendees would have the opportunity to make cards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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families and attendees stopped by, made cards and talked with us about </span><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">C</span><span style="background: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">a</span><span style="background: white; color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">r</span><span style="background: white; color: #70ad47; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;"> for </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">K</span><span style="background: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">i</span><span style="background: white; color: #00b050; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="background: white; color: #70ad47; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">!</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">. People loved that they were able to
participate on the spot. Overall, we received a total of 71 cards for our children
and there were even cards in a variety of languages. One person stopped by
afterwards and told us that we were their favorite nonprofit at the event since
they got to volunteer that day. Here are some pictures of the fun times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Wow, 2018 was a great success—it’s
hard to imagine it’d be possible to top that. There are many groups who have since
reached out to us and told us that they started making cards and hosting events
since they heard about us at last year’s </span><a href="http://www.chicagovolunteerexpo.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Chicago Volunteer Expo</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">. Wow! So, we started to prep and plan for 2019, seeing if
there was anything we needed to change (e.g., using glitter markers because
glitter glue takes too long to dry). Then, we got an email from the </span><a href="http://www.chicagovolunteerexpo.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Chicago Volunteer Expo</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">that made things even more exciting. For
2019, we are going to be one of the highlighted nonprofits and they’re going to
try to send everyone our way to do some speed volunteering and make a card. That
means we’ll be able to do some much-needed recruiting for behind-the-scenes
volunteers, as well as (hopefully) receive cards in many languages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">It’s amazing how our
founder’s last-second decision to bring art supplies, plus a nonprofit not showing
up, led to us not only getting a larger table, but also let us see how much people
enjoyed being able to make cards on the spot. Everything is working out
perfectly. We won’t even get into how it turns out this year’s volunteers for
the event happen to be a professional project manager, one of the founder’s
favorite artists, and an enthusiastic Spanish-speaking volunteer! The 2018 </span><a href="http://www.chicagovolunteerexpo.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Chicago Volunteer Expo</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">was spectacular, and we’re thinking
that 2019 will be even better since clearly this was all <b>MEANT TO BE</b>. Hmmmm… Since they’re supplying the art supplies for
us, we’ll have to think of what we should grab last second that might be a game
changer! </span></div>
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the world, who comes to mind? Although there’s been a shift in the top 1% based
on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/03/06/jeff-bezos-unseats-bill-gates-forbes-2018-richest-billionaires-list/398877002/">Amazon’s
rise</a></span>, we have a feeling that Bill Gates comes to mind. So what does
it take to be one of the wealthiest people in the world? You have to be
strategic and daring. For example, Jeff Bezos started selling books online when
Borders and Barnes & Noble were dominating the market. He then expanded on
that and now Amazon sells all types of products. As for Bill Gates, he originally
started with creating computer software which has now grown into one of the
largest global businesses across many different fields such as Software
(Microsoft Office), Gaming (Microsoft X-Box), Search (Bing), and more. If you strictly
look at Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos right now in terms of their overall wealth,
you’d see that based on the stock prices and how Amazon has grown, that Jeff Bezos
is the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/#353e9342251c">richest person in the
world</a></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">One thing that’s particulary impressive
about Bill Gates is how much he’s dedicated to giving back. Something we may
have all heard before is how he started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. After
checking their site and some follow ups on Wikipedia, we found that the Gates have
given billions to help people in need, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation</a></span>.
This foundation has given back by enhancing healthcare and improving access to
information technology, among other important things. With that in mind we can
clearly see the data for the worth/wealth of Gates and Bezos, but in our
opinion their overall value on society differs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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most wealthy and caring individuals has done as a whole, but we have some more
behind the scenes information to divulge. We need to tell you why it’s VERY
different from some of the broad PR information or top of the line tweets that
you may be seeing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has donated over a billion dollars to nonprofits, but what’s even more valuable
is that they’ve donated their time. In our eyes, what’s even more distinct is that
they’ve done it proudly! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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largest financial contribution from <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/">Microsoft</a></span>.
We reached out to some of our contacts and let them know they’re currently on
their way to sponsoring a <a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-bias-reward.html">GO Kart</a>
as our way of rewarding a hospital for being a great partner with their cards.
Here are some of the key ways that <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/">Microsoft</a></span>
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from multiple stores, but in Q4 2018 we received cards from one of their main
offices in Chicago. We were updated about how they encouraged employees to set
aside time throughout the week to volunteer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to be 100% open and honest. Whenever we’re writing these blog posts we have to
provide ALL the background and give you ALL the information as our way of
saying thanks for taking the time to review and learn more about our
organization. Here’s that truth. This whole blog post is talking about how <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/">Microsoft</a></span>
is one of the greatest groups and how much of a difference they’ve made. If you
look directly at the numbers from November, you could see that just like in the
first paragraph where Bill Gates is #2, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/">Microsoft</a></span>
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peak and our <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/07/had-to-say-something.html">Secret
Admirer</a></span> donated about $400 more. Now an outsider could look at that
and focus on the difference in dollars when they compare the impact, but for us,
we can say that with these two world renowned companies, it’s amazing to look
at the difference on how they’re willing to be associated with our
organization. We’ll forever be thankful for <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/07/had-to-say-something.html">Secret
Admirer</a></span>, but since they made us sign a form that we wouldn’t mention
their name we’ll look at them a bit differently. With <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/">Microsoft</a>,</span>
they’re making cards, taking pictures, and are proudly allowing us to post their
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and ask us about where we send and/or receive cards. Thanks to detailed formulas we keep in Excel,
we’re able to easily answer those questions. That way we can keep track of how
to update our Participants tab and we’ll know where we need to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-bias-reward.html">donate our
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get that assistance thanks to the help of “<b>MICROSOFT
OFFICE” – </b>whether that’s the company or the software and that’s something
we won’t forget! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We’ll start
off by describing what could be on the cover for one of the easiest, most
encouraging cards one could make. </span></div>
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Awesome</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">B.
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about it, that’s a tough choice. There are benefits for each distinct word.
Before we answered this question on our own, we decided to open it up and ask a
few people. Per usual, we did some research while traveling. This time it was
at the airport. We asked the first respondent and she said “A” for awesome. The
next gentleman we asked said, “Awesome for sure.” Then the third respondent
quickly responded, “A!” Finally, the fourth respondent quipped a quick “A” as well.
