You're Invited! Home for the Holidays: A Virtual Service Project

Join volunteers from across Arkansas for a virtual service project to benefit Arkansas Hospice and their Cards of Kindness program.

Friday, December 4 | 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. CST

Register by clicking HERE 

Project Overview

This holiday season, AARP Arkansas will bring people together for a virtual holiday service project that will spread kindness to seniors and residents of Arkansas Hospice that have been isolated due to COVID-19. 

On December 4, during the live event, participants will be instructed on how to make cards with messages of hope and holiday cheer, using supplies available from home.  Please see the suggested supply list instructions on how to mail your cards, and additional event information below.  Participants will also receive this information upon registration.   

How to Deliver Your Cards

Cards for this project will need to be mailed or delivered by Friday, December 11.  Please mark your envelope with #AARPARCares so that Arkansas Hospice knows the cards came from our project!  There are two ways to deliver your cards:

DROP OFF -- You can safely drop off your Cards of Kindness to one of the Arkansas Hospice outdoor collection bins weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. They will hold the cards for 48 hours in a secure environment to ensure they are virus-free, then distribute the cards to area residents of nursing homes and other centers who have suspended visitors. From there, the staff of participating facilities will share your kindness with their residents.  Find a location near you: https://www.arkansashospice.org/cardsofkindness/

MAIL -- If you are staying at home or not close to one of our collection stations, you can simply mail your Cards of Kindness. From there, they will be handled with the same care and distribution as cards dropped at a collection station. Mail to:

Cards of Kindness
C/O Arkansas Hospice 1
14 Parkstone Circle
North Little Rock, AR 72116


Registration

Event registration will open on Monday, November 9.  Registrants will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the event. The virtual event will take place in Zoom and registrants will receive the Zoom link 24 hours prior to the event.

Please note : When joining the event through Zoom, if you choose to turn your video camera on, your background will be visible during the live event. Participants should be aware of their surroundings and respectful at all times. Inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated and may result in the participant being removed from the event.

Event registration will open on Monday, November 9.  Registrants will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the event. The virtual event will take place in Zoom and registrants will receive the Zoom link 24 hours prior to the event.

This event is FREE and open to the public.  Help us spread the word by inviting friends and family to participate with you! 

Additional Resources:

Supply List – Below is a suggested supply list.  It is not mandatory that you have these supplies in order to participate. There are so many ways to make beautiful cards.  We encourage you to use items from your home!  

Please note : For new or first-time card makers, there are basic, at-home supplies listed below OR more advanced supplies for those who are frequent card makers!

Recommended:

Cardstock 8 ½ x 11” (makes two cards) OR typing paper OR copy paper

Designer Series Paper OR scrapbook paper OR discarded greeting cards OR junk mail with nice patterns OR colorful magazine pages

Paper trimmer, paper snips OR scissors and a ruler

Greeting stamps OR nice handwriting OR a computer and printer

Stamping pads OR markers OR colored pencils OR ink pen

Dies and die cutting machine OR circle punch OR drinking glass/pill bottle/circular object, pencil and scissors

Embellishments OR ribbon OR leftover stickers OR glue and glitter

Tape runner adhesive OR glue stick OR Elmer’s OR flour & water paste

Need postage or envelopes?  Order directly  from the United States Postal Service.