Cards for a Cause - Ronald McDonald House Donation

Life is still pretty crazy busy and all I can do is just keep knocking out items one by one to get as much done as possible.

I had an all day work conference this past week that would place me near Orange County, so I loaded up the car with all of the cards I've been collecting to drop off after my conference. It took spending some time in a booth at a local franchise restaurant to count and sort non seasonal cards that I had already made sure had matching envelopes and were encased in plastic sleeves.

Since I was preparing on the run, I had to resign myself to donating these without the cute little sign on the front of the box and the customized card theme dividers I usually make. Insert sad face.  But I've held off for too long, since I live far away, and who knows when I'd be in the area again.

Here's the first two boxes containing 250 cards for the Orange County RMH facility.

This last undecorated small box contains 50 cards for the RMH Room located inside the infamous Children's Hospital of Orange County, otherwise referred to as CHOC.  I feel bad about not decorating the box for a more cheerful presentation. :(

CHOC pictured below is located just a few blocks away from the Orange RMH.  I snapped this photo while stopped at a red light.

And here we are at the Orange County RMH location.

I was really impressed with the living quarters.  Below is the living room.

And here is the lady at the Orange County RMH location with the card donations in front of their Tree of Giving to commemorate all their donors.  (I apologize for not remembering her name.)

She told me that they only had ONE other group, a Stampin' Up! group, that was donating cards about twice a year so this drop off was a VERY welcome one especially since they were created with such artful skill.  Previous donations were created by Girl Scouts, so....yes, lol, SCS stamper created cards are MUCH nicer!!  (These are my words, not hers.)

The reason Orange County RMH received 250 vs the CHOC Room receiving only 50 cards was due to my phone conversation with one of their employees the previous week.  Bre mentioned that there was much more traffic in the Ronald McDonald House than the Room at CHOC.  In addition, CHOC is a bustling hospital and I didn't want to deal with parking issues/costs, so I took up OC RMH's offer to leave all boxes with them since a CHOC representative would be by once a week to pick up supplies.

I apologize I didn't take the time to photograph individual groupings of the cards that were received this time from the following SCS donors that went into this box:

- Janelle (jmeyers) she sent a 2nd huge box!!
- Wendy C (my personal friend)
- Renee C (my personal friend)
- Quynh T (my personal friend)
- Denise 
- Sally M (animallover) 
- Trish (mouseprints)
- Staci (misermom)
- Karen (simpleescrapper)
- Linda Durham 
- Lorraine (rainykay)
- Lori (mybugandi45)
- Barb (barbarlynn)
- Pat (Pat in Oh) 
- Jane (janiekay) 


Thank you Ladies for your generosity that makes my job as Hostess so easy and enjoyable! 

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RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE MISSION: To provide a community where children and their families embrace life and healing (from cancer) with a sense of hope, enthusiasm, courage and joy. 

Orange County Ronald McDonald House 

383 South Batavia Street

Orange, CA 92868

Ronald McDonald Family Room  at  Children's Hospital Orange County  (CHOC)

455 S Main Street 
6th Floor

Orange, CA 92868

2015 Donations to Other National RMH Locations = 118 Cards
2015 Cards Collected for Donation to Pasadena RMH = 175

2015 Cards Collected for Donation to Long Beach RMH = 160

2015 Cards Collected for Donation to Orange County RMH = 250

2015 Cards Collected for Donation to Children's Hospital Orange County (CHOC) = 50

I have chosen to adopt these various Southern California locations around the Greater Los Angeles areas to donate cards that I create and collect from friends.  So far, that's a whopping 635 cards collected and dropped off, not to mention the 118 cards I've sent to other RMH Hostesses Nationwide.  My next RMH location for donation will be the one closest to me in Hollywood, CA. 

SEEKING THESE CARD THEMES:  Anything other than religious, make them uplifting, thinking of you, children themes, etc.  Cards with no sentiments are perfectly acceptable too. Examples of themes: Welcome Baby Card / Wedding / Sympathy Card / Birthday / Thinking of You/ Thank you / Missing you. 

WANT TO DONATE:  Please leave a comment here with your email, and I'll reply to you with my home address.  

By forwarding to me or any of our other monthly hostesses throughout the US, you'll allow our group of ladies over at the SCS community to tally the number of cards donated and lives impacted.  Check out our Call for Cards here. 

 DETAILS:
1. Cards need to use good quality cardstock- HEAVY WEIGHT--- (so the card can stand alone) and include a minimum of two layers and one embellishment.  

2. IF you use colorful / dark cardstock—please line the inside of the card with either white or vanilla paper so the guests can write in them using black/blue pen.

3. If you place a sentiment inside—repeat the sentiment and place on copy paper so that it can be added inside the back of the sleeve-so the individual can see if there is a “saying” on the inside or it is “blank” 

4. If you would like to include envelopes and sleeves it would be greatly appreciated - sleeve IS NOT necessary.  What's a sleeve?  Click here for example. 

Nevertheless, I'll be preparing each card by inserting them and a matching envelopes inside individual clear A2 sized sealable envelopes in to keep the card clean and in pristine shape to allow the RMH recipients to handle and make their selection. 

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I'd love it if you'd like to donate some of your cards to this cause.   Please contact me for my mailing address! 

Thank you for visiting!!