We guess it’s a good thing to be awesome. Still, there must be some benefits to
being attractive. There would also be some advantages to being extremely witty
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There is
clearly a leader, but if what if we switched it up a bit? What if we were no
longer talking about people and were talking about something that our
volunteers knew a bit more about – making cards and uplifting spirits. The card
would be something like,</span><br />
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<li>Please pick one. Participating in <span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> is:</span></li>
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the three key bullet points are trying to highlight if hosting an event and
making cards is strictly fun, feels rewarding, or if people are doing it since
the process is just strictly easy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now you may be leaning between
a couple, just like our first participant was when we asked the first set of
multiple choice questions, but you have to think of the one that represents
this event the most. With the midterm elections recently passing here in the USA
most of us can remember how important it is to fill out the ballots and/or
scantrons correctly. </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">It’s not every day that
you get to use glitter glue and stickers. This is one of those times when you
get to reconnect with some of your favorite Disney characters. Also, for some
of those who plan ahead this is also an excuse to do a bit of research and look
up a bunch of jokes. For example, the one we mentioned before, Q) Why can’t you
give Elsa a balloon? Because she’ll </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU">let it go</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">.</span></li>
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</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">We try to post pictures
consistently of the thank you cards that we receive from the hospitals, quotes
from the hospitals/homes, as well as pictures from some of our special
deliveries. With all of these posts, you can see that your hard work is making
a difference. Although we can’t show you exactly where your card is going, you
can see some examples of the type of impact your cards are making. We’ve
highlighted how your handmade cards are impacting families at their most trying
times so that you know your cards are uplifting spirits. Even better, if you’re
following our recommendation and using card stock and/or high quality
construction paper you know you’re making a lasting impact. We recently heard
from another mother who told us about how her child was getting ready to
collect her cards and take them with her to decorate her hospital room during
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Calming/Easy. </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So we have an Insider
Information PowerPoint with tips and tricks on how to hold an event that can
make a lasting impact on the kids, but with all the information that’s on the
website, most people don’t need it. The PowerPoint we provide has details like
please don’t send holiday cards too late, please use card stock, tips for the
resume, but between the blog posts and other links most people are all set.
It’s interesting that one can host an event with multiple offices around the
world OR simply get together with a couple friends AND they don’t need to really
receive confirmation from us at all. There are some nonprofits where you need
to sign up to serve on specific days or show up at specific locations, but with
us you can rest at ease because you can simply work from your current locations
and know that you’re making a global impact.</span> </span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">D. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALL OF THE ABOVE</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">With this
card you’re highlighting that the child is Awesome, Beautiful and Clever. And
you did follow the rules - you selected one answer, D. Now with participating
in </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">C</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">r</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">z</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> for </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">K</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">d</span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">!</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> one could say that they’re <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ALL OF THE ABOVE </b>for the second set of criteria we laid out -
Amusing, Bountiful, and Calming. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">To see more pictures and stories, please check out our website <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.cardzforkidz.org/">www.cardzforkidz.org</a></span>;
like us on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz">Facebook</a></span>; follow us on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://twitter.com/cardzforkidz">Twitter</a></span>
and <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cardzforkidz/">Instagram</a></span>;
visit our <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://plus.google.com/117185656216243078152">Google+</a></span> or <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardz-for-kidz">LinkedIn</a></span>
pages! Also, check out some of our videos on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1nFN1UqKLmht7us--owSg">YouTube</a></span>!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-12056092103978544402018-12-20T07:00:00.000-08:002018-12-28T20:40:20.790-08:00Beyond Thankful<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here we go
again – we’re going to be 100% open and honest. Originally we were going to
provide a quote from an email, but we realized that wouldn’t <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">be the <a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/07/not-as-nice.html">nicest</a></span></span></span>,
so we’re just going to provide a brief summary of some of the different things
we’ve been experiencing behind the scenes and why that makes us so thankful for
some of our key artists. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We’re not
sure if you’ve seen it, but we have a </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/participants/">page on our website</a></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> that recognizes all of the groups who
agreed to be recognized and the amount of cards they’ve made - #everycardcounts.
One time an individual reached out to us and asked if we recognized independent
artists and put their names up on our site as well. While we do not, we
stressed how independent artists are #1; at the time, they produced over 10,000
cards while the next highest group was less than 5,000 - #everycardcounts. We
told them that in order to recognize our artists, we promise to post pictures
of their artwork on at least one of our social sites. Their response to this was
that we should redo our website. They believed that we should pay more for a
separate page on our site OR find a way to list their individual name as a key
contributor. We found out they did something similar to our sister nonprofit as
well, Send a Smile Today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hey, maybe
that’s normal. Maybe that’s what EVERYONE is thinking. It’s just not what we’ve
been experiencing whether via our team or the top artists we’ve been connecting
with. We’ve highlighted a couple times how there’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">no such thing</i> as a </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">employee, </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/07/amateurs-impact.html">#amateursimpact</a></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">. If you search LinkedIn, you’ll see
there are a couple people with titles, but everyone has another paid position
as well. With that in mind, everyone ranging from the people counting the cards
to the advisory board members is simply doing this in their free time.
Therefore, they most likely have 9-5 jobs, families, and we’re hoping a life
(aka hobbies) they enjoy as well. Now that’s a full plate! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When we
asked one of our volunteers how she would feel if people told her she needed to
do more she said, “You’d need to pay me!” Understood. We already think it’s
great how our </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/12/flying-cape.html">Superhero</a></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/10/love-her-more.html">Dream
Girl</a></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> and other
behind the scenes volunteers are so dedicated. We’ve been able to grow since
they’ve donated over 220 hours of time volunteering. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Circling
back to the potential new independent artist’s request, what we’re </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">currently doing is a two part response. We always post pictures on at
least one of our social sites, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2016/07/solemnly-swear.html">#solemnlyswear</a></span>,
so artists can see that we’ve received their cards and so that people can get
an idea of some fun examples. It’s interesting. Is that enough? It all depends
on who you ask. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">What we
think is equally impressive is how some of our top independent artists are
exceeding a lot of top global corporations, but yet they are making things
EXTREMELY easy for us. They never check in on their cards, they make them in
many languages, and simply “like” the social posts that recognize we’ve
received their cards. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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breakout of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">some</i> of those top artists
and their contributions:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Then there
are some essential independent artists who are not only making quality cards,
but are also helping us spread the word about the different initiatives we have
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We thought
everyone was on the same page with that background on our organization.
