Julie's Journal

Make a difference in people’s lives this holiday season with a little help from some of your favorite celebrities. These stylish stars, including Alison Sweeney, Angie Harmon, Cindy Crawford, Marcia Cross and Molly Sims, have all partnered with Tiny Prints to create exclusive designs for their Celebrity Holiday Card Collection. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these Christmas cards will benefit their chosen charity.

Alison Sweeney Holiday Card Collection: Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families the opportunity to thrive. As the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, the organization’s network of 205 member food banks supplies food to more than 25 million Americans each year, including nine million children and three million seniors. For more information on how you can fight hunger in your community and across the country, visit feedingamerica.org.

Angie Harmon Holiday Card Collection: Children’s Institute, Inc. helps children who have been affected by violence in their homes or communities. Since 1906, Children’s Institute has served at-risk children and families in some of Los Angeles’ most devastated neighborhoods. Children’s Institute provides healing and support to help traumatized children recover and lead healthy lives. The organization leads children away from tragic outcomes, putting them on a path toward opportunity and achievement. For more information, visit childrensinstitute.org.

Cindy Crawford Holiday Card Collection: Cindy Crawford, Bonnie Marcus and Tiny Prints are working together to raise funds in support of the fight against leukemia and lymphoma. Having lost my brother to Leukemia, My charity of choice is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, whose important mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. For more information, visit leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls.

Marcia Cross Holiday Card Collection: The mission of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is to relieve human suffering in war and disaster by advancing the science and practice of humanitarian response worldwide. Through collaboration within the Harvard community, the organization seeks to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian strategies for relief, protection and prevention with help from experts in public health, medicine, social science, management and other disciplines. For more information, visit hhi.harvard.edu.

Molly Sims Holiday Card Collection: Friends of El Faro works to maintain and support the Sion/El Faro Orphanage of Tijuana and the 110 children who call it home. By helping to improve the lives of the children of Casa Hogar Sion, the organization works to ensure that each child has the chance to live happy and healthy life. Friends of El Faro is currently working toward a long-term goal of purchasing land and building these children a new home, but it also focuses on providing them with food, shelter, safety and education every day. For more information, visit friendsofelfaro.com.