Here's the info off of the St Jude's Ranch Website:
Thirty Four years ago, Father Ward, wanting to show our donors his appreciation for making St. Jude's Ranch for Children possible and having no money to buy gifts, came up with the idea of turning the previous year's Christmas Cards into Christmas ornaments. Father and the children worked diligently at recycling the cards. The recipients were so delighted with their recycled cards that they asked Father and the children to recycle more cards, but, this time, the donors wanted to buy the cards. St. Jude's Ranch for Children's Greeting Card Recycling Program was born.
People from all over the world send us their used card fronts. The children precision trim the cards and glue them onto pre-printed card backs which are then sold to the public through our newsletter, Gift Shop or by word of mouth. Each child is paid fifteen cents for each card that he or she makes. This money is divided between spending money, savings, and their Home Fund (for special group outings).
As part of St. Jude's commitment to break the vicious welfare cycle and to teach the children to learn to earn, we have expanded the recycling program to include Christmas, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day, Easter and other special occasion cards, as well as all occasion greeting cards, postcards, or just about anything else you can think of that starts with a used greeting card front. Our most popular requests are for angel and teddy bear cards. Custom orders with special printing, fancy cards, gold trim, are also available.
Please send your used card fronts that can be attractively trimmed to fit our 5"X7" card backs, and that do not have writing on the back of the card.