Therefore, with all the necessary details that need to take place ranging from
counting the thousands of cards to moving logos on the website, it’s hard to
respond to everything all at once since this is done as a passionate hobby. We’re
sorry that we’re currently unable to do more, but we’re <b>BEYOND THANKFUL</b> that we have several artists and volunteers who are
doing more than enough. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">#beyondthankful #upliftingspirits<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">To see more pictures and stories, please check out our website </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.cardzforkidz.org/">www.cardzforkidz.org</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">;
like us on </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz">Facebook</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">; follow us on </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://twitter.com/cardzforkidz">Twitter</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
and </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cardzforkidz/">Instagram</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">;
visit our </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/117185656216243078152">Google+</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> or </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardz-for-kidz">LinkedIn</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
pages! Also, check out some of our videos on </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1nFN1UqKLmht7us--owSg">YouTube</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">!</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-70782558972139713942018-11-29T09:35:00.000-08:002019-11-11T20:58:45.601-08:00A Bias Reward<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">“There has to be a better way.” I’m sure
that’s what some people were thinking when they saw our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz/videos/185413949068198/UzpfSTIyMzQzMDc6MTAxMTA4NjcxNTA0MDAzMDM/?__tn__=%2CdlC-R-R&eid=ARC9n0WWbqcTbCU-Ilxbz_3IfY5gS6n0WC3_EacG9tK3PJNXzT1_aVEfu_IAkYzSgrl-o7b5ZP8rMm0C&hc_ref=ARSSCoKn6nrg16fp42SzH0U-mo57YWIPGSpXL8JCkQoVyBY6s19F-UB1ziNEAnvQ29M">Facebook Live post earlier this week</a> outlining how we’re going to start rewarding hospitals/homes for 3 quarters in
a row with a GO Kart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">I figure if I’m able to make a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz/videos/185413949068198/UzpfSTIyMzQzMDc6MTAxMTA4NjcxNTA0MDAzMDM/?__tn__=%2CdlC-R-R&eid=ARC9n0WWbqcTbCU-Ilxbz_3IfY5gS6n0WC3_EacG9tK3PJNXzT1_aVEfu_IAkYzSgrl-o7b5ZP8rMm0C&hc_ref=ARSSCoKn6nrg16fp42SzH0U-mo57YWIPGSpXL8JCkQoVyBY6s19F-UB1ziNEAnvQ29M">Facebook Live post</a> as myself, Ike founder of </span><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">C</span><span style="background: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">a</span><span style="background: white; color: #00b050; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">r</span><span style="background: white; color: #70ad47; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">d</span><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">z</span><span style="background: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> for </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">K</span><span style="background: white; color: #6699cc; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">i</span><span style="background: white; color: #00b050; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">d</span><span style="background: white; color: #70ad47; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">z</span><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">!</span></a>,<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> in first person then I can do a follow up blog post in first
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First off, I agree that there was probably a better way to announce how and/or
why we’re going to dedicate a large set of funds strictly to reward and
entertain kids who are confined to their beds. Secondly, I understand I
probably could have gotten an official vote from the board on their opinion on
whether and/or how we should use the potential incoming funds. Should we save
those for our </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2014/04/when-we-grow-up.html">When We
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Although things have been stable, I figured
that since I was going through my least favorite set of testing, EEGs, I could
make an executive decision to help kids who are going through similar situations.
This EEG test will always hold a negative, albeit special, place in my heart
since, as touched on the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2015/09/cant-complain.html">Can’t
Complain</a></span> blog post, it was during this set of testing that I
received some of the scariest news before my surgery. Then it was during
another EEG test that I had my <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/03/purple-pride.html">one and only
grand mal seizure</a>,</span> which derailed my safety net that I set up for
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I’ve been sending special shipments to kids whose parents used hashtags related
to epilepsy, ranging from something I agree with (e.g. #seizuressuck) to
something more broad (e.g. #epilepsy). As always in those letters, I tell the
children they were/are a VIP (Very Important Patient/Person), so they deserve
extra cards. Then I highlight how they’ll be in my prayers since us overcomers
have to stick together. Here are some examples from those recent deliveries
this month: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">I’ve mentioned before that I’m proud that
I’ve been strong enough to battle with this special (dis)ability, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/03/purple-pride.html">#purplepride</a></span>,
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">In the past I shared the article from the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/brain-health/epilepsy-struggle-inspires-u-m-graduate-to-give-back">University
of Michigan Health System</a></span> that highlights the improvement I’ve made
and the connection with my doctors, but didn’t touch on the ongoing tests
and/or how over the years epilepsy has impacted work and life outside of it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">With this Facebook Live, I wanted to give
everyone as close up a view as possible as to what I was thinking and have been
going through. One thing I could
show is what it’s like not being able to leave your room because of procedure.
I could try to give you that glimpse for a patients’ perspective. I’ve provided
descriptive stories in the past, pictures throughout the process, and my
expressed personal passion, and I hope it helps people understand how and why
they should make a difference for the children who are confined to their rooms
based on their medical conditions and/or testing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Therefore, publicly overcoming this most
recent EEG experience hopefully helps turn things around. I’ll use this most
recent experience to explain why I’ll never be able to forget about the kids
who are confined to their rooms based on their conditions. I’ve felt what some
of the kids are going through EEGs and epilepsy and can’t complain since there
are some kids who are going through some other more terrifying experience.
Based on that knowledge, I made an executive decision. Any hospital/home who
consistently responds and lets us know they’ve received the cards we sent to
their children - and confirms they were handed out - will receive a GO Kart. I
know all about the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/05/in-room.html">Hippo name HIPPA</a>,
</span>where hospitals can’t send pictures of the kids without a more detailed
process/request form, but they can send pictures of their employees so we know
that they’re still our correct contacts and that the kids who are confined to
their rooms are being encouraged. We’re currently partnering with nearly 100
locations and those systems are $3500 each. We’re hoping that with signing up
for a Facebook non-profit where people can raise money on their birthday, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/donate/">our site</a></span>,
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/cardzforkidz">GoFundMe</a></span>,
corporate giving and other potential methods we can raise enough money to
reward every hospital/home that responds with a picture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or save up to hire some employees, but based on these EEGs and being stuck in a
hospital room again, I’m setting up <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A
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IL and just walking along Michigan Avenue (on the way to Ann & Robert H.
Lurie Children’s Hospital), you can see how everything is already decked out for
the holiday season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;">Getting everyone in
the seasonal mood ASAP!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;">We know whether it’s the songs, holiday decorations, and/or companies just
providing time, we often receive an increase in cards during the holiday season.
We just want to remind everyone that it’s important that you are still inspired
to make cards even if it’s not strictly holiday related/themed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about our “<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/01/best-nightmare.html">Best
Nightmare</a>.</span>” In summary, that post touches on how we received a BUNCH
of holiday cards the week of Christmas. In order to stick to our hashtag—#everycardcounts,
our founder drove around to hospitals, shelters, and other locations in the
Atlanta, GA area in order to make sure those cards were delivered.
Unfortunately, more cards still came <b><i>after</i></b> the holidays. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of “<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/01/best-nightmare.html">Best
Nightmare</a></span>”:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;">Changed: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Shipping location. As
touched on before, everyone who “works” with </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"> does so on a
volunteer basis. At the time our founder was living in and having the cards
shipped down to Atlanta. As you can see on our website our current delivery
location is now in Chicago—323 E Wacker #11, Chicago, IL 60601.</span></li>
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</span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;">Remained the same: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Spending the week of
Christmas in the Atlanta area. How it works is that our founder collects the
cards, then has volunteers come to the “card counting parties” where everyone
counts them up. Since no one is available to pick up the cards the week of Christmas,
we need to receive all holiday cards significantly before then.</span></li>
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of holiday cards that we’re getting ready to send to some children and families
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Actually, it would be great if more people followed our friend, Karen G in
IL’s lead. She sends us cards for a particular holiday the holiday before. For
example, around Memorial Day she’ll start sending us Fourth of July cards along
with her beautiful cards that are not related to any season or holiday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;">In addition, we need to remember that although many of us celebrate the
holidays there are many children and families in these hospitals who do not.
