On December 12th, 2012, New Hyde Park Memorial’s Red Cross Club hosted its annual Holiday Cards for Heroes event. This gave members, along with other students, the opportunity to showcase their drawing talents and create holiday cards for active servicemen and women and veterans throughout the United States and abroad. It was an amazing turnout, with over 50 members as well as non-members in attendance, who were eager to participate. There were over seventy colorful holiday cards made that day, along with eleven cards from Yasmin Mathews, who could not make the event and thus created the cards in her own time out of her need to show her appreciation to the soldiers. The club advisor, Ms. Rafiq, along with the officers, worked hard to promote the event and helped students get started on their cards after school in the school cafeteria. The club hopes to have a greater turnout next year, too.