Donate your used greeting cards to St. Jude's Ranch

St. Jude's Ranch for Children has a program where the children recycle used greeting cards as a fundraising activity. This nationally recognized charitable organization is devoted to helping abused, abandoned, and neglected children of all ages, races, and faiths.

Everyone from the Jefferson Lab community is invited to participate by bringing in their used greeting cards. Remember, the Ranch is only interested in using the fronts, so if you dont want to include the backs, please tear them off. Also, make sure personal letters and photos you wish to keep are removed from the cards.

Collection boxes are in place at several locations around the Lab. The collection sites are:

CEBAF Center	Reception area near the front desk, and Directors reception area, second floor
VARC Building 28	Reception area near the ATM machine
Machine Control Center (MCC)	Main entrance
Experimental Equipment Lab (EEL)	Main counter area at Stockroom
ARC	7th floor

Yvonne Casalino (l to r), Betty Beeler and Carrie Nichols prepare to send 3,000 cards to St. Jude's Ranch for Children.

Once the Ranch receives these cards, the children trim the fronts and glue on new backs. Proceeds from selling these new cards are then used for activities pertaining to the child who makes them.

This program is a delightful approach to reducing landfill waste while contributing to the needs of a very special charity. Call Helen Hall at ext. 5075, Yvonne Casalino, ext. 7844 or Betty Beeler at ext. 7491 if you have any questions. Drop boxes are located in CEBAF Center, the VARC, ARC, MCC and EEL. Drop off your old greeting cards today!

A special thanks to Yvonne and the church she belongs to for gathering a large percentage of the 3,000 cards JLab recently sent to St. Jude's!

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