Therefore, our partner hospitals may be getting one-time donations from other
groups or individuals who strictly make cards around the holidays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;">With that in
mind, we need to make sure that all of our partners have the right combination
of all types of cards. Also, we want to make sure they have some flexibility to
hold on to our card supply a bit longer just in case they get a bunch of
holiday cards from other places. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;">We know this may not be as exciting and that during your parties and/or
when you sit down to make cards in your free time, this month and in December, people
will be focused on the holiday season; still, please remember that children are
<b>STILL IN THE MOOD</b> to receive your
cards even if they don’t specifically say, “Happy Holidays!” or “Seasons’ Greetings!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">To see more pictures
and stories, please check out our website <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.cardzforkidz.org/">www.cardzforkidz.org</a></span>; like us on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz">Facebook</a></span>;
follow us on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://twitter.com/cardzforkidz">Twitter</a></span>
and <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cardzforkidz/">Instagram</a></span>;
visit our <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://plus.google.com/117185656216243078152">Google+</a></span> or <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardz-for-kidz">LinkedIn</a></span>
pages! Also, check out some of our videos on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1nFN1UqKLmht7us--owSg">YouTube</a></span>!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc";"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;"> </span><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">for</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;"> </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> is an organization dedicated to uplifting the spirits of disheartened
children across the globe by delivering inspiring homemade cards. That’s our
mission statement, but as we’ve mentioned before that doesn’t encompass
everything we do - <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2014/11/no-more-changes.html">#nomorechanges</a></span>.
For example, we’re purchasing <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/02/more-powerful-smiles.html">GO
Karts</a></span> for some of our primary partner hospitals/homes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">In addition, if you see some of our full
social posts on Instagram you’ll see a lot of hashtags. Those range from some
that have a double meaning (#everycardcounts) to ones that show how we’re
thankful for all types of cards that we receive (#graciasportodo) - (<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2016/10/our-hashtag-is-calling.html">Our
Hashtag is Calling</a></span>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We’ve been doing our absolute best to show
your cards on our social sites and even more importantly, although there’s a
hippo in the room, doing our best to show pictures of where those cards are
going and the impact they’re having - <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/05/in-room.html">#intheroom</a></span>.
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">It seems that with the description of our
background, our goals, and our impact, most people LOVE what we’re doing, but
don’t necessarily follow through. Please understand, we know that things pop up
that complicate situations and make it difficult to complete additional tasks. One
reason why joining in with </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">for</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> is so important is that you’re having an impact on children AND their
families; you’re brightening up multiple lives when they need it the most. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We’ve highlighted before how we’re <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/07/not-as-nice.html">all nice</a></span>
over here, but we have special request. When you hear about making a difference
on these children and their families’ lives, please make sure that it’s NOT
something that you’re simply interested in doing. Please make sure that it’s NOT
simply something you plan on doing some day. Please set a date to start! We
can’t imagine how much more of an impact we’d be able to have if more
volunteers were able to switch their original <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">INTENT TO ACTION</b>; action of making handmade cards and uplifting
more spirits across the globe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">To see more pictures and stories, please check out our website <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.cardzforkidz.org/">www.cardzforkidz.org</a></span>;
like us on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz">Facebook</a></span>; follow us on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://twitter.com/cardzforkidz">Twitter</a></span>
and <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cardzforkidz/">Instagram</a></span>;
visit our <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://plus.google.com/117185656216243078152">Google+</a></span> or <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardz-for-kidz">LinkedIn</a></span>
pages! Also, check out some of our videos on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1nFN1UqKLmht7us--owSg">YouTube</a></span>!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-53975940575226215732018-11-08T07:30:00.000-08:002018-11-08T07:30:11.825-08:00Overall Value<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Dual. It’s an interesting word that’s
commonly used. For example, with the football season in full swing you’ll hear
comments about a “dual threat quarterback,” one who’s able to effectively throw
and run the ball down the field. Then you have something like a “dual cultural
event.” With this, you’re combining different groups in order to celebrate
their different heritages all at once. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">With </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">z</span><span style="mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">our overall goal is to have a dual objective
with an equal focus on both. Here’s an explanation of how both our artists and
the hospitals/shelters have multiple objectives:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We want to make hosting an event as efficient
and low-cost as possible, but for our artists to still feel rewarded and have
fun. Then we want to make sure the hospitals feel that receiving the cards was
easy, but also have an extremely high return and impact on their kids. With
both parties, there are dual focuses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We’ll use our media minds to explain a
little bit more. It’s pretty easy to measure the overall cost to host a </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Kristen ITC"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">z</span><span style="mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">!</span></a> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">event. Participants don’t have to pay us anything in order to join in. We
recommend they use our </span><a href="file:///C:/Users/ijnwa/Downloads/smile.amazon.com/ch/46-1594296"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Amazon Smile link</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> to purchase our supplies, but really
you can find them anywhere. Then you simply purchase the amount you need for
your group and even <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>use a bunch of those
supplies for future events. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the fact that as of 10/22/2018 we’ve received and tracked over 70,000 cards.
Then, when looking into our total expenses which ranges from purchasing <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/02/more-powerful-smiles.html">GO
Karts</a></span> to shipping cards around the world, we’ve only had a $0.65
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sites and in prior blog posts, but in our opinion it’s not necessarily the key,
yet still important. We know with the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/05/in-room.html">Hippo named HIPPA
in the room</a></span> it’ll be a bit harder to get all of the artists to feel
the true value of their cards. Hospitals aren’t allowed to simply take pictures
of children who are overcoming medical conditions. We have to ask for their
permission to share them on social media since patient privacy is important to
everyone. Although we’re not able to send you confirmation emails, we do <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2016/07/solemnly-swear.html">Solemly
Swear</a></span> to help make the process efficient for everyone and post
pictures of your cards on our social sites so everyone can get ideas for what
to make for their next card, as well as to understand that we’ve received their
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the Return on Investment. Since we can’t post pictures of all the children in
the hospital, we do check with the parents and families we send cards to in the
special deliveries and ask them if we can post pictures. We feel that can be
pretty rewarding to our artist. By simply posting these pictures, our artists
can feel rewarded knowing that people around the world are seeing their
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at a variety of locations we learned there’s a combination of low CPA and high
ROI at the delivery points as well. We partner with hospitals/homes of all
sizes, but we’ve noticed that since we’re reaching places around the world and
specialize in reaching small to midsize locations, they’re extremely grateful.
