Friday, November 26, 1999
Cards with a cause
Wide variety of charitable groups selling holiday greeting cards
BY JULIE IRWIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
A yellow-winged angel created by a Kentucky nun will convey holiday greetings this year — and benefit the Alois Alzheimer Foundation.
A stained-glass window from Church of the Assumption in Walnut Hills will help the homeless women and their children who use the Tom Geiger Guest House.
And a John Ruthven print of two cardinals on a snow-blanketed tree will aid the programs at the Hospice of Cincinnati.
Dozens of Tristate agencies and non-profit groups use holiday greeting cards to raise money and awareness of their causes every year. Long after the holidays are over, the funds continue to to help residents throughout the region. The Alois Alzheimer Foundation uses its proceeds to educate the family members of Alzheimer's patients on the disease and its care.
“Through the sale of these cards we're able to do a lot of research and a lot of education we wouldn't be able to do otherwise,” says Marvin Knobloch, director of outreach services.
“The cards are designed by our residents. We have a volunteer named Bill Dorman, a professional artist, and he comes in and works with them on ideas, but they do all the work themselves.”
Children's Hospital Medical Center goes online this year with their holiday cards. Ordering their benefit cards is as easy as going to www.cincinnatichildrens.org/ and clicking on the snowman icon. Their cards are $1 each, and they benefit cancer research. The cards can also be ordered by calling the hospital development office at 636-6378.
Here's a sample of other Tristate organizations selling holiday items this year:
• Alois Alzheimer Foundation. Holiday cards designed by people with Alzheimer's disease. $10 for 12; $20 for 24. Proceeds benefit the foundation, which raises awareness of Alzheimer's disease, supports education and research programs. 605-1000.
• American Diabetes Association. Catalog of cards, decorations, ornaments, calendars, plates, collectibles, books. $5.95-$24. Also Trees for Diabetes, a cardboard cutout tree used for decorating windows at $1 each. Call (888) 342-2383 or (513) 759-9330, or write 8899 Brookside Ave., Suite 102, West Chester 45069.
• American Lung Association (ALA). Christmas Seals (donations accepted) and a 1999 ALA of Ohio Golf Privilege card ($30 before Dec. 31; $35 after Dec. 31). Add $2 for shipping and handling. The card provides golf discounts at 135 participating Ohio courses, along with other golf-related savings in Ohio. Proceeds benefit ALA programs. Call (800) 586-4872 or 985-3990.
• Auxiliary of Bethesda Hospital. Card features a print of John Ruthven's original painting, “Cardinals.” $10 for 20 cards. Proceeds benefit Hospice of Cincinnati, which provides palliative medical care to the terminally ill in their home or in a 40-bed in-patient facility in Blue Ash. To order by mail, call Jerri Spurlock, 569-6369. Cards also may be purchased at Hospice of Cincinnati, 4310 Cooper Road, Cincinnati 45242.
• Children's Home of Northern Kentucky. Cards featuring holly leaves and a Christmas tree, designed by children of the home, with help from Lukey Design Service. $10 for a package of 20. Imprinting can be arranged on request. “Merry Christmas” postcards. $5 for a package of 20. All proceeds go to care for abused and neglected children. Sold through the agency, 261-8768, ext. 3070, and at Kentucky Haus, 421 Monmouth, Newport. 261-4287.
• Hillel Jewish Student Center, 2615 Clifton Ave., Clifton. The center sells house jewelry pins, created by jewelry designer Lucinda Yates of Portland, Maine. Proceeds go toward Hillel's Campus Ministry Association Breakfast Program, which has been feeding homeless in Over-the-Rhine since 1986. Pins are $12. Available at the center or by mail with a $1 handling charge. Also, the center is selling Hanukkah gift wrap, cards, stickers and bows. These items are only available on the UC campus; call the center for times and places. 221-6728.
• Intuitive, 913 Vine St., downtown. Cat boxes; cat jewelry, cat coasters, and cat toys. $1.-$40. Gift wrapping Thanksgiving through Christmas. All proceeds go toward Cat SNIP, a spay-neuter program that provides low-cost spaying and neutering through area veterinarians. Cat SNIP is a program of the Scratching Post, a non-profit cat shelter and adoption center in Silverton. 721-6772.
• Kindervelt No.4, a fund-raising auxiliary for Children's Hospital Medical Center (CHMC). Cards with four different designs: Madonna, Wreath, Christmas Tree and Happy Holidays. $32.25-$33.75, plus tax, for box of 25. Bulk orders available. Proceeds benefit research and health-care programs at CHMC. 793-2615.
• Meow Mart, 6958 Plainfield Road, Silverton. Assortment of cat-related items to benefit the Scratching Post. Among items are handmade cat toys (50 cents to $3). 984-3312.
• The Pampered Chef. Heart-shaped cookie mold, dated, with fruit bowl design, available through Feb. 29 $8. One dollar from the sale of each cookie mold is given to the FreeStore-FoodBank through Second Harvest. 761-9419.
• PARACHUTE: Special Advocates for Children of Butler County. Christmas and Hanukkah cards designed by children to benefit programs for abused and neglected children. Twenty styles available. $14 for 20. 887-3880.
• Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati. Cards depicting the Nativity. $5 for package of 10 at 1802 W. Galbraith Road, North College Hill. If mailed, cards cost $6.50. Proceeds benefit mothers and their unborn and newborn babies. 522-0820.
• Sarah Center. Earrings and necklaces made by inner-city wom en. $5-$45. This year also featuring hand-crafted items from similar groups across the country. Sixty percent of the sale price benefits the woman who made it. Forty percent is used to buy additional supplies and cover costs of craft shows. Jewelry may be purchased 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays year-round at the center, 1600 Vine St. (corner of Liberty and Vine, next to St. Francis Seraph School). A holiday sale, “Gifts that make a Difference,” featuring jewelry, soaps, body lotions and other craft items, will be held at the center 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 2 and 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 3. 651-1532.
• Tom Geiger Guest House. A package of 12 cards is $12. Proceeds go to the house, which provides transitional housing for homeless women and their children. Cards are sold at the Geiger House office, 2631 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. 961-4555.
• Wellness Community-Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky. Note cards featuring views of Cincinnati. Photos were taken by Wellness Community trustee Tom Schiff, $10 for a box of 15. Also a coffee table book, “Panaramic Cincinnati,” ($49.95; $39 if bought before Christmas) including 95 different photos by at the Wellness Community, 8044 Montgomery Road, Suite 170, Kenwood, and Legacies, the organization's consignment shop, 3449 Michigan Ave., Hyde Park. Proceeds benefit Wellness Community programs and services. 791-4060.
• UNICEF. Cards, $9-$11 for package of 10, benefit the United Nations Children's Fund. At AIMS bookstore, Mount Healthy; Unitarian Church and New World Bookshop, both in Clifton; Pipkins Fruit Market, Montgomery; Little Professor Book Store, Milford, West Chester and the Open Book in Finneytown; Western Hills Photo, Western Hills; Crazy Ladies Book Store, Northside; the Blue Marble, Oakley; Hair Handlers, Roselawn; the Raven of Mount Adams, Mount Adams; Le Cezanne, Wyoming; Century House, Glendale. For additional outlets and information about other gift items, including calendars, children's games and puzzles, call 875-3146 or 521-4745.
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