BUY A CARD FROM A STUDENT AND HELP SUPPORT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PLUS THE EGPAF AND BE A PART OF THIS ADDITION TO ALL HOLIDAYS AND THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS DAY HOLIDAY THAT IS SWEEPING THE NATION

BUY A CARD FROM A STUDENT AND HELP SUPPORT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PLUS THE EGPAF AND BE A PART OF THIS ADDITION TO ALL HOLIDAYS AND THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS DAY HOLIDAY THAT IS SWEEPING THE NATION

THESE CARDS HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON A TWO PAGE SPREAD ON THE FLORIDA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WEBSITE AND THE NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER. ALL HOLIDAY AND HAPPY MOTHERING DAY OR HAPPY FATHERING DAY CARDS SOLD THROUGH THIS WEBSITE

THANK YOU FOR VISITING THIS WEBSITE.

The article below has been featured on the FLORIDA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (FEA) WEBSITE FOR MAY AND JUNE 2007:

 

Happy Mothers and Fathers Day Cards

 Help your students recognize the special caregivers in their lives.....Did you know that only about 28 percent of the homes in this country are traditional homes that have both a natural mother and natural father? That leaves about 72 percent of the homes that do not.
This Mothers and Fathers Day put a smile on their face and help them show their appreciation to that special caregivers such as a step-father, step-mother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin, friend, or foster parent, even a neighbor to name a few.Finding holiday cards for these caring people can be extremely challenging. Yet these are the people who provide the comfort and security need. They give us the love and care that can make the biggest difference in a child's life. These people who work hard everyday giving mothering and fathering to others deserve a special line of holiday cards. The websites explain it all:  Teacher should begin now to have their class to buy these cards to honor their caregivers and natural mothers and fathers and use them in their lesson of fairness, equality, making a positive difference in society, and being charitable givers. Proceeds from the cards will go directly to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (EGPAF) and those at EGPAF are very excited about this for children.    A NEW WAY TO SAY HAPPY MOTHERS DAY AND HAPPY FATHERS DAY THAT GIVE ALL CHILDREN AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SO AND HONOR NATURAL MOTHERS AND FATHERS MORE THAN TRADITIONAL WAYS by Dr. Marcia Becker (Florida  State Licensed School Psychologist) and Hera  Becker(Child of Loss and First Year Law Student)  The woman who had lost her sister to cancer three years ago and was bringing up her niece called us her "angels" when we told her about our addition to the Mothers Day and Fathers Day Holiday. She said" I have met my angels today" and went on to say that she could not wait to get home to tell her niece about this new way to say Happy Mothers Day.  "My niece will feel so much better, as she has been struggling with what to say to me on this holiday, and now, she has something wonderful to say that will be so warm and positive for me, " said the woman. Her niece would now be able to give her aunt a card that says Happy Mothering Day and thank her aunt for the wonderful mothering she had been given since the death of her own mother several years before.   This woman's words will ring in our ears forever and further inspired us to contact mental health professionals and teachers around the country in an effort to "get the word out" about his new way to say Happy Mothering Day or Happy Fathering Day. Please visit our Website at: www.happymotheringday.com and www.happyfatheringday.com .
 
The response was so positive, with teachers even saying that we should not waste any time and that the best way to get the word out would be to make cards available for the children to purchase that teachers could then have their class purchase as a whole. Then the teachers would use the cards as a lesson for introducing this new addition to their students and keep the cards safely for them until the holidays arrived. The teachers said how much easier these cards with the introduction to their students would make these holidays for teachers themselves and for the children in their class. This is also about children helping children and becoming charitable givers, as a portion of proceeds are going to be given directly to the largest, non-profit children's charity in the world, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation and to the surviving children of the 9/11 attacks.  Today only about 28 percent of the homes in this country are traditional in that they have both a natural mother and natural father. This means that 72 percent of the homes are non-traditional, and as teachers know all too well, many children have a difficult time with what to say  to their caregivers.