Often when we first start connecting with new locations, it takes a couple
phones calls, tweets, and/or emails to explain our organization and highlight
that we intentionally reached out to them even if they do have a smaller
pediatric department. Once we get in touch with them, we just highlight how
it’s EASY to receive cards (low CPA), but it’s very rewarding for their staff
and their kids; everyone loves it (high ROI). Once we finalize the process,
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connections and social posts we’ve had with hospitals/homes and kids/families
who’ve received cards directly, we KNOW for sure your cards are making a big
difference. Looking at some of the pictures and seeing the smiles from everyone
involved in the Cardz WITH Kidz events, we know that’s rewarding as well. Then
again, if you look at the pics of people smiling during their events at the
office and knowing how the only costs are the supplies and shipping we know
there’s a low CPA. Therefore, we feel the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">OVERALL
VALUE</b> of impacting children’s lives has been accomplished very efficiently
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<br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-18090794394589234762018-10-31T23:59:00.000-07:002018-10-31T23:59:02.374-07:00Chase Your Dreams<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Want to know something? Starting in Q4,
we’re going to start making a promise to hospitals that we’re currently unable
to fulfill. We figure that although it’s currently out of our league, we can
still set our goals high and strive for success. Just a warning, you’ll start
to see more links to our donation page, GoFundMe, and other ways to donate! </span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">😊</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Why NOT set our dreams high and make large
promises to hospitals? For a dose of nostalgia, it was less than 6 years ago
that we became a certified non-profit. But that only meant that we had the
paperwork completed. Looking back to December 2012 or Q4 2012, we received 672
cards. Harley Davidson was the only group who had joined in who didn’t have a
direct connection with our founder; they saw a flyer he posted in a Starbucks
outside his office.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Now let’s fast forward 6 years where we’re
still not spending money on advertising and our last full quarter, Q2 2018,
where we received over 8,000 cards! That’s twelve times as many cards within 6
years without any paid marketing at all. In Q4 2012, we made our first shipment
outside of the Midwest and also sent our first shipment to kids who were not in
a hospital; we sent 235 cards to kids at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Nowadays
we’ve expanded our reach across the country and have official partnerships in
each continent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Any time we hear of a school shooting, bus
accident, or anything that troubles kids, we send a shipment of cards to
encourage them. Plus, we’re making special deliveries to kids in Ronald
McDonald Houses and children at homes that are going through tough times.
Direct to the MidWest was once 100%, but now is strictly a component of our
overall participation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Today when we’re talking to groups who are
considering joining in we tell them we have participation with companies such
as Google and Microsoft, as well as neighborhood Girl Scout Troops. Potential
hospitals and participants are immediately impressed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Why are we telling you all of this? Why are
we telling you where we’re currently standing and how we’ve grown? It’s because
this wasn’t part of the original plan back in 2010. Even when we got the
certification we didn’t think we’d have some of the most renowned groups
joining in and helping us evenly distribute encouraging cards to kids in each
continent. None of this was planned. None of this was expected. All of this
happened because we continued to pursue it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Our request to you is to please <b>CHASE
YOUR DREAMS.</b> You’ll be impressed in what you can accomplish. We’re still
astonished, just like we were when we got the original letter from the IRS and looked
at the record breaking numbers in Q2 2018! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like us on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz">Facebook</a></span>; follow us on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://twitter.com/cardzforkidz">Twitter</a></span>
and <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cardzforkidz/">Instagram</a></span>;
visit our <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://plus.google.com/117185656216243078152">Google+</a></span> or <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardz-for-kidz">LinkedIn</a></span>
pages! Also, check out some of our videos on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1nFN1UqKLmht7us--owSg">YouTube</a></span>!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-62915386295668013132018-10-11T07:30:00.000-07:002018-10-11T07:30:03.454-07:00Lifeline for Assistance<br />
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first, and quite honestly we didn’t want to do the in-depth research, so we did
the type of analysis we often touch on in these blog posts – by asking people
in the airport and/or on the trian. The topic in question was, “What was the
first ever Reality TV Show?” We were in the four passenger seat on an Amtrak train,
and at first we asked two young ladies what their first recollection was. One
said <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_(U.S._TV_series)">Amazing
Race</a></span> while the other said <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Next_Top_Model">America’s Next
Top Model</a></span>. Then we checked with another gentleman on board and he responded
with MTV’s <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_World_(TV_series)">Real World</a></span>.
We didn’t fact check their answers, but we’re assuming those were all pretty
early! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Then again, what about trivia or game shows?
Are those considered Reality TV? Those are unscripted, right? If so, you have
to date back to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy!">Jeopardy</a></span>, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_of_Fortune_(U.S._game_show)">Wheel of
Fortune</a></span>, and <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire_(U.S._game_show)">Who
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Seeing how nowadays unscripted television is
booming in popularity, we’re going to relate </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">to a combination of those kinds of shows. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">First, for some background, </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> is what happens when you put an interest in impacting disheartened
children and a passion for handmade artwork together. People stop simply being
polite and/or courteous, but truly become compassionate and work together to
make a difference in children’s lives across the globe. What originally started
as just an activity for one group of young adults and children has grown into
global corporations, groups of children, and families around the world joining
in to make a difference. It’s hard to believe, but there are no scripts. This
is happening in the Real World, around the world!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Also, as we always say, #everycardcounts.
Therefore, every card is important AND we keep track of where every card is
coming from. Still, there’s always a bit of intrigue at the end of the quarter
since people are interested to see the Next Top 10. Originally, the role of the
judge was much easier and there was less to choose from, but now that we’ve
grown from the hundreds to the thousands of cards, we’ve had to work with
creative directors to make that selection. What adds to the pressure even more
so is that currently if the judges select their cards, these panelists will be
invited to a special Cardz WITH Kidz event at one of our partner Children’s
Hospitals. Thankfully, just like we hear Tyra is, our judges are qualified to
pick America’s Next Top Artists. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Although it may seem like it’s “<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2013/09/and-they-all-lived-happily-ever-after.html">happily
ever after</a></span>” for our organization, there have been some difficulties along
the road. For example, since this is one hundred percent free for everyone
involved, </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> isn’t able to do paid advertising. And because of personal preferences,
we don’t like to constantly flood our contributors with email reminders and/or
requests asking for donations and increased participations. One may say it’s
not as difficult as climbing mountains, skydiving or other extreme events, but the
participation influxes have been a challenge to deal with. That was the reason
we made such a big deal about <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-definition.html">Arrowstream</a></span>
and <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/08/break-record.html">Huron
Consulting Group</a></span> when they decided to join in since they’ve
consistently made cards each quarter. Although we’ve been primarily targeting groups
to make cards, Independent Artists, or people simply making cards in their free
time, have been our top contributors. They have made at least twice as many
cards as any group that’s joined in. Thankfully, with everyone joining in we’ve
been able to reach all the check points and reach kids all around the world. We’re
thankful that we’ve been able to hang in there and have also been doing a
pretty good job at keeping up with this Amazing Race. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We did mention it on our social sites
before, but we would love to consistently grow in many ways. We know there’s a
looooong way to go, but we mentioned before that our dream would be to do more
for the kids while they’re in the hospital (<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/05/perfect-pair.html">#perfectpair</a></span>)
and after they get out to help them in the long run in life (<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2014/04/when-we-grow-up.html">#whenwegrowup</a></span>).
