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"   It&amp;#039;s only 10 days until Christmas, which means you&amp;#039;ve got somewhere between five to seven days (depending on the proximity of your friends and family members) to get all your cards personally and festively inscribed, stamped, and in the mail.  Now before you allow yourself to become one of those people whose holiday greetings arrive delinquently, just know two things: one, it&amp;#039;s lazy, and two, it&amp;#039;s lazy and tacky. This year, instead of going through the headache of realizing too late that the First Class postage has been upped to $.44 (ask my friend Lisa who recently sent out 90 mis-postaged birthday invitations, and she&amp;#039;ll tell you how it feels), I urge you to go eco-friendly and send the special people in your life a charmingly illustrated eCard courtesy of the non-profit Goods for Good (G4G). Nine designs in all, the cards can also serve as gifts of any monetary denomination, the entirety of which will go toward G4G charity work. Featured artists include Alessandra Olanow (her work shown at left), a popular Brooklyn-based illustrator slash blogger who counts among her freelance clients the NFL and the Beastie Boys, Jayson Atienza, a watercolor and ink specialist whose sneaker and apparel designs can be found on the feet of David LaChapelle (and ahem, Tiger Woods) and on-screen in Guy Ritchie films, along with several others. Founded in 2006 by Melissa Kushner, G4G came into existence after Kushner, who, until recently worked for the United Nations, traveled to Malawi for work and came into contact with the children at St. Mary&amp;#039;s Rehabilitation Centre, an under-funded orphanage in the small town of Chezi. After several years of organizing donations to St. Mary&amp;#039;s from individuals and businesses in her community in her spare time, Kushner decided to dedicate her life to the mission and created Goods for Good, all of whose charitable donations go toward providing underprivileged children in Africa with the food, hygiene products and services, clothing, and school supplies they need to live healthy, productive lives. It&amp;#039;s the perfect way to wish those you love\u2014and those who need love most\u2014a most happy holiday season. \u2014Johanna Cox, Junior Editor Photo: Courtesy of Goods For Good "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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