Giving this beautiful Happy Mothering Day card or beautiful Happy Fathering Day card available on our Website(
www.happymotheringday.com), clearly expresses to the new caregiver, be it a grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin, step-mother, step-father, the child's appreciation for the mothering or fathering that person has given to them.

Additionally, these cards allow children with natural mothers and natural fathers to do the same and to now honor them for the hard work they do in their mothering and fathering. Almost anyone can be a mother or father, but it is the mothering and fathering that they provide that is what is appreciated.
 The following poem helps explain:  Mothers Day and Fathers Day as it approaches for many Brings anxiety and sorrow for those who lost them if any Why would a world want to be so cruel As to keep this focus and make it to be their rule  I feel the most beautiful thing in this world that we knowIs the love and comfort that our mothers and fathers do showBut to lose one or the other for whatever reason may aboundCan turn even the most grounded person inside out and upside down  Let us open our hearts and minds to change with the timesTo add to these days of honoring for all and for all timeHappy Mothering Daytm and Happy Fathering Daytm  does bringA happiness and inclusiveness that all can sing Let all the children be able to chooseA card that honors those who give them mothering and fathering and let them not loseThank you to the grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousin, friend, step-mother, and step-father to name a fewWho give the mothering and fathering to some and help them feel renewed This honors our biological and adopted mothers and fathers as well As it is not the name that brings joy in us to a swellIt is the mothering and fathering that they do provideLet us honor them all for what they do and bring to them their deserved pride  Copyright 2006 Permission granted only to licensed teachers and licensed mental health professionals to use this in an instructional capacity to help children become familiar with this addition Teachers and mental health professionals should help children become familiar with this addition to these holidays now and without further delay. We all know what a positive benefit this will be for all children and adults as well.   THE ARTICLE BELOW HAS BEEN FEATURED ON THE NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER FOR JUN 2007:
 

 

M.B.A. Graduate Recognized by the Florida Education Association for Entrepreneurial Efforts

Hera Jaclyn Becker, a 22-year-old M.B.A. graduate from the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was recently featured on the Florida Education Association's (FEA) Web site for her entrepreneurial efforts that support the betterment of children.

Since only about 28 percent of children live in a traditional home with both a natural father and natural mother, Becker recognized the need for children to show their appreciation on Mother's Day and Father's Day for their special caregivers in their lives. As such, Becker was inspired to pursue a unique business venture, which involved the creation of a card company for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards.

Unlike the traditional holiday cards available in most stores, Becker’s card company helps to promote equal opportunity for children to celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day by adding more appropriate terminology for the holidays. The new terminology—Happy Mothering Day and Happy Fathering Day—honors both natural parents and other caregivers for their hard work in mothering and fathering.

With each purchase of a Happy Mothering Day or Happy Fathering Day card, another child will benefit through the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (EGPAF), which is the largest, non-profit children's charity in the world. The EGPAF coordinates medical research that makes advances in many childhood diseases. Visit www.feaweb.org/page.aspx?a=2628 to read the full article that was published on the FEA web site.

 


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Purchase one of the two cards offered here and a portion of the proceeds will be given to the largest, non-profit children's charity in the world called "the ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION" (EGPAF). One card is a trademarked pending addition to saying Happy Mothers Day to natural mothers by recognizing them for the hard work they do by the mothering they give(Happy Mothering Day)tm. The other card is a trademarked addition to saying Happy Fathers Day to natural fathers by recognizing them for the hard work they do by the fathering they give (Happy Fathering Day)tm. LET US HONOR NATURAL MOTHERS AND FATHERS FOR THEIR MOTHERING AND FATHERING NOT JUST FOR A NAME OF MOTHER OR FATHER. These cards are for ALL CHILDREN which are those from both traditional and non-traditional homes. So many cards are bought each year for these holidays, so let us help children keep these proceeds funneled back in to children's charities and out of the hands of big business. This is about adults helping children to help children. Next year more varieties of cards should be available on this website, but for now the goal is to teach the children, through these cards and as soon as possible, about this most positive and honoring addition.

