Like the ripple caused by a stone thrown into water our mission affects the mood of everyone in a recipient facility.

We often speak about how our mission affects healthcare residents in our community.  What we don’t often share is how the staff of our recipient facilities are affected by our deliveries.  The mood of the residents at a facility strongly affects the mood of the staff.  Just imagine… if all the residents are in a bad mood, they are going to be contrary and difficult with the staff.  If the residents are happy and excited they are going to transfer these positive feeling onto the staff members with whom they interact.

Enter Random Acts of Flowers.  Who wouldn’t be in a good mood after receiving a big, beautiful bouquet of flowers from a stranger, someone who just wants to make sure that they have a reason to smile that day?!  When our volunteers deliver to a healthcare community they brighten the day for not only recipients but for the nursing staff, the cleaning staff, the meal staff, the activities staff, and anyone who comes into contact with the lovely bouquet and the recipient of said bouquet.  The mood of the entire community is uplifted after a visit from Random Acts of Flowers.

As evidence of this ripple the testimonials that we receive are quite often from the staff members of a facility.  They often read very much like this one from Sunny.

Thank you!  Our residents love Random Acts of Flowers! I work in an assisted living community and it was amazing to see the difference a simple act of kindness could make in someones day. Our residents really appreciated the fact that someone took time out of their day to come say a friendly hello and deliver flowers to them. Thank you so much for blessing our community in this way.

We are, as always, very happy to hear from communities to which we deliver.  We also received three handwritten thank yous from this delivery!

Keeping in mind the ripple effect I invite you to start your own ripple within your community.  Smile at someone on the street… they are likely to smile at the next person they see.  Compliment someone who looks nice… they are likely to spread the joy of your compliment to others.  Drop an extra quarter into an expired parking meter… you will make someone’s day!