EKSuccess Brands and Michaels, North America’s largest arts & crafts specialty retailer, are getting into the holiday spirit a little early this year, all to support our troops. The creative consumer products company and craft retailer will be sponsoring a booth at the Wrigleyville Block Party, in Chicago, during the Cubs vs. Cardinals game where visitors can stop by and make holiday cards for U.S. and Canadian service men and women deployed overseas.
From Friday Aug. 19th to Sunday Aug. 21st, the booth will be open for passersby to create cards using K&Company™ paper and embellishments and EK Tools™ pens and adhesive. All of the cards will then be sent to the Operation Christmas Cards organization, where they will be forwarded to military bases in Afghanistan, Japan, Iraq, Egypt and Germany. According to the organization, these cards will be the only correspondence that about half of these service members will receive during the holidays.
The event is part of EKSuccess Brands’ multi-level approach to collect 25,000 holiday cards for Operation Christmas Cards. Other efforts include Michaels in-store card making, an online Spotted Canary School™ class, and community and marketing initiatives. Operation Christmas Cards itself has a goal to send 175,000 cards this year.
Craft Social will be there at the Block Party, making a card and we hope to see you there!
1 comment:
This is a great idea!!! Is there an address that people can send cards to for this event - I live in CT and won't make it out to Chicago.
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