TEACHERS (the backbone of our society) should particulary like to have their students purchase these cards prior to the Mothers Day and Fathers Day holidays and introduce the chidren to this new addition. Since only about 28 percent of the homes in this country are traditional homes that have both a natural mother and natural father, there are 72 percent of the homes that do not. This means there are many children who do not have cards to buy for these holidays that express their appreciation for the mothering and fathering that they have been given by another person such as a step-father, step-mother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin, friend, or foster parent, to name a few. These people who work hard everyday giving mothering and fathering to others deserve a special line of cars. Be a part of what will almost certainly be history in the making. Allow all children from traditional homes to honor their natural mother and natural father for the hard work that they do.

COST OF ONE, TWO, OR THREE  CARDS:  All sales are final. No returns. No refunds.

   1  CARD -   ($3.00 paid to paypal) + ($1.00 plus tax for handling +  1.50 shipping paid to FedexKinkos) =  total cost is $5.50 plus tax per card

   2 cards =    ($3.00 x2=$6.00 paid to paypal) + $2.00 plus tax for handling + 1.50 for shipping paid to FedexKinkos) = total cost is $4.75 plus tax per card

  3 cards =    ($3.00 x3=$9.00 paid to paypal) + $3.00 plus tax for handling + 1.50 for shipping paid to FedexKinkos) = total cost is about $4.50 plus tax per card

 

COST OF MORE THAN THREE CARDS (bulk rate) :  All sales are final. No returns. No refunds.

 4 cards =  ($3.00 x 4 = $12.00 paid to paypal) + ($4.00 plus tax for handling + $8.00 plus tax for shipping paid to FedexKinkos) = total cost per card is about $6.00 plus tax per card

5 cards =  ($300 x5 = $15.00 paid tp paypal)  + $5.00 plus tax for  handling and $8.00 plus tax for shipping  = total cost per card is about $5.60 plus tax per card

30 cards = ($3.00x30=$90.00 paid to paypal) +  $30.00 plus tax for handling and $8.00 plus tax for shippping paid to FedexKinkos) = total cost per card is about $4.27 plus tax per card

BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR ORDER, PLEASE PRINT OUT THE DIRECTIONS BELOW FOR ORDERING  AND USE YOUR PRINTOUT AS A CHECKLIST FOR THE EASY STEPS YOU MUST GO THROUGH TO COMPLETE YOUR ORDER.  CHECK OFF EACH STEP AS YOU COMPLETE IT.

TO PURCHASE ONE OR MORE OF EITHER CARD (Happy Mothering Day or Happy Fathering Day) you will need to follow these steps carefully and step one MUST be done FIRST:  

 1. Click on the ADD TO CART button on this website below and you will be sent to the page where you enter the number of cards you want (this is just the number of cards you want and it does not matter which card you want at this step).   You can then pay with either a credit card or buy using a paypal account. You do not need a paypal account to pay through paypal. Pay $3.OO to paypal for each card you wish to purchase. If you want more than one card, then multiply the number of cards by $3.00 for your total amount. Please use a credit card that matches your name and is the name that you will enter on all the information you give to this secure paypal website. When you FINISH MAKING YOUR PAYMENT TO PAYPAL with this step, you will RETURN to this website and FOLLOW the directions for the second step BELOW:

Happy Mothering Day Card

Happy Fathering Day Card

 YOU ARE NOW READY TO BEGIN THE SECOND STEP:

2. A. Next, copy and paste this following link in to another Web browser page and pull up the Fedexkinkos print on line website (www.printonline.fedexkinkos.com).  BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO COMPLETE THE STEPS ON the FedexKinkos web page, you will have to put the following file on your computer which can be uploaded and put in to the FedexKinkos webpage(instructions to follow). Open WORDPAD on your computer, under Programs and then under Accessorries on most computers,  and type on the open Wordpad page, "CARDS SPECIFIED IN SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW."  SAVE this file to your desktop and name it the same "CARDS SPECIFIED IN SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW."

