What do you do to share your talents in an altruistic way?Our local hospitals (and senior centers, hospice facilities, nursing homes, etc.) offer volunteer opportunities for "off-site crafters."
Most of these crafters make knitted goods for babies, pillowcases for cancer patients, etc.
I've called and made myself available to make cards for those (adults and children) who are in the hospital for a long time, and perhaps have few visitors.
I'm also making (free or as a fundraiser for the auxiliary) note card sets for the hospital gift carts so those who are hospitalized can keep in touch with friends "on the outside."
This 3-D pop-up box card I have made celebrates the volunteers at our local hospitals. I am sending mine to the office Directors at the three hospitals most local to me, as well as to the senior center, as a thank you during NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK (April 6-13, 2014). One hospital has asked me to make 10 of these for their centerpieces for their thank-you luncheon!
I developed the logo (butterfly tree in the back) and the theme as well. If you'd like to use my art for your project, here it is:
FYI, I used CTMH Lollydoodle bulk paper (pink side) for the interior of the box; the rest was from stash. I cut the box card using a template I found on http://extremecards.blogspot.com. I developed the logo using an image from http://clickartonline.com that I purchased.
