Received another story from a family member of a floral recipient. We certainly love hearing about how our mission effects those in our community. Thank you for sharing Beth! “Many thanks to your organization for the beautiful flowers delivered to my mother during her stay at UT Hospital in Knoxville. The pink roses were perfect [...]
Thursday evening we hosted our 3rd 2011 workshop with Samuel Franklin. The workshop was focused around creating themed centerpieces for the Fall. We had a wonderful group of ladies. We started the evening with a spread of cheeses and glasses of wine while perusing Sam’s stunningly beautiful shop. Along with his gorgeous floral designs Sam [...]
Received this lovely note earlier this week. She must have been one of the recipients during our first ever delivery to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center last month which received great television coverage. My mom had a lengthy hospital stay recently and I live out of state. I called daily to check on mom and [...]
Volunteers come to us through many different venues, whether they read an article, see TV coverage, hear from a friend, or any number of other ways. One of our newest volunteers came to us because he was witness to our mission while in a healthcare facility. Our other volunteers really enjoyed hearing his story so [...]
The 3rd workshop in our 2011 Flowers For All Seasons workshop series is quick approaching. On September 8th Sam will share with us how to welcome the Fall with themed decor, whether for a festive tailgate or a Halloween party. Attendees will create and take home a floral centerpiece. Attendees of the Spring workshop are [...]
We received great coverage today on WBIR-Channel 10. We cannot say thank you enough to the station for always covering our big steps! Follow this link to see the video. http://www.wbir.com/news/article/177028/8/Random-Acts-of-Flowers-blossoms-in-another-hospital
The following is from our recent delivery to Windsor Gardens off of Merchants and Central in North Knoxville. “Thank you for the beautiful flowers delivered to my father at Windsor Gardens assisted living! The delivery brightened his day and he has enjoyed them very much.” – Becky There weren’t many bouquets in that delivery but [...]
Received this sweet note from a Random Acts of Flowers recipient at Parkwest Medical Center. I just want to thank your group for the delivery of daisy mums during my stay at ParkWest. They did so much to brighten an otherwise clinical atmosphere. They made a difference. – Jane Thank you for taking the time [...]
This one really brightened my day! Thank you for taking the time to write to us Debbie. Last week I was hospitalized at ParkWest. With most of my family living out of state, I was quite lonely and depressed, not knowing what was wrong with me and not having someone to sit with me while [...]
April 29th, 2011 Random Acts of Flowers rolled out Knoxville’s first ever fresh flower float during the Dogwood Arts Festival Parade. Many thanks go out to our committee co-chairs Mary Jane Keating and Melissa Smith who orchestrated this phenomenal task. With the assistance of 20 volunteers, working for a total of 161 hours in 5 [...]
The following is a story sent in by a recipient via the Share Your Story page on our website. Do you have a story to share? Follow this link – http://randomactsofflowers.org/get-involved/share-your-story/ I’m not a flower bouquet person. I like to see flowers in fields. But when I was in the hospital, the fact that someone [...]
The following is an email that I received from Faye, a volunteer at UT Medical Center. Faye and her cohort, Carolyn, are UT volunteers who escort our Random Acts of Flowers volunteers within the hospital during our once monthly deliveries. In this email she recounts a story about a recent delivery. As we were approaching [...]
