Handmade cards...

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Date: 28 December 2010 19:57:15

I've probabaly blogged before about making my own greetings cards. the Headmaster at my school has allowed me to run workshops as after-school activities. I've done three now, I think. We did one for Christmas, and I hope I'll be allowed to do more in the spring term. The most touching thing that can happen for someone who works with children and young people is when you receive a gift or something from one of them. I received four cards from learners this Christmas. Two were hand made, one in the workshop I ran. A member of staff joined the workshop this time, and made a card. That card turned out to be my christmas card, which was really lovely. My cards are given to family and friends, and are also used for good causes, mostly raising money at church. During November and December, I volunteered for a local Cards for Good Causes shop. Cards for Good Causes is an umbrella charity, with over twenty charities involved in selling their christmas cards through these shops, set up across the country in libraries, museums and churches. The managers are paid, and then the other staff are volunteers. This was my fourth year, and I love doing some volunteer work and seeing the cards and the new designs!