Celebrity crafted cards for World Child Project
Each holiday season, I help my clients create the most unique and impressive holiday cards in tinsel town. I love designing fancy holiday cards from concept to completion. It’s truly one of my favorite things to do. But in the midst of a recession, I’ve recently found myself thinking about how we define holiday giving and asking myself how I could have a more “thoughtful” holiday. What if a holiday card could do more than bring a smile to the recipient’s face or sit pretty on a mantle? What if a holiday card could really make a change in this world and improve the lives of those less fortunate?
Where there is a will, there is a way. And so, I partnered with an organization that I’ve long been a champion of, the World Child Project to put my idea into action. The World Child Project (WCP) is a non-profit partnership in service of the most vulnerable among us: orphaned and abandoned children in developing countries. We help kids beat poverty and hopelessness and grow into loving, productive leaders who can become agents for change in the communities they
grow up in. This holiday season, we decided to use Soolip holiday cards as a vehicle to give the the gift of a better chance in life for orphaned and abandoned children.
On December 9th, I participated in first World Child Project holiday party in Los Angeles. Over two hundred and fifty guests attended the holiday fundraiser. Holiday card-making stations were spread throughout the venue giving guests the opportunity to make cards for children in need. Cards made by celebrity guests, such as Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, and Oliver Stone were then auctioned off at a silent auction.
Together we raised $50,000 for this cause! That’s what I call holiday giving. Despite all the gifts I’ve been wrapping and cards I’ve been making over the last few months, it was working together as a community to make a difference in the lives of others that really put me in the holiday spirit.
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