EKSuccess Brands is teaming up with Operation Christmas Cards to send holiday cards to our troops deployed overseas.
Sadly, for about half of the recipients, this will be the only correspondence they receive over the Christmas season. This statistic became an important incentive for EKSuccess Brands to offer to boost card collection by 25,000 cards through a multi-level approach that includes online instruction, partnerships with retailers, class opportunities, and community and marketing initiatives. The Operation Christmas Cards organization, which sends cards to bases in Afghanistan, Japan, Iraq, Egypt and Germany, has a goal to send 175,000 cards for the 2011 season.
As part of the collection efforts, EKSuccess Brands sponsored a Block Party booth at Chicago’s Wrigley Field during the Cubs vs. Cardinals game last month. Guests made more than 1400 cards at the booth, which was open Friday Aug. 19th to Sunday Aug. 21st. EKSuccess Brands provided K&Company paper and embellishments and EK Tools pens and adhesive.
The EKSuccess Brands’ education program, Spotted Canary School™ will also provide participating Spotted Canary School independent retailers with card-making classes featuring K&Company™ and Sticko® brand products.
The company will utilize in-store marketing, email blasts, print and online advertising, blogs, direct mail and social media to bring attention to the cause.
If you wish to participate, please feel free to register for classes both in-store and online at www.spottedcanaryschool.com/classes and send holiday cards with encouraging and supportive messages by November 11th to EKSuccess Brands, C/O Operation Christmas Cards, 100 Delawanna Ave. Suite 700, Clifton, NJ, 07014. Please do not seal the envelopes, or put individual postage on them. Anyone wishing to contribute monetarily or for any cards sent after November 11th should coordinate directly through Operation Christmas Cards at www.operationchristmascards.org.