By Ella Davis
Staff Writer
Juniors Ella Dvorchak and Alexa Vogel recently created the first high school branch of Cardz for Kidz, based in Chicago, in effort to expand the organization’s goal of spreading care and love worldwide with homemade cards.
Through their branch, Dvorchak and Vogel are able to recruit others from Mira Costa High School to join them in making cards and bookmarks, which are then distributed to veterans, hospitals and nursing homes. They work with members from their branch to create cards and eventually send them to the organization based in Chicago, where the final step of distributing the cards to hospitals around the world is completed.
“We want to grow the involvement and develop the club to help the organization,” Dvorchak said. “As founders, our main goal is to help out as many kids as we can.”
Their high school branch of Cardz for Kids has made an impact and continues to uplift hospitalized kids around the world each and every day. Thus far on their journey, Dvorchak and Vogel were able to create and collect a total of 50 cards for their first round of cards through the organization.
“We have been planning for this club for over a year, but we officially started it about 2 months ago and we already have about 30 members!” Vogel said.
Through their club organization, Dvorchak and Vogel have learned the value of community. Specifically, they have learned the significance of giving and receiving support from family and friends, especially when times are tough.
“All of the cards that we have made have found their way to the beds of sick children in hospitals,” says Vogel. “The positive, enthusiastic, and comical cards brighten the days of these kids when they especially need it, so it is nice to know that we can make this impact.
Through Dvorchak and Vogel’s experience of transforming a global organization into a high school club, they have stuck to a common theme. They now know that it takes a simple step to create a huge change, and that making a difference can start as small as a high school club.
“We have learned that there are so many simple ways to make a big difference,” Vogel said. “Put your mind to it and as long as you have a passion for what you are doing it should all work out.”
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