Festival of Trees back at Indiana Historical Society (WISH-TV, 12.4.2018) We are so thrilled to be part of the community participating in the Festival of Trees at the Indiana Historical Society. Check out our coverage on WISH-TV and then head down to see the 80 trees in person. Don't forget to vote for RAF Indy as your favorite [...]
Random Acts of Flowers Bring Smiles, Aromas, 50,000th Bouquet (IndyStar, 11/29.2018) This team of rockstar volunteers created more than 200 arrangements to be delivered to patients at Eskenazi Health —one of which was the 50,000th delivery since our launch in Indy! Random Acts of Flowers volunteers [...]
Random Acts of Flowers Indianapolis celebrates 50,000 deliveries back where it all began A little more than two years ago, the Random Acts of Flowers (RAF) Indianapolis workshop in Broad Ripple was abuzz with activity. The newest branch of the national floral nonprofit was preparing to make its first deliveries. And, in mid-October 2016, the [...]
View this email in your browser IN BLOOM Fall 2018 KINDNESS IS A VERB While I know that – grammatically – kindness is a noun; I also know that kindness is something that we do, not just something that we are. We can’t expect good things to just happen on their own, we have [...]
Flowers Afters Hours Flourishes at RAF Chicago After seeing much success in fellow RAF branches, RAF Chicago has offered more regular after-hours floral arranging events, which we call Flowers After Hours. These public events are modeled after BYOB paint classes and geared to provide a fun, unique, and meaningful opportunity for community members who may [...]
360° of Thanks Sheryl Proctor-Bloom started volunteering in September of 2017, not too long after she retired. She had seen a newspaper article about the branch’s launch and know “this was the spot for me!” Sheryl calls RAF’s mission a “360 degree concept of gratitude. Not only are we brightening the lives of those in hospitals and nursing [...]
Sometimes it can be the simplest of gestures that can mean the most. Such was the case when Larsen Jay found himself on the receiving end of the kindness of others. In 2007, Jay fell off a roof. While recovering in a hospital from multiple injuries, his room was flooded with flowers from well-wishers, elevating his [...]
RAF Tampa Bay Helps Kronos give Mease Manor Recipients the Royal Treatment When Kronos Incorporated – a leading global provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions – decided to have their annual sales kickoff conference in Florida, it knew it wanted to do something special for their employees and for the community. [...]
Every Vase has a Place: RAF Knoxville and Knox Area Rescue Ministries Every vase has a story. Perhaps, it starts at a florist shop or a gift store or even some warehouse online; but, ideally, that vase finds itself full of flowers and in the home of a grateful recipient. But, after the bouquet's life [...]
WBBM Newsradio/Lisa Fielding It's a Wednesday at Alden Estates Transitional Care in Skokie where Random Act of Flowers is surprising unsuspecting patients. A van pulls up to the main entrance with a cart of flower bouquets destined for new homes. "Flowers are the universal language of hope and healing," said Andrea Lutz, Executive [...]