Create holiday cards for pediatric patients

November 24, 2009

The annual Hearts for the Holidays program, presented by Friends for Life of America, will provide an opportunity for University of Florida students, faculty and staff to make holiday cards for pediatric cancer patients. Card-making stations will be located at Turlington Plaza and the Reitz Student Union Colonnade from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dec. 1-4.

Friends for Life is a student-run non-profit organization that seeks to provide educational, emotional and financial support to pediatric cancer patients and their families.

Bernadette Guzman, UF senior and president of the club, said she hopes Hearts for the Holidays will collect at least 2,500 cards to be sent to at least one hospital in each state. Friends for Life will provide materials, including stickers, glitter, paint, paper, stencils, markers and more.

Guzman has been involved in the club since her freshman year. “Although our club is small and intimate, I think we make a huge difference in the lives of cancer patients,” she said.

For more information, please contact Guzman at bguzman1@ufl.edu.