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Greeting Card Recycling

17th January 2010

Greeting Card Recycling

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I don’t know about you but I have a very hard time throwing away greeting cards I’ve received, especially Christmas cards that are so beautiful! I have a bag full of cards I’ve received over the years that I just can’t bring myself to get rid of. I have no idea what I would do with them, but there they are, every year when I open up my bins to decorate for the holidays.

Well, on day while I was sitting reading my Better Homes and Gardens magazine, I ran across a small article that gave information on recycling holiday greeting cards. This isn’t any recycling program either. This is St Jude’s Ranch for Children and the kids actually remove the fronts of donated holiday cards and use them to make new cards! How awesome is that?!

You can actually learn more about the program at stjudesranch.org and I discovered that they not only accept holiday cards, but everyday greeting cards as well.

They accept donated cards only through the end of February and you can mail donated cards to:

St. Jude’s Ranch for Children
Recycled Card Program
100 St. Jude’s Street – Boulder City, NV 89005
877-977-SJRC (7572)

I’m off to clean out that bag of old cards and get them packaged and ready to mail!

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  1. 1 On January 17th, 2010, Sue said:

    That is a great idea. Good for the environment & St. Jude’s. Thanks for sharing this. :)
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    posted on January 17th, 2010 at 4:37 pm

  2. 2 On January 17th, 2010, Karen said:

    What an awesome thing to do. I hate throwing away such beautiful cards and now I don’t have to!
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    posted on January 17th, 2010 at 8:16 pm

  3. 3 On January 17th, 2010, lynne said:

    Sue – Isn’t this great! I all ready have a filled manila envelope ready to take to the post office to send these cards to St Judes. I think it’s great that the cards can be reused and benefit such a worthy organization.

    posted on January 17th, 2010 at 10:44 pm

  4. 4 On January 17th, 2010, lynne said:

    I can’t bring myself to throw away cards, they’re too pretty! Of course, I stick them in a storage bin, it’s not like I’m sitting around enjoying them! LOL

    posted on January 17th, 2010 at 10:45 pm

  5. 5 On January 18th, 2010, RE - Recycedfrockery.com said:

    this is a great idea. thanks for posting it.

    posted on January 18th, 2010 at 3:48 am

  6. 6 On January 18th, 2010, lynne said:

    Isn’t this a wonderful program?! Finally, the perfect answer as to what to do with all those beautiful greeting cards.

    posted on January 18th, 2010 at 10:52 am

  7. 7 On January 18th, 2010, amy lilley said:

    GREAT TIP!!!!…I just went thru all my cards and I couldn’t throw any of them away…the past couple of years, I have used double illustration board and made a collage out of all the cards…it’s a great keep sake, and just 1 BOARD!!!
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    posted on January 18th, 2010 at 4:33 pm

  8. 8 On January 18th, 2010, Jude said:

    I think that’s a great idea also and it gives these children creative things to do, how wonderful.
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    posted on January 18th, 2010 at 4:53 pm

  9. 9 On January 19th, 2010, lynne said:

    amy – Another great idea for using these beautiful holiday cards! I seriously have a whole bag of them that I’ve never been able to bring myself to get rid of!

    posted on January 19th, 2010 at 2:16 pm

  10. 10 On January 19th, 2010, lynne said:

    Jude – I think St Judes is such a wonderful organization and they seem to find the most creative ways to help the children help themselves.

    posted on January 19th, 2010 at 2:17 pm

  11. 11 On January 19th, 2010, philly5113 said:

    Great, great idea and a worthy cause. Thanks for sharing this. I will certainly get in on it.

    posted on January 19th, 2010 at 11:19 pm

  12. 12 On January 20th, 2010, Martin In Bulgaria said:

    Such practical solution to gross and unnecessary waste!
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    posted on January 20th, 2010 at 1:05 am