While we feel blessed that we do have a partnership in each continent, we’d love
to be able to cover all 50 states and have the majority of these cities
covered. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">If we achieved all of that, just like Wheel
of Fortune, that’d be like hitting the jackpot! We know we’ve recently been
adding on a couple more board members to the team to help contribute to
answering some of the tougher questions (e.g. consistent way to get more cards
in French). We understand that, similar to Jeopardy, it’s more of a team sport.
One thing we know for sure is that we’ll need some help if we continue to grow.
We’ll need more volunteers similar to the ones we currently have and also need
more people to reach out to their contacts at hospitals/homes to see if we can
start sending those kids our handmade cards. We just know that with our average
quarter over quarter growth rate being 31%, who knows, maybe one of these days
we’ll get what we want and we’ll be a millionaire in terms of the amount of
cards we receive each quarter. But before we get to those stages, we’re
reaching out to YOU, one of our <b>LIFELINES
FOR ASSISTANCE,</b> so we can be prepared for expansion. Please help us connect
to more hospitals/homes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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visit our <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://plus.google.com/117185656216243078152">Google+</a></span> or <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardz-for-kidz">LinkedIn</a></span>
pages! Also, check out some of our videos on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1nFN1UqKLmht7us--owSg">YouTube</a></span>!</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-84063663265861609342018-10-04T07:00:00.000-07:002018-10-05T16:18:05.498-07:00Love Her More<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We wanted to name the child in our logo so that we could
strictly use that name rather than saying “it” or the dreaded “him” or “her.”
People often look at our logo and assume it’s a him based on the hair, but
based on our experience and the kids we work with we know all genders can be hairless
due to the conditions they’re overcoming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We set up this poll (<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://freeonlinesurveys.com/p/fnotnqdy?qid=929530">link
here</a></span> - please don’t vote till you finish this blog) to get your input on some potential
names for our logo, but unfortunately we weren’t able to get many votes. Based
on the lack of votes and the story below, we think we’ll have to make an
executive decision! We’re naming our logo, at least for now, Taylor - and this
blog post will explain why. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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go for both males and females. One portion of the millennial age group may hear
the name and think of the singer Taylor Swift. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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date a bit farther back and think of the show <i>Home Improvement</i> and of their crush and/or being jealous of JTT –
Jonathon Taylor Thomas!</span></div>
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Kitsch, Taylor Schilling, Taylor Kinney, etc. We even did some research and
asked a woman at the airport who stated, “Ahhh, it’s both. I know a male named
Taylor and a female named Taylor.” Perfect. All set. The name works for both
genders!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the others in the poll, it’s closer to the name Tyler. Over the years we’ve
learned we need to be pretty Tyler-like and this blog post will explain why! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Thinking of Taylor and </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">as a whole, our “ideal mate” would be
someone who willfully and consistently volunteered behind the scenes, someone
who took </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">to some of their groups they were a part of,
someone who attended </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">and brought friends, someone who was great
with pediatric patients, and last but not least, someone who was an amazing
artist. In summary, someone like <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexisevans/">Alexis Evans</a>.
Unfortunately, when we checked with her fiance, Tyler, he confirmed that she
was off the market and there was no way our Taylor could win her heart. Now
there’s a battle! Taylor vs Tyler. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We’ve written about a couple before, (<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2016/03/best-of-both-worlds.html">#BestofBothWorlds</a></span>),
and they’re both still contributing, but this time it’s a bit different. Alexis,
also known as Lex, is perfect for </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc";"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc";">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">and we’re assuming our Taylor isn’t as happy
about this couple and instead is a bit jealous.
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We interviewed both Tyler (fiance) and
Taylor (logo) about their opinions, history, and what makes Alexis so special
and here are some of their battle points:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Favorite Aspects:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">When we asked Tyler what he liked about her he
stated, “She’s very kind, understanding, and has a good sense of humor.“ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">In order to follow up, we think Taylor would
respond with the similar comment of, “She’s so nice, always very dedicated to
giving back and helps in a variety of ways.” That giving back ranges from
bringing Tyler to some of the volunteer shifts and/or parties to launching the
only events at Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Chicago. She went above and
beyond. Not just the fun stuff of making the cards with the children and other
volunteers, but even did the administrative stuff so BBBS Chicago was one of
the first logos to go up on our website.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">One of the first – down at the bottom – a
building block – our foundation</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">When asked how to summarize Lex in one word
Tyler said, “Fun.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Taylor’s response would be, “Impressive.” The
reason for that, as mentioned above when listing out Taylor’s dream person, we
listed out <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">someone who was great with
pediatric patients.</i> Everyone who follows </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">on social sites had a chance to see how
impressive Alexis was with the children and their families during the Cardz
WITH Kidz event. Now it’s a debate of was it more impressive seeing her with
the kids OR seeing her amazing artwork? In Q3 2017 when we received over five
thousand cards, her card was selected into the OVERALL Top 10 and her tree card
was in a tie for second place – <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://freeonlinesurveys.com/p/jdUcVpT4?qid=997202">link to picture and
poll</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">When we asked Tyler about how long they had
been dating he made it clear it’s been for over 37,230 hours. Wow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Taylor was shocked with those hours, but was
not thinking about the time Lex has particpated in </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">events, taking it to her other non-profits,
and/or making cards in her free-time. Strictly while looking into the time that
she’s spent counting cards and doing that behind-the-scenes work, Alexis has
been with Taylor for 55.75 hours as of 9/21/2018! That’s still VERY impressive
– second most ever. #everyhourcounts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Similar Connections:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">While connecting with Tyler he made it clear
that he and Alexis were able to get along with the same group of friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Once again, that’s pretty important in a
relationship. Taylor would battle back and highlight how, thanks to Alexis,
there are similar connections as well. Lex started things off at Big Brother
Big Sister Chicago and has spent additional hours volunteering at the Chicago
Volunteer Expo. Therefore, there have been a lot of similar connections with
Taylor and Lex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Secure from the Beginning:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Tyler knew early on they had something
special, so they got an apartment together less than 9 months after dating! He was
even willing to live out of a duffle bag before they officially moved in
together. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Taylor’s response would be that although they
never lived together, maybe it could be an option in the future. Taylor loves how Lex
is willing to travel across Chicago to the </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">‘s headquarters (aka our founder’s living room) and donate time. Who knows…
maybe when things expand, and Taylor, as well as the organization first grows
up (<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2014/04/when-we-grow-up.html">#whenwegrowup</a></span>),
there will be an office. <span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">When we asked Tyler if there was anything
else he’d like to mention about Lex, such as an inside joke or something sweet
to say, he said, “Mucho forte.” That’s something that Lex would understand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there was anything else worth speaking to, the only thing Taylor said was,
“Thank you. Hopefully she understands why.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Okay, so we understand that Tyler and Lex
are getting ready to enjoy their destination wedding later on this year. And
there’s obviously a ring involved. So the hours, words, and the types of
connections are debatable and some even more trivial, but we all have to admit
since Alexis said yes to the ring from Tyler, and not Taylor, we think she made
her decision! Although Tyler won, some may still debate that Taylor <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LOVES HER MORE </b>and/or is a bit more
thankful. Then again we… STOP EVERYTHING.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">During all those volunteer hours, attending
fundraisers, tagging pictures on Facebook and even writing this blog post,
we’ve always referred to her as her full name, Alexis or her nickname, Lex. Since she didn’t choose
Taylor, maybe we should have considered naming our logo Alex after her. Then
again, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.famousbirthdays.com/names/alexis.html">Alexis</a></span> could
work too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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let us know what you think (please vote now)- <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://freeonlinesurveys.com/p/fnotnqdy?qid=929530">http://freeonlinesurveys.com/p/fnotnqdy?qid=929530</a></span>,
please write in Alexis if that’s your choice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">p.s. This part of the blog is unedited so there may be some errors. We just wanted to make sure you knew we thought of that Alex idea ourselves rather than Alex our blog post editor! She's the last nice one we mention, www.cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2018/07/not-as-nice.html.</span></div>
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visit our <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://plus.google.com/117185656216243078152">Google+</a></span> or <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardz-for-kidz">LinkedIn</a></span>
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Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-40606173741697846882018-09-27T09:00:00.000-07:002018-09-27T09:00:06.091-07:00Take Action<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Bitterness. Rivalry. Competition. Warfare.
