About
Random Acts of Flowers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity with a simple, yet effective mission: to collect donated flowers from weddings, memorial services, florists, special events, grocery stores and churches – and recycle/re-purpose them into beautiful bouquets for delivery to patients in area hospitals, nursing homes and hospice care centers. Our charity supports mental health, spreads joy and offers comfort through random, thoughtful, botanical deliveries.
Research has shown that a positive attitude quickens healing time and reduces the amount of pain, anxiety and fatigue associated with illness; it is our program’s goal to serve a small part in each patients’ positive mental health.
Random Acts of Flowers delivers flowers to the neediest in our area hospitals, assisted living facilities and other health care organizations. Our target recipients are those who have been in the hospital for an extended period of time, have not had visitors, or are just in need of a little cheer.
Our organization has the honor of fulfilling our mission with every bouquet delivered; each and every bouquet is greeted with a smile and continues to uplift the recipient’s spirit long after we’ve left the room.
HISTORY
Our Founder, Larsen Jay, formed the idea for Random Acts of Flowers while confined to a hospital bed after a major accident. The outpouring of support that he received in the form of daily visitors and dozens of floral arrangements gave him a sense of normalcy that is so easy to forget 
when confined to a hospital room.
When Larsen was capable of leaving his room he immediately noticed how many of his fellow patients did not have the shows of support that were so instrumental in his own recovery. Within moments the first “random act of flowers” delivery was made, re-purposing his own flowers and delivering them to patients in nearby hospital rooms. The memories of how touched his fellow patients were later compelled Larsen to form Random Act of Flowers.
In July 2008 the founding members formed a Board of Directors and applied for 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. Random Acts of Flowers’ first official delivery took place at the University of Tennessee Medical Center on March 3, 2009, the very location in which the charitable idea was formed.
Since its inception, Random Acts of Flowers has raised community awareness to their mission, formed partnerships with local businesses, and delivered almost 10,000 bouquets to patients in the community’s health care system. In its third year the organization plans to double its deliveries in an effort to enhance the mental health of our community, one bouquet at a time.
