Instead of sitting in a shoe box or in an old drawer, a greeting card can keep on greeting, according to one Sun City resident.
Donna Bordsen is offering an opportunity to put those cards to great use.
Donna Bordsen uses old greeting cards for craft projects to help developmentally delayed individuals. She is accepting donations of old greeting cards. (Photo by Christine Such/My Sun Day News)
Bordsen said, “I’m collecting recycled holiday cards for craft projects at a residential facility for developmentally delayed folks.”
The residents at Meadows Sheltered Care located in Rolling Meadows turn those greeting cards into ornaments and other crafts.
Bordsen said, “Covid has impacted this facility also. There is a staffing shortage, and the workshops offered before Covid are slowly opening back up. The cards provide an activity that they enjoy.”
Bordsen thanks residents who have donated recycled holiday cards after her post requesting them on the Wildflower Facebook page. “They’ve been a big hit with the residents at Meadows Sheltered Care. I’ll take your magazines when you’ve finished with them. Pretty much anything with lots of photos,” she said.
There are residents at the facility who are car enthusiasts and firefighter fans.
Bordsen said, “Any [firefighter] out there with firehouse magazines or firehouse t-shirts in good condition? Donations of these car and firefighter-related items would bring great joy.”
Please don’t throw away those magazines’ beautiful greeting cards; pack them up and contact Donna Bordsen at donna.bordsen@yahoo.com.
