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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Thank You 6-Pack Post Cards

mcglinch — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:06:55 +0000

Back in April, my family and I walked through West Chester, PA, with friends of ours to raise money and awareness in West Chester University’s American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Walk. Just a month before, in March we had suffered the loss of our 14-year-old friend of the family, Alec Metzger.

In order to try and do any small thing to help the family and to help prevent others from suffering the same crippling sadness and loss, we joined in the walk and effort to raise money. As part of my push to raise funds I offered hand-drawn thank you beer postcards for anyone donating any amount.

Thanks to the generosity of friends, I raised $470 and have ten postcards to create. Here’s the first one.

All postcards are created on the back of panels from six-pack containers for beer.

If you’d like to help the cause by funding awareness and education to help bring light to and remove the shame that comes when a suicide occurs AND get a postcard in return — it’s not too late to donate! Donate here on the fundraising page and I’ll get in touch to get your postal address for a postcard.

As I complete the postcards, I’ll continue to post them. Since I’ve been out of the drawing practice for a while now, I’m hoping they improve with time.

Valentine’s Day Dryer Lint Bunny

mcglinch — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:50:17 +0000

Received this from the Mrs. on Valentine’s Day this year. She hand-crafted it using dryer lint and trusty old Elmer’s glue. It’s a keeper (and so is she)!

Sad State of Affairs

mcglinch — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:48:08 +0000

When there’s nothing much drawn in months, we must live with a sketchy doodled alien faced thing.

Dog Unhurt in Toy Car Accident

mcglinch — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:37:39 +0000

Will send this six-pack beer postcard out this week

Lagunitas Mountain Goat

mcglinch — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:42:32 +0000

And one for my sister out near the Bitterroots.

Get Off My Lawn

mcglinch — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:44:14 +0000

Another vacation 6-pack beer postcard from the Adirondack trip heading out in tomorrow’s mail. From Breckenridge Brewery sample case that my brother-in-law brought. I just recently drank a bottle of the vanilla porter from that case and couldn’t finish. No flavorings in my coffee and no flavorings in my beer please.

Saranac Smoker

mcglinch — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:41:16 +0000

One for my brother who lives down the lane using the old upstate NY standby-but-still-good Saranac Pale Ale.

Dinosaur & Dust Bunny

mcglinch — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:00:36 +0000

This one is up for grabs. If you have a tiny address I’ll mail it to you. Email me your postal address to bunny at mc glinch c om.

Harpoon Scotty

mcglinch — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:20:33 +0000

Another 6-pack postcard for old buddy, Scotty. He gets the Harpoon IPA because of the years he lived in Boston and I believe that’s where I first tasted Harpoon on the Cambridge campus.

Vacation Beer PostCards

mcglinch — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:09:16 +0000

While on vacation last week in the beautiful Adirondacks, we had some nice rainy days to kill. So I got back to drawing some 6-pack beer postcards for friends and family.

This dragon goes out to the Duke Family. It was on the back of a Lake Placid Ubu Ale six-pack panel. The beer itself was tasty and especially hit the spot with a lake breeze blowing and air temps in the high 70s.