MB School Thank You for the Elks

 Hello Ai fans!

Have you heard of the organization called The Elks?

My husband is a member (therefore I'm a member through marriage)
and they are a WONDERFUL organization. My local lodge runs food drives,
delivers gifts at Christmas to families in need, sends oversees troops care
packages  and so much more. When I was in just before Christmas they
asked if my school needed any books. Well, the answer to that question is
always YES!

They asked me for a wish list. I went back to our reading specialist
and she gave me her dream wish list thinking she'd be grateful to
get even a little of it.  They didn't have the funds at that moment but
said as soon as they did, they'd let us know.  Well, guess what? When the
funds came in they had more to share than they thought they would and
offered to buy us TWO of every book on the list. Now we can spread
the books out to more classrooms or give two of the same books to
the same class for kids who like to buddy read.  We were
stunned and so grateful to them.

I made them a card using a bunch of Art Impressions products.

I'm planning to take it to school and have a students sign it, then get a photo
of them with the books to send to the Elks for their bulletin board. 

The card is very large, 5.5"x 8" so that lots of students can sign it. Since I wanted
a very large, sturdy card, I used the Canson XL Watercolor paper. I went heavy
on the red and blue since those are our school colors.

Copics used:

BV00, YG07, RV29, Y08, YR15, YR68, E31, B24, B28