{"id":37144,"date":"2022-12-09T11:48:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T11:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=37144"},"modified":"2023-12-11T09:29:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T09:29:18","slug":"send-a-christmas-e-card-donate-to-wames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/send-a-christmas-e-card-donate-to-wames\/","title":{"rendered":"Send a Christmas e-card &#038; donate to WAMES"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Send an e-card this Christmas<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>There are many reasons to replace paper greetings cards with e-cards:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>it takes less energy for people with ME and carers<\/li>\n<li>it side-steps some disruptions i.e. train and Royal Mail strikes<\/li>\n<li>it reduces our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dontsendmeacard.com\/exeter-university-report-carbon-footprint-of-a-greetings-card.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carbon footprint<\/a><\/li>\n<li>it can be cheaper &#8211; a 2nd class stamp is <em>how<\/em> much? 68p!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t send me a card!<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-37657 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSMAC-Christmas-Send-Festive-Ecards-e1670586014607-300x157.jpg?resize=250%2C131&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"131\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSMAC-Christmas-Send-Festive-Ecards-e1670586014607.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSMAC-Christmas-Send-Festive-Ecards-e1670586014607.jpg?resize=150%2C78&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSMAC-Christmas-Send-Festive-Ecards-e1670586014607.jpg?resize=768%2C401&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSMAC-Christmas-Send-Festive-Ecards-e1670586014607.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/131;\" \/>WAMES is now on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dontsendmeacard.com\/ecards\/charities\/wames\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DontSendMeACard<\/a> platform, and we invite you to send as many e-cards as you want via<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> email<\/span><\/strong> or <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/strong> for a donation that you can afford. We have a growing selection of images (some animated) for you to choose from.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dontsendmeacard.com\/how-it-works.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How it works<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Personalise your card<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>You can create one eCard to share to everyone or personalise each one, it\u2019s up to you.\u00a0You can upload a photo to accompany your personal message inside each eCard. You can also opt to show how much you donated to WAMES, in lieu of your card (and maybe even a gift).<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Take your time<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>With each donation, you are assigned a volume of up to 100 eCards to use. You can come back later to send more. You can view your shares in your account and track your carbon savings.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-37659 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fingerfamilychristmas2-800x600-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fingerfamilychristmas2-800x600-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fingerfamilychristmas2-800x600-1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fingerfamilychristmas2-800x600-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fingerfamilychristmas2-800x600-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/>Have you designed a card of your own?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Why not send it to us and we can upload it for you and others to use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"jan@wames.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Send us<\/a> square images 1200&#215;1200 pixels in jpg or animated gifs. Max file size is 1mb.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">There&#8217;s still a place&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Of course, not everybody can be online, and paper cards are the right choice for some situations. A number of people with ME make beautifully crafted cards, often as a fundraising tool, so it is worth hunting them out and being prepared for anything! Let us know what you find&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Send an e-card this Christmas &nbsp; There are many reasons to replace paper greetings cards with e-cards: it takes less energy for people with ME and carers it side-steps some disruptions i.e. train and Royal Mail strikes it reduces our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/send-a-christmas-e-card-donate-to-wames\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-9F6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37144"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41638,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37144\/revisions\/41638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}