Sending holiday cards can be a double pleasure when the cards support a worthy cause. Recently the Style section listed a few of the organizations selling cards this year. Here is an additional list.
The Chicago Hunger Campaign offers a blue card that depicts white snowflakes falling onto a row of silver and white trees. The greeting consists of verses by a Chinese poet. A box of 25 cards is $15, plus $1.50 shipping fee. Call 855-1313.
One of two cards sold by Urban Gateways, a center that provides art activities in 750 Chicago area schools, features a child`s view of holiday activities, in purple, red and white. The other is a colorful abstract still life. Both are designed by children served by the program. The greeting is
”Best Wishes to You during This Holiday Season.” A box of 20 cards is $14. Call 922-0440.
St. Coletta`s Kennedy School, Palos Park, offers four silk-screened and two printed cards. Two of the silk-screened cards and the printed cards were designed by handicapped students in the school. The others were designed by professional artists. Silk-screened cards are $5 for a package of 10. The printed cards are $4 for 10. Proceeds go to the school, its residence and job training center. Call Roberta Richardson at 448-6520.
The Lambs in Libertyville will offer 18 card designs for sale during its Holiday Art, Craft and Antiques Show and Sale Dec. 3-6 in the O`Hare Expo Center, River Road, one block south of the Kennedy Expressway. (I-190), Rosemont. The cards are hand-silkscreened by mentally retarded men and women employed at Lambs Farm`s Persimmon Tree Card and Gift Shop. A package of 10 is $6. Imprinting is available, for orders placed before Dec. 4. For a brochure call 362-4636.
The fundraising show and sale at the O`Hare Expo also will include handcrafted gift items by 425 artists, craftsmen and antiques dealers. Hours are noon to 9 p.m. Dec. 3; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 4 and 5; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 6. Admission is $3 ($2 senior citizens, children under 12 free). A portion of sale proceeds will benefit the Lambs` vocational and residential programs for mentally handicapped adults. For more information call 362-6774.
