Although Random Acts of Flowers exists as a functioning organization, the idea is easily implementable in everyday life, as is shown by this Share Your Story by volunteer Kristina. Wanted to share a sweet experience I had this morning. When I walked into my corporate environment, I was greeted by a cartful of vases filled [...]
Some Share Your Story emails really touch the heartstrings. This is definitely one of those! I am a 24-year-old Cystic Fibrosis patient on the list for a double-lung transplant. I am currently in the hospital for an exacerbation, and today I got a little knock on my hospital door. On the other side was a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Today we delivered our 5000th bouquet! In 20 months we have delivered 5000 smiles, we have brightened the lives of 5000 people, and we have touched the lives of 10 times that many people with our mission. What a great feeling! The day started with the arrival of 6 volunteers from TVA as part of [...]
As a result of the overwhelming support of the community in the form of floral donations Random Acts of Flowers sometimes finds ourselves with more flowers than we can process in a timely manner. During these times of overrun we have begun to deliver buckets of flowers and boxes of vases to assisted living facilities [...]
To the artists of the Knoxville community, Let me start by saying how appreciative we were of your support last year! As a newly formed organization we had no idea whether we could get the support we needed from the art community in order to stage our first fundraising event. Were we wrong! The art [...]
For over a year, “Random Acts of Flowers” has been delivering flowers to hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and hospices. But Tuesday, a very special bouquet was delivered to St. Mary’s Medical Center. A delivery that didn’t just bring a smile to the patients face, but to the volunteers who have far exceeded their [...]
