# Charities to benefit from income from Father’s Day card sales

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/06/17/charities-benefit-income-father039s-day-card-sales/
- Published: 2011-06-17T23:16:26+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Greetings card company Charity Greetings is helping charities to fundraise from 
the sale of Father’s Day cards this weekend.

 

In 2010, Spring season sales of greeting cards were worth £154.5 million with a 
total of almost 86.5 million cards being sent for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day,
Easter and Father’s Day.

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[Charity Greetings](http://www.charitygreetings.com) founder Craig Hartzel said:“
The greetings card industry is worth £1.47 billion per year. Charities should be
taking their cut all year round, not just at Christmas. The only problem is that
it is very expensive to buy stock and fulfil demand and lots of charities simply
can’t take on that extra burden. We wanted to provide a solution to this problem
and believe that Charity Greetings has done just that.”

 

Charity Greetings’ current charity clients include the Alzheimer’s Society, Dogs
Trust and Sightsavers.

 

Hartzel added: “This Mother’s Day, charities with a card shop raised an average 
of £2.14 per Mother’s Day card sold – Father’s Day is likely to also see good results.”

 

The company provides each charity with a personalised online cards store that integrates
with their website. All of the technology, stock and card fulfilment is handled 
by the company. Every card purchased raises funds for the charities.

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