The Butterfly Project

The Butterfly Project

In an effort to remember the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust, the Holocaust Museum in Houston is collecting 1.5 million hand-made butterflies. No food, no glitter products can be used but any and all 2 dimensional butterflies are encouraged. The butterflies will then appear in an incredible exhibition in Spring of 2013. Please send completely butterflies by June 30, 2012 to

            Holocaust Museum Houston

            Butterfly Project
            Education Department
            5401 Caroline St.
            Houston, TX 77004
            USA

For more detailed instructions please visit their website.

Project 12: Orphan Outreach

Looking back at old pictures of myself from my Long Island days, there are a few things that stand out...or in the case of my hair- stand up. I loved all things "loud" from my thick eyeliner to the jangly bracelets hanging loose on my wrists. Every time I walked, my arms seemed to make the sound of an on-coming freight train.

Years later, with my hair a foot shorter sporting wrinkles instead of Maybelline, I can look back on that time period and laugh at the ridiculousness of adolescence. I can laugh from the security of my happy home and loving parents but I know it's a luxury that not everyone has.

Project 12 has partnered with Orphan Outreach to ask for help in providing hand-made bracelets for orphans in Russia. They can be hemp, woven, beaded or any way you can imagine. The only requirement is that they are hand-made. The bracelets will be distributed to children between ages 4-18.

Send completed bracelets by June 15, 2011 to:

Carin Vogelzang

630 Griswold SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49507