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November 5, 2009

Holiday time is coming, what to do with all the cards?

We B'More Green bloggers got this message below from reader Deanna. Anyone have ideas?

Now that my attention has turned to Thanksgiving and Christmas, I started taking inventory of my current stock of items. I have been storing away old Xmas cards for 10 years now. Online search consistently show St. Judes Ranch as a place to donate these cards. I would rather donate them to a local charity if at all possible. Do you know of any who can use them?

Fellow B'More Green blogger Christy Zuccarini offered this:

You might consider donating your cards to Art With a Heart -- they're a local nonprofit that provides interactive, hands-on activities to disadvantaged families and children, and to people with developmental and physical challenges. Many of the arts and crafts they make they end up selling for profit. You can email them at info@artwithaheart.net.

Anyone else know of a local charity?

Shutterfly launches 'support a cause' holiday cards/Associated Press

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St. Jude's Ranch for Children has a Recycled Card Program run by the kids that live on the ranch. Go to the St. Jude's Ranch website for information on how to donate your used cards, or to purchase recycled cards to donate funds back to the kids and the ranch.

Posted by: Sarah Sheehan | November 6, 2009 6:54 PM

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Meredith Cohn has been a reporter for more than 18 years and has covered a variety of subjects, from airlines and agriculture to politics and health and fitness. She's gained an appreciation for the environment as a biker, runner and dog walker. She also hopes this blog means coworkers will stop staring when she carries home recyclables from the office.

Tim Wheeler reports on the environment and Chesapeake Bay. A native of West Virginia, he has focused mainly on Maryland's environment since moving here in 1983. Along the way, he's crewed aboard a skipjack in the bay, canoed under city streets up the Jones Fall from the Inner Harbor, and gone deep underground in a western Maryland coal mine. He loves seafood, rambles in the country and good stories. He hopes to share some here.

Contributor Christy Zuccarini has been blogging about the local DIY craft scene for a year for Baltimoresun.com. She brings her pespective on all things handmade to B'More Green, where she will highlight projects you can do yourself as well as crafters who are integrating sustainable methods and materials.

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