2017 Caring Hearts Results & Prize Winners

Hi everyone. Thank you for your patience. It's been a whirlwind, crazy few weeks for all of us at Caring Hearts. Most of us work full time, so it's been quite a struggle trying to balance everything out and get this done. But, we did it! This year, we have another AMAZING turn out for the card drive that truly humble me. 

Here's some of the facts from this year:

- Last year, for US, Canada, Australia and UK we received close to 64,000 cards!! This year, we didn't get to do UK (cross fingers we will for 2018) and we received close to 47,000 including cards from Hongkong, Italy, Norway, The Netherlands, Poland and India. At my end alone, I received 22,889 cards. For Australia, we received about 3000 cards and Canada received about 4500 cards.

- We have 878 contributors and I, personally feel inspired by many of your cards. All I can say, THANK YOU! You all are amazing. 

- We mailed the card packages to about 300 nursing homes and some elderly that are home bound and lives by themselves.

- Fun tidbits, Caroline our volunteer in Canada got interviewed by their local channel and Caring Hearts Card Drive made the news in Ottawa, Canada. Woot, woot! You can see the news HERE.

I am so proud of the way this card drive has grown. In our first year in 2010, I received 750 cards and look at where we are now. And, it's all because of YOU! Your support and generosity are what make it so successful. And, I am so very grateful for your support & kindness.

NOTES: Also, many of you are working in advance for next year card drive and I just want to  let you know that we'll have to do some changes. Due to the work required to keep doing this card drive and to keep things manageable, we request that you send no more than 100 cards (this number could change as we're still working on the logistic, but for now this would be the maximum) per person. We're hoping this would help reduce the craziness behind the scenes and help all our volunteer in managing collection, packing, & shipping. I hope you can understand why we have to make this change.

Now, what many been waiting for. The winners for Caring Hearts prizes! For all the winners, I'll be emailing all of you this weekend. As you can see the list is pretty long, so please bear with me. :)

CARING HEARTS GIVEAWAY WINNERS

Hero Arts $100 GC - Reta McDavid

Gina K. Designs $100 GC - Matgorzata Batko

Jennifer McGuire Ink $100 in craft supplies - Judy Rogers

Organize More $75 GC - Gina Piazza

Waffle Flower Crafts $100 GC - Stela Kang

Altenew Two $30 GC - Cheryl Farnhill & Charlotte Williams

A Jillian Vance Design $20 GC - Kathy Denny

Avery Elle $30GC - Laura Williams

a2z Scrapbooking Supplies $25 GC to the store Karen Rice, $25 in Hero Arts Digital Stamp - Lisa Wright

Bossy Joscie Christian Greeting & Planner set - Angie Rigelwood

Butterfly Reflections Ink Two $25 GC - Mandy Walker & Tersesa Cherka

Catherine Pooler $50 GC - Mark & Tamara Payne

Clearly Besotted approx $50 GC - Melissa Hungria

Cutcardstock.com $50 GC - Linda Goron

Ellen Hutson $25 GC - Marsha Bennet

Hallmark Scrapbook & Crafts – Three $50 GC - Cassandra Jones, Fe Mejia & Kerry Yamamoto

Honey Bee Stamps – Two $50 GC - Barbara Haan & Kym Maxwell

Jane’s Doodle – $50 GC - Theresa Pollack

Kat Scrappiness $50 GC - Kathy Wong

Lawn Fawn Two $50 GC - Patricia Bui & Stefanka Asparutiova

Lil’ Inker Designs $35 GC - Brenda Zellner

Little Things from Lucy’s Cards £25 GC - Margaret Crawford

Mama Elephant $25 GC - Margaret S. Cashion-Hudson

My Favorite Things $50 GC - Carla MacLafferty

Neat & Tangled $50 GC - Robin Logue

Newston’s Nook Designs Two $25 GC - Linda Weatherall & Sharon Christian

Online Card Classes Three free class spots for 3 winner - Ellen Carlson, Vivien Connell & Janice Kullas

Paper Smooches $50 GC - Glenda Thornton

Pink & Main $30 GC - Susan Sisk

Pretty Pink Posh Two $25 GC - Victoria Chu & Charlanne Bittinger

Reverse Confetti $30 GC - Rachel Ines

Right At Home $20 GC - Janet Porter

Simon Says Stamp $50 GC - Veronica Leigh

Studio Katia  Canada $50 CG - Sandy vanBiesen

SugarPea Designs $50 GC - Daniella Burgess

Taylored Expressions Two $25 GC - Nancy Stott & Delia Rice

Technique Tuesday $30 GC - Ruth Meyer

The Ton Stamps $20 GC for The Ton stamps - Lisa Dixon

Winnie & Walter $50 GC - Nicole Primeau-Leduc

Wplus9 $25 GC - Ann Richardson

Update 12/7/2017: All winners have been notified of their winning.

Again, from all of us at Caring Hearts, thank you for your contribution & support. Bringing Christmas joy and sharing kindness are the heart of our card drive. And, whether you know it or not, your contribution made a difference. Like someone said to me, we don't know how many people's life we touch with our cards. No act of kindness is too little. No act of kindness ever wasted. Let being KIND be part of our daily life, not only at Christmas, but all through the year. God bless you all.