Holiday Cards
idchrbee
7 Posts
I wanted your opinion or perhaps your company's practice on sending Holiday cards. My company is considering sending emails rather than holiday cards and I'm wondering if anyone has done this in the past and what type of response they received? We would be sending one email to all customers, vendors, and employees.
What is your thought on appropriateness and thoughtfulness of this idea?
If you're company has done this, how was it received?
Thank you!
What is your thought on appropriateness and thoughtfulness of this idea?
If you're company has done this, how was it received?
Thank you!
Comments
I like cards of a personal nature, but cards from my insurance agent, car dealer, etc. are boring and wasteful.
We also make several charitable donations at this time of year. We tell the charity we are making it on behalf of our clients. Each envelope we mail out with a calendar has a note which tells what we did. We have been doing this for years and it works well for us. We get our name out there, we keep in touch with the people we want to keep in touch with, and we also help some of the local charities. We send out about 1200 calendars.
Hope this helps.
Nae
We provide a variety of services for children and families. Should any of you need a good charity for this purpose, we stand ready to receive.
I promise you, the money will be put to good use.
Not that "corporate" holiday cards are any better.
I like Smace's idea. For your really special clients, send them a nice card with a handwritten note.
Otherwise, put the money to good use through a charity like Angel Tree which buys toys for the children of incarcerated parents.
We also do parenting classes for inmates about to be released. Lots of them have no idea how to re-integrate with their loved ones, especially children whom some have never seen. It's also a good program.
But off my soapbox about how cool our group is, the basic premise is good and their are lots of deserving charities out there who can really use the dollars.
I do like receiving hand signed cards, from human service agency we partner or work with and from vendors we know personally. I don't really care to get them simply as mass mailings, either.
We, too, are a non-profit agency trying to serve a large list of needy individuals. Our holiday card list is over 300 which is large and expensive for our small operation. We would like to acknowledge our partners/collaborators during the holidays, but it is getting very expensive and operating funds are shrinking. We operate several housing programs and programs for low income families, children, and struggling small businesses. We haven't made a decision for this year, yet. Yes, I know, we are running out of time.
I'll keep watching the forum for a good solution.
JEL
An e-mail greeting? No.
James Sokolowski
HRhero.com
We run our own charity event as well during Christmas, so the cards are a nice gesture.
Sort of off topic - Marc, please send the name and address of your organization to me at [email]hr1@rmillc.com[/email]. I sent small donations to various charitable organizations last year in lieu of gifts for some of my "already have everything/hard to buy for" extended family members, noting that the donation was made in their honor. It went over really well!