Operation Christmas Card

Crazy as it may sound my thoughts are already on Christmas. It is not just the idea of our first Christmas in our new home or the fact that Christmas is nearly 5 months away. As I plan for Christmas, there is one project on my list that actually needs to be completed before fall. For the last two years I have made Christmas cards to send to Operation Gratitude. If you have not worked with them before let me tell you that it is a wonderful organization that provides many different services to our soldiers, veterans, and their families. One of these services includes sending care packages to our troops. On the lists of items that they ask for is Christmas cards. They have to have them before fall in order to send them by Christmas.

One night during the summer, I get together with friends to craft as many cards as we can. It is a great time to spend together eating, crafting, and hoping that our cards will make their way into a soldier's Christmas box this year. This year, I would like to encourage all of you to join me in creating and collecting Christmas cards for our troops. Whether you make one card or 100s, every card will help.

To add to our fun, I thought I might offer prizes in three different categories for those that are interested. The first prize will be for Cutest Card. The second prize will be for Cutest Card Party. The third (and most elaborate) prize will be for the Most Cards Collected. Here are the details:

1. Each blogger may email me to enter one or more of the contests. Participants, please, please, please share this information and promote this project on your own blogs as well. It is for a great cause!

2. Cutest Card and Cutest Party participants will need to send me photos of their submissions (as many as they would like to send). I will post these images on a separate page on my blog. Bloggers may vote in the final week to decide the winner.

3. Most Cards Collected- after you have collected all of your cards, you will need to email me your final count total.

I will continue to post each week with ideas and information about this project. You are welcome to join at any time between today and August 24th. All images and totals must be submitted no later than midnight August 24th. Voting will be open to all bloggers starting August 25th. Winners will be announced September 1st here on my blog.

Please, I encourage any of you that are interested to join. This is a great project and of course a lot of fun as well. These cards mean so much to our servicemen and women. It is just a small way to say thank you and bring a little bit of Christmas to them. Please share this information with anyone you know and talk it up on your blogs. For more information you may visit the Operation Christmas Card page above. I can not wait to hear from you! 

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