--- title: "Heavy Lifting: Why It's Impossible To Weigh Every Box And Respond" description: "Heavy Lifting: Why It's Impossible To Weigh Every Box And Respond" --- [![Image](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/the-crayon-initiative.svg)](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/) - [Our Work](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/our-work/) - [Our Work](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/our-work/) - [Our Story](https://thecrayoninitiative.org//our-work/#story) - [Our Mission](https://thecrayoninitiative.org//our-work/#mission) - [Our Team](https://thecrayoninitiative.org//our-work/#team) - [Our Impact](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/impact-report/) - [Ways to Give](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/give-money/) - [Ways to Give](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/give-money/) - [Give Crayons](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/give-crayons/) - [Give Time](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/give-time/) - [Hospital Partners](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/hospital-partners/) - [Share Your Story](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/share-your-story/) - [News](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/) - [Events](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/9th-annual-golf-classic/) - [9th Annual Golf Classic](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/9th-annual-golf-classic/) - [Melt with You](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/melt-with-you/) - [Resources](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/type/resources/) - [Store](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/category/store/) - [Contact](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/contact/) [Give](https://give.thecrayoninitiative.org/campaign/608834/donate) × - [Our Work](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/our-work/) - [Our Work](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/our-work/) - [Our Story](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/our-work/#story) - [Our Mission](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/our-work/#mission) - [Our Team](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/our-work/#team) - [Ways to Give](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/give-money/) - [Ways to Give](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/give-money/) - [Give Crayons](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/give-crayons/) - [Give Time](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/give-time/) - [Hospital Partners](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/hospital-partners/) - [Share Your Story](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/share-your-story/) - [News](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/) - [Resources](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/type/resources/) - [Store](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/category/store/) - [Contact](https://thecrayoninitiative.org/contact/) ![](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/2432204/hubfs/z-creative%20assets/Customer_Overview_Header_Image.jpg?width=1600&name=Customer_Overview_Header_Image.jpg) # The Crayon Initiative News # [Heavy Lifting: Why It's Impossible To Weigh Every Box And Respond](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/heavy-lifting-why-its-impossible-to-weigh-every-box-and-respond) ![close](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2432204/AK-UI%20Builder/close-button.svg) ### Categories - [Activities for Kids (1)](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/tag/activities-for-kids) - [Art (1)](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/tag/art) - [Blog (1)](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/tag/blog) - [Case Study (1)](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/tag/case-study) - [Kids Activities (1)](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/tag/kids-activities) - [Share Your Colors (1)](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/tag/share-your-colors) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Popular Stories [The Color of Music (pt. 1) Flowers Are Red](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/the-color-of-music-pt-1-flowers-are-red) Jun 15, 2015 [Using Art To Promote Healing At Yale New Haven Health](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/using-art-to-promote-healing-at-yale-new-haven-health) Aug 17, 2020 [The Environmental Impact of Our Friend the Crayon](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/the-environmental-impact-of-our-friend-the-crayon) Jun 08, 2015 [UVA, Volunteer Unite The Community Through Crayon Collection Drives](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/uva-volunteer-unite-community-crayon-collection-drives) Mar 07, 2018 [Do You Want To Love Fireworks Again?](https://blog.thecrayoninitiative.org/news/do-you-want-to-love-fireworks-again) Jul 13, 2015 Categories | Subscribe | Popular - - - - Written by Cecile on August 08, 2017 Two of the most common questions we receive at The Crayon Initiative is “did you receive my crayons?” and “how much did they weigh?” And our best answer right now is, “yes and we’re not sure!” We have received an overwhelming response to our program, receiving roughly 500 individual packages of crayons each week. The good news is that a lot of people are sending in their crayons. But the bad news is that our limited staffing makes it almost impossible to keep up with individualized logging of weights. It’s been a heavy lift. To improve the efficiency of our operations, we’ve decided to move to a different weighing system. Going forward, we will no longer be individually weighing each donor’s package. Instead, we are logging all shipments as a whole. To keep you informed on our collection status, The Crayon Initiative will send out a monthly report stating the total weight of crayons received the past month and year to date, as well as other metrics. This shift in structure enables us to weigh several packages at one time, thus allowing our team of volunteers to get back to sorting and making new crayons for kids facing tough times. Thank you for your understanding as to why we’ve had to develop a more sustainable model for processing the crayons we receive. 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