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<\/a>You can Color For A Cause wherever you are!<\/p><\/div>\n
This is the second year we’ve put on Color For A Cause. You can participate wherever you are! All you do is draw (or print out and color) cards to be distributed at a local hospital or nursing home. We even have free artwork you can download, print and color (available for any non-commercial use, meaning no money changes hands), on our Facebook page, http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IdeaJones<\/a><\/p>\n This year, we’re donating cards to the local Shriners Hospital, to be given to kids who’ll be in the hospital over the holidays. Coloring makes a good break from holiday stress, and it’s also a good way to keep kids busy. Charities like Girls Love Mail (http:\/\/www.girlslovemail.com ) love cards created by kids (even toddlers — you can always print the artist’s first name on the card).<\/p>\n White cardstock (available in any office supply store) works great, and you can fit two on a page. Envelopes aren’t necessary, but if you want to include them, size your cards 3.5″x5.5″ and add a box of 4″x6″ envelopes.<\/p>\n Messages? The basic guidelines are: nothing obscene, nothing overtly religious (you don’t know the recipient’s beliefs), and keep it positive. Short messages are just fine.<\/p>\n Thanks to this year’s participants, Sarah, Micaela, Eva, Mila, Harper, Patti, Antonia and Mark! The cards will be going to the hospital in a day or so.<\/p>\n There’s still time to do this wherever you are — a fun break for you and a nice surprise for someone else!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the second year we’ve put on Color For A Cause. You can participate wherever you are! All you do is draw (or print out and color) cards to be distributed at a local hospital or nursing home. … Continue reading