Destruction. All of these terms are consistently expressed these days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stand in the world, it’s easy. Just pick whichever news source you’d like and
you can find some information that completely contradicts other sources and further
fuels your passion. People can now actively spread their feelings, which range
from simple bitterness to destructive thoughts through a variety of social channels
(e.g. Facebook, YouTube, blogs). These views can range from attacks on politicians
on both sides of the aisle, teachers’ impact, religious leaders’ views and many
other contentious topics. Although we definitely agree in freedom of speech and
believe it’s important for people to be knowledgeable, we also believe it’s
important for people to give back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">It often seems that people spend so much time
and energy on negative posts that they forget to actually help improve the world
we live in. As the saying goes, “Don’t talk about it, be about it.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their views, which oftentimes leads people to express their frustration and
complain. Now our question is, what actions are people taking to make a positive
impact on the less fortunate? One example of that less fortunate group is
disheartened children, primarily pediatric patients across the globe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">In our opinion, it’d be great if people at
least opened up a box of markers and card stock paper while they watch CNN/Fox
News and while also preparing for their next set of social posts and/or blogs.
In summary, we’d love it if all of us, no matter what disagreements we have, would
join together and <b>TAKE ACTION</b> to
uplift the spirits of innocent children. We certainly CAN all agree on this: They
don’t deserve to be in the conditions they’re currently working to overcome. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">#takeaction #upliftingspirits<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">To see more pictures and stories, please check out our
website <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.cardzforkidz.org/">www.cardzforkidz.org</a></span>;
like us on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cardzforkidz">Facebook</a></span>; follow us on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://twitter.com/cardzforkidz">Twitter</a></span>
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visit our <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://plus.google.com/117185656216243078152">Google+</a></span> or <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardz-for-kidz">LinkedIn</a></span>
pages! Also, check out some of our videos on <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1nFN1UqKLmht7us--owSg">YouTube</a></span>!</span>Cardz for Kidz!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09949421414744759100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795863808946776891.post-6394444146407203822018-07-26T03:00:00.000-07:002019-01-03T20:08:05.795-08:00Not As Nice<br />
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first person <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/03/purple-pride.html">blog posts</a></span>.
I need to be 100% open and honest. There are some people who look at me think,
“Wow, Ike. You’re running a certified non-profit that’s reached over 60,000
kids across the globe, including deliveries to each continent, and you’re doing
it all in your free time. How do you do it?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">My response would simply be, “Come on guys,
let’s be honest. What else would you expect from Forsythe Middle School’s
nicest boy?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1998 – 8<sup>th</sup> Grade Nicest Boy in the School<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Some may say I’m being SUPER nice, while
others could say I’m just being SUPER competitive. I’m trying to retain my
title and now I’m not just competing against other 8<sup>th</sup> grade boys,
but now it’s adults of all ages and I decided to expand it to companies, groups
and/or schools. I want to be the nicest. When I tell people how to pronounce my
name, I’ve always said, “Although it’s spelled I-K-E, just think he’s Extremely
Kind, which is pronounced E-K”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">With that acronym, most people can remember!
</span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">😊</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Now, competitive Ike thinks he’s doing
pretty well. And I like to think I’m holding on to my title. Although it was
never really named who was nicer between Amanda or I in 8<sup>th</sup> grade, I
had an idea. Since we first won that award in 1998, this year would be our 20
year anniversary of being recognized for our compassion! It’s been a long time
since I won, so I’ve started to expand my expectations for myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">It has expanded past individuals and now onto
everything. For example, if you look at the first place </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc";"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">for</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;"> </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc";">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">started, Lurie Children’s Hospital, I like
to think I’m winning. Although we’ve been able to take a bunch of pictures of
patients, families, and staff there, I think since I’ve volunteered over 250
hours, dropped off 1000+ cards, and <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/09/love-note.html">wrote them a
poem</a></span>, I’m in the lead! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the University of Michigan as a whole. At first I was giving myself a bunch of
points since it was before my <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2017/03/purple-pride.html">#PurplePride</a></span>
stages and was proud of my condition, and I let them <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/brain-health/epilepsy-struggle-inspires-u-m-graduate-to-give-back">write
about my epilepsy</a></span> and <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://cardzforkidz.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-michigan-difference.html">wrote
about U of M myself</a></span>. Then I thought about it again, after I had to
drop classes due to epilepsy testing, I recall my Spanish teacher letting me
come in and sit in on classes so I wouldn’t get too rusty. That’s still going.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: yes;">Scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Blog Posts <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: yes;">Child Life Visit During
Hospital Surgery<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Volunteered Hundreds of Hours at Mott<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: yes;">Sit in on Spanish Classes
During Testing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">One battle where I keep thinking I’m getting
ahead, but then get pulled back, is with the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">Chicago Interactive Marketing Association
(CIMA).</a></span> Competitive Ike is getting discouraged. Here’s the full
history about this organization and how we’ve been going back and forth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">I first heard about <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span> when I
started in media buying back in 2007. Originally I thought of this as an
organization for digital media professionals that threw fun events, and since I
was at a media agency I could go to them all for free – thanks to the sales
reps purchasing the tickets! Unfortunately, in 2009 the economy took a downturn
and I lost my job at the time. I was desperately searching for positions and
realized that one way I could improve my odds was doing more networking – enter
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span>.
