2023
Upcoming Holiday: Easter
Please deliver Easter Cards to Facility by Thursday, April 6th if you are dropping off your cards to the activity director.
If you signed up to make Easter cards on Volunteer Houston but have not been connected to a facility yet, please email Donna at: theholidayprojecthouston@yahoo.com and please include your zip code
or
You can Google your zip code to locate a nursing home near you, contact the activity director for their specific details (number of residents, best date/time for dropping off cards, etc.
Thanks!
Ongoing….Cheerful, handmade Easter cards are needed at nursing homes throughout the Greater Houston and surrounding areas! Actually, we can make facility connections throughout the United States through zip codes!
We can now visit facilities and pass out cards again or card makers can drop off their cards at a facility in their community, within or close to their zip code.
You can sign up to make cards through this post on Volunteer Houston.
Please include your zip code in the note section and also include if you prefer to pass out your cards to the residents or if you prefer to drop your cards off.
Once I receive your zip code I will search for a facility near you. Once I have located a facility I will call the activity director to make sure they are accepting cards and ask how many residents are at their facility and get any other necessary details.
Any amount of cards are appreciated.
If you are unable to make cards for everyone in the facility please know that the activity director can pass out the amount of cards you make to the residents that need extra encouragement.
Card Guidelines:
In order to encourage creativity, very few guidelines are imposed on the making of Holiday Project handmade greeting cards. The cards may be almost any size, and the media used can be as simple as colored markers. Some people use combinations of media such as markers, rubber stamps, cut- out computer-generated images, pasted bits of ribbon or felt, etc.
•Please don't use glitter-on-glue. The glitter tends to get all over everything. However, pre-mixed "Glitter Glue" (such as is made by Crayola) is fine.
•(For example, a Christmas card that says "Merry Christmas" on the front and "Wishing you all the joy of the season" or other similar sayings that are creative and/or festive inside would be fine.
•It's preferable that the cards not be in envelopes.
•Cards should be signed by the persons making them. Any signature should probably include just the signer's first name or first names of group.
*Volunteer Hours
Please email pictures of your completed cards to (theholidayprojecthouston@yahoo.com) and include a picture of you at the facility passing out cards or dropping off cards, if you need volunteer hours. Document your actual time spent making cards. We also enjoy receiving pictures of your cards to post on The Holiday Project's Facebook page.
Together we CAN make a difference and brighten up holidays for nursing home and assisted living residents. Thanks for joining us to share holiday JOY this Easter!