 B.  CLICK on "start a new print job" box on the FedexKinkos web page that you have pulled up. You will be brought to another page that has the words "upload files" on it. C. CLICK on the BROWSE box and in the box on your computer that appears type in "desktop" and highlight the file above and click the OPEN box . The file name will appear in the File line next to the Browse box on the FedexKinko's website.

C. Click the box under this File line that says, " ADD FILE TO JOB LIST." Your file name will appear under the Job List in the white box below it.

 

D. Click on the box that says, "Set Print Options" another page will appear and ignore the automatically filled in boxes under the "Set Print Options" box (grey box) and go to the underlined words saying "ADD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS(optional) and click on this line that says "Add Special Instructions(optional)."Another page will appear with a large white box in which to write your special instructions.

E. Do not be concerned with the prewritten statements, just put your cursor in the white box and type in the following: "I would like you to print for me the (put the number of cards you want) of Happy Mothering Day cards and/or the number of Happy Fathering Day cards that you want. Also type in that you want it sent to you in the mail but you want the card and designer envelope to be put in another larger envelope and sent to you. You must specify which card you want and write in either Happy Mothering Day card of Happy Fathering Day card. Type in your FULL NAME, FIRST AND LAST, your PHONE NUMBER WITH AREA CODE(the phone number must be the one reigstered with the phone company your name), your complete address with zip code and the complete address  with zip code of where you want the card(s) sent to, the type of CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD you are using(the name on this card must match the name you typed in above and the same card and name you paid to Paypal above), the number on your Credit Card or Debit card, the EXPIRATION DATE on you credit card or debit card, and a statment saying the following: This is my electronic signature giving FedexKinkos permission to charge my credit or debit card for the amount of (put in the amount of the shipping and handling you will have to pay to FedexKinkos based on the number of cards you are ordering plus tax). Next and lastly type in, "I want you to send me my  card (put one, two, or three,)by regular mail to the address I gave you above." If you ordered more than three cards, then say I want you to ship me my cards for the bulk price for four cards or above of $8.00 plus handling and tax). IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SPECIFY THAT YOU WANT THE CARDS SENT TO YOU.

F. THIS  FOLLOWING APPLIES ONLY IF YOU WANT TO PICK UP YOUR CARD OR CARDS AT YOUR NEAREST FEDEXkINKOS STORE. If you prefer to pick up your card at your closest FedexKinnkos, then say instead, "I would prefer to pick up my card(s) at the following FedexKinkos and please email the card file to this FedexKinkos from your FedexKinkos on Royal Palm Blvd. in Coral Springs, Florida"(give the exact address of the store  at which you want to pick up your card prcards).  You should only have been charged $1.00 by FedexKinkos per card for any card you pick up at the FedexKinkos store you indicate.