The events were too expensive for me to purchase the tickets myself, so I
reached out and learned that if I volunteered (e.g. ran the check in) I could
work for the first hour, then attend the rest for free. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Competive Ike figured that was close
to a break even. I was volunteering for a bit, and then they were letting me in
for free.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">I was doing this for the majority of their
events, since they would often reach out and ask if I was interested in
volunteering. Then at the end of the year or early 2010, the head of
volunteering reached out to me and told me that I was chosen as VOLUNTEER OF
THE YEAR! In my head, I thought “For what?!?! Getting free drinks and
networking?!” I got a plaque and a certificate that I have to this day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Competive Ike wasn’t accepting it.
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">I reached out to my <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span> boss,
Lisa A, and told her I needed to do something more. I didn’t want to simply
accept that award for just attending free events. After some deliberation, she
connected me with one of the heads of the education department who was starting
a new $5,000 scholarship for undergraduate marketing students. They asked if I
would help promote it. Perfect. I accepted the job. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">By this time I had started an evening MBA program
and, thankfully, started a new job, but I had to be the nicest. I walked around
multiple campuses in the Chicagoland area handing out flyers. I tried talking
about it on social media. I even reached out to some professors who I knew had
connections. Unfortunately, it wasn’t working and we weren’t getting enough
applicants. A few years later that scholarship that I helped start promoting
was open to any marketing student, whether it was full-time or part-time,
graduate or undergraduate. In 2016, I applied and won. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Normal Ike was excited since that was
going to help with the MBA costs and the additional certification I was going
after. Competitive Ike was disappointed since one again <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span> was
taking a step up, being much nicer.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Now, I was thankful and kept close to the
board and was trying to do little things as time permitted. Unfortunately, with
school and work I wasn’t able to do as much. Then later when I was done with
school, it became work and </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">for</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: #7030a0; font-family: "kristen itc"; text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">that was taking up my precious time! Then
what made it tough for my competitive side was <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span> didn’t take a break.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Through some connections, a company
held a fundraiser and donated all of those funds to </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc";"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;"> </span><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">for</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;"> </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">. We used that donation to hire a company to build our website, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.cardzforkidz.org/">www.cardzforkidz.org</a></span>.
Sadly, working with them was a big disappointment. We realized they were
cheating us and we weren’t getting the type of service we were requesting. They
told us it’d be between $2,000-$4,000, but then charged us at least $5,000. After
the site was finished, we paid them but then we found some flaws. When we contacted
them to update it, they told us it would cost more. We immediately canceled all
ties. Unfortunately, we weren’t sure how to make updates to the site since
we’re still rookies. Thankfully, a gentleman name Eric stepped in and helped
fix a couple of those flaws (e.g. made it so we could evenly upload logos on
the Participants tab). What does that have to do with this blog post? Eric was the President of <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span>. More nice points for <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span>.</span></li>
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<li>One of our connections, <span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryhweinberg/">Barry
W</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">, worked with </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> as well. He recommended I
connect with some people there about setting up a table at the holiday party.
Based on our close relationship, we were easily able to get a table set up
during some of the most recent events. That may not describe it enough so below
are some examples that show the sign they made for us, a glimpse that shows the
scale of the event, and some of the people working. Through those events, </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> has
been able to make 311 cards for our disheartened kids. Once again, more nice
points. </span></li>
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<li>Once again, being honest. As of now
it seems we at <span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc";"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> get a good amount of cards in English, but have a hard time getting cards
in other languages. For example, you’ll see us pleading for cards written in
Spanish for our locations in the US and Mexico. We also need cards in French
for our hospitals/homes in Haiti and Quebec. But another language we often fall
short on and don’t often plead for is Arabic.</span>Currently there are 4 separate
hospitals in the USA who have requested cards in Arabic and unfortunately VERY
few groups make cards in that language. When the 4<sup style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">th</sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> hospital
reached out asking for cards, I was trying to think of ANYONE I knew who could
potentially make some cards in that language. As I was glancing on the CIMA
board page, I saw a picture of <span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/binishkhan/">Binsih</a></span>. I remembered how during the 2017 holiday
party instead of simply partying and enjoying her friends and coworkers, she
stepped aside and created multiple cards in Arabic for us! I reached out to her
and told her about our new need and she agreed to help. She’s currently helping
us fulfill our need for Arabic cards. Wow, </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">. More nice points.</span></li>
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a bunch of grammatical erro<span style="font-family: inherit;">rs? Have you seen mistakes with words like there vs
their vs they’re? Please don’t get me </span>wrong, I went to strong grade schools and
the University of Michigan, so my writing isn’t horrible, but it is VERY
difficult having a full-time job and also running a non-profit on the side.
With <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "kristen itc"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://cardzforkidz.org/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">C</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">a</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">r</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;"> for </span><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">K</span><span style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none;">i</span><span style="color: #00b050; text-decoration-line: none;">d</span><span style="color: #70ad47; text-decoration-line: none;">z</span><span style="color: #7030a0; text-decoration-line: none;">!</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> this</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> entails keeping a presence on most social media sites
and a lot of corporate, educational and non-profit partnerships, so it’s bit
hard to check all the time. And let’s be honest – I’m better at Analytics than English.
I tried writing some of the blog posts in the beginning since I heard that
could help our SEO and it was a way to acknowledge some groups. Some groups
gained more interest and I had a couple people who were willing to proof them.
Originially I had people who just glanced at them and said, “Yeah, this looks
fine,” but I could tell they didn’t take the time to read it. I had some
editors who <i>were </i>helping, then one
was slow responding to proofing. Then another dropped off and said she didn’t
want to help anymore, #wasntworthit. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">☹</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> I tried contacting my mom to
help, sisters, old teachers. I was getting nervous. Then came the 2017 <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span>
holiday party. Yup, Binish stopped by and made some much needed cards in
Arabic. Also, a superhero, <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexishobbs/">Alexis</a></span> stopped
by to make some cards. I gave her a brief background and she said she would
LOVE to help more. I told her about my desperation for an editor and although
she does this professionally, she agreed to volunteer her time to proof this. Now
when we write blogs about corporations or groups such as <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span>, I can
be 100% comfortable that when Alex reviews it, it’s correct. Wow. If it wasn’t
for <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span>
granting us space at the holiday party we wouldn’t have connected with one of
our current editors! More points for <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span>.</span></span></span></li>
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other side, I did agree to meet with the head of the education portion of <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-cheetany-b4b848a/">Nick Cheetany</a>, and highlight how great <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span> is and how helpful the
scholarship was. I do have the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span> flyers hanging up in my
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reaching out to Amanda and seeing if we could do something special for our 20
year anniversary of being the nicest, but maybe not. Seeing how <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span>
originally helped me personally and has helped my growing nonprofit in a
variety of ways, I have to admit, when you compare me to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.chicagoima.org/">CIMA</a></span>, I’m <b>NOT AS NICE</b>. I’ll officially pass along
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