FAQs
Yes, we accept and deliver cards year-round. Please continue to check our Create Cards page on our website and our social sites for updates.
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If you only want to make cards, visit our Create Cards page for instructions, and have fun!
Many groups/corporations will add a donation component to their card-making events to help cover packaging and shipping fees. If you would like to add a donation component or have us create a custom giving page for your organization, please email us at info@cardzforkidz.org.
Due to the high requests, we do not sign off on volunteer hours for making cards.
Alternatively, below are some ways other have fulfilled their volunteer hour needs with Cardz For Kidz.
For those who live near the Chicagoland area, we host card counting events, and this is an easy way for us to verify service hours and sign off on them onsite.
Become a Cardz For Kidz intern helping behind the scenes on projects like new partner outreach, social, newsletter, etc.
We're currently averaging shipping over 13,000 cards a month worldwide. Hence, fundraising is essential to help us with shipping costs and supplies.
Check out our Student Program. It's an easy way to get your school to approve your volunteer hours by being recognized as a club on campus with the oversight of a parent or teacher. We have instructions on how to do this on the website.
If you'd like to learn more about the Student Program or Internship opportunities, don't hesitate to contact us at studentprogram@cardzforkidz.org.
If you live near the Chicagoland area and would like to become one of our faithful card counters, click here for more details.
No, we currently do not have any partnerships in Ukraine.
Yes! We're interested in bookmarks, and the guidelines are the same as the cards. Both bookmarks and cards should be handmade, cardstock or laminated, signed with your first name and city, designed for people of all ages, something they can cherish year-round, with no size requirements, etc.
Your wonderful cards are being sent to hospitals, foster homes, senior living homes, schools, and direct to patients' homes across the globe!
Visit our Card Destinations page for me details.
There are many ways to get involved! Please visit our Get Involved page for more details.
No - we only accept handmade cards.
No, you do not need to include envelopes for your cards.