 G. CLICK on the OK box at the bottom of the Special Instructions box and you will be returned to the "set print options" page. CLICK the OK bOX at the bottom of this page and you will be returned to the Upload Files Page. On this page CLICK on the "SUBMIT JOBS" box at the bottom of the page. Now TYPE IN THE FOLLOWING ZIP CODE AND ONLY THE FOLLOWING ZIP CODE: 33071 and put nothing else in the other lines and then CLICK the SEARCH box. You will now be brought to a page listing several FedexKinkos store locations.    Now, CLICK on the SELECT box next to the "Coral Springs, FL Royal Pallm" address and you will be taken to a page that says, "SELECT DELIVERY OPTIONS."  LEAVE THE DOT NEXT TO THE "PICK UP AT fEDEXKINKOS EVEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO PICK UP THE CARD AND WANT IT SENT TO YOU, AS THEY WILL DO WHAT YOU SPECIFIED  IN STEP E. or F. ABOVE. TYPE IN your INFORMATION SUCHA S NAME, FIRST AND LAST(the same name as you used for your Paypal payment above and the same name that is on the credit or debit card you used, AND PHONE NUMBER WITH AREA CODE, AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS (THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS YOU USED FOR YOU PAYPAL PAYMENT IF ONE WAS ASKED FOR ).  NOW CLICK the box next to "Same as Recipient" if they are the same.   NOW CLICK THE OK box at the bottom right of this page. You will see a page with your information listed.  MOST IMPORTANT is now TO CLICK on THE PLACE ORDER BUTTON at the BOTTOM RIGHT of the page  OR the ORDER WILL NOT be sent to FedexKinkos. A THANK YOU PAGE WILL appear .  PRINT out this page for your records and so you will have the phone number of the Coral Springs, Fl Royal Palm store if you have questions and FedexKinkos may call you if they have any questions. FINALLY, CLICK the DONE box on the bottom right of the page. You have completed your order. THANK YOU for helping the children.

 

 

 

 

 

A School Psychologist licensed in the State of Florida has said that having this new and trademarked line of cards should enhance the self-esteem of the children from the 72 percent of homes in this country that are non-traditional(do not have both a natural mother and natural father). By raising the self- esteem of children, their behavior will most likely improve in our schools, there may be less bullying, it is possible that there may even be a drop in the suicide rate among children and children will certainly gain an appreciation for charitable giving. For the wonderful and fortunate children from traditional homes who have both a natural mother and natural father, they will now be able to give a card on the Mothers Day and fathers Day holiday that honors their natural mother and natural father for the hard work that they do in their mothering (care when sick, driving to school or games, etc.) and fathering and not just for a name. Anyone can be a mother or father, but it is only those mothers and fathers that give wonderful mothering and fathering that deserve to be honored and recognized for their hard work.

Shown above is the Happy Fathering Day card and it is on a light, blue backgroud. It comes with a beautiful, blue DESIGNER envelope. CLICK ON THE PICTURE FOR A LARGER IMAGE. SEE BELOW FOR The Happy Mothering Day Card which is on a light, pink background with a beautiful, pink DESIGNER envelope.

PLEASE SEE THE HAPPY MOTHERING DAYtm CARD BELOW. YOU WILL NEED TO SCROLL VERY FAR DOWN.  SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN. CLICK ON THE PICTURE FOR A LARGER VIEW.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEAUTIFUL POEM:

HAPPY MOTHERING DAYtm AND HAPPY FATHERING DAYtm

Mothers Day and Fathers Day as it approaches for many

Brings anxiety and sorry for those who lost them if any

Why would a world want to be so cruel

As to keep this focus and make it to be their rule

 

I feel the most beautiful thing in his world that we know

Is the love and comfort that our fathers and mothers do show

But to lose one or the other for whatever reason may abound

Can turn even the most grounded person inside out and upside down

 

Let us think of those less fortunate than we

 And expand the focus for all to participate and be

 Cruel and unusual punishment it seems to height

To discriminate against those without them is not right

 

Let us open our hearts and minds to change with the times

To ehnance these days of honoring for all and for all time

Happy Mothering Daytm and Happy Fathering Daytm does bring

A happiness and inclusiveness that all can sing

 

Let the children be able to choose

A card to honor those who give mothering and fathering and let them not lose

Thank you to the grandma, grandpa, uncle, aunt, step-mother and step-father, cousin to name a few

Who give the mothering and fathering to some and help them feel renewed

 

This honors our biological and adopted mothers and fathers as well

As it is not the name that brings joy in us to a swell

It is the mothering and fathering that they do provide

Let us honor them all for what they do and bring to them their deserved pride

Copyright 2006 Permission for reproduction is only granted to Licensed School Teachers and Licensed Mental Health Professionals to use this poem in an instructional capacity to help children gain awareness of this enhancement to these holidays