From Our Hearts: My Last Donation of 40 Cards for Our Troops

And so, it's come to an end as From Our Hearts has decided it's time to close up shop due to both the draw down of our troops and the impending loss of their donated office space as of today, April 30, 2015.  It's been my absolute pleasure and honor to have been a part of this wonderful patriotic cause over the past 5 years!!

As I reflect and tally up all my past contributions which included hand stamped card donations from my friends Eva and Marina, I'm amazed that our cumulative impact totaled whopping 1726 cards!!

• 2015 Donations = 193 Cards 
• 2012 Donations = 150 Pens & 184 Cards
• 2011 Donations = 598 Card & Card Fronts
• 2010 Donations = 751 Card & Card Fronts + 4500 Envelopes

TOTAL = 1726 Card & Card Fronts; 150 Pens; 4500 Envelopes

And here is my last contribution of just 40 cards as I ran out of time to convert more swap returns into cards.  You can see my dozen patriotic contributions in my previous post and the bulk of 40 cards were from my friend Marina of which you can see below.  Her cards are absolutely adorable!!

When one door closes, another opens as I am grateful to have discovered other worthy causes to contribute handcrafted cards in the future.

Due to the wonderful ladies over at SCS, I'm joining in their monthly card drives as a hostess and contributor for the Ronald McDonald Houses located through out our nation to provide a community where children and their families embrace life and healing (from cancer) with a sense of hope, enthusiasm, courage and joy.

My friend Marina had given me quite a stack of her handmade cards, some of which weren't needed by From Our Hearts due to the themes, so I forwarded them on to other hostesses throughout the US since our group is spotlighting a different RMH throughout the US each month.  

Pasadena Ronald McDonald House 

763 South Pasadena Avenue

Pasadena, CA 91105

2015 Donations = 20 Cards from Marina

I have chosen to adopt the location in Pasadena to donate cards that I create and collect from friends throughout the rest of this 2015.

I've lost quite a few family members including my dad recently to cancer, so this along with my continued participation in training and fundraising ($6210 to date) for blood cancers by running half marathons through Team in Training (TNT) / The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) are both quite personal for me. If you'd like to check out my run training endeavors, check out my latest TNT fundraising link here.

Go USA!! Go Team!!