It’s a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States, and often all those flowers you buy for loved ones will end up in the trash after just a few days. There’s a group working to make those bouquets last longer, while helping local patients in the hospital. Kellie Doyle from Random Acts of Flowers sat [...]
Chicago Tribune By: Pioneer Press British actor, author and comedy legend John Cleese surprised patrons at Chicago's Center on Halsted on June 16 with a colorful bouquet from Random Acts of Flowers, a non-profit organization based in Evanston that repurposes flowers and sends them to people in healthcare facilities across Chicago and the suburbs. In [...]
Random Acts of Flowers, which recycles flowers by engaging volunteers to repurpose and deliver beautiful bouquets to encourage individuals in healthcare and senior living facilities across the country, has signed a licensing agreement with Chicago based Renegade Made® for the sale of a paper flower making kit for kids bearing the nonprofit agency’s name. The "Random Acts of Flowers" kit contains materials and directions to make 12 [...]
Entrepreneur Magazine By: Lindsay Friedman If you’re ever in need of inspiration, check the nonprofit sector. These groups dedicate themselves to solving problems big and small -- and making the world a better place in the process. They prove that anything is possible if we share our resources and expertise. Over time, our simple gestures [...]
Random Acts of Flowers Founder, Larsen Jay, Awarded Prestigious NSDAR Conservation Medal Nashville, Tenn. (Saturday, April 23) – The founder and CEO of Tennessee-based nonprofit Random Acts of Flowers, Larsen Jay, was awarded the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Conservation Medal during the Tennessee Society State Conference today. The prestigious Conservation Medal [...]
By: Pioneer Press Evanston-based Random Acts of Flowers Chicago volunteers created and delivered some 3,000 bouquets to moms of babies in neonatal nurseries in hospitals throughout Chicago and the suburbs for Mother's Day. Deliveries will continue through May, in honor of mothers. Flowers donated by grocery stores, retail and wholesale florists, weddings, galas, funerals and [...]
By: PRWeb Almost 1,000 beautiful bouquets will be delivered this weekend to mothers of infants in neonatal intensive care units nationwide, with volunteers from Random Acts of Flowers preparing the arrangements and volunteers from the March of Dimes making the deliveries to provide a simple moment of kindness, encouragement and hope to these women and [...]
By: WATE 6 On Your Side KNOXVILLE (WATE) – It’s difficult to celebrate a holiday when your child is in the hospital fighting for their life. In Knoxville, Rosalynn and Ben Vaughan experienced a high risk pregnancy when it came to the birth of their twins, Adaline and Harper. They were both born at 33 [...]
Knoxville News Sentinel By: Ali James When the founder of Random Acts of Flowers -- Knoxville film and video producer Larsen Jay -- was hospitalized after a near-fatal fall in 2007, he partially credited his recovery to the number of flowers and visitors he received while recuperating. Jay realized not that every patient was so [...]
By: HooplaHa Flowers really do have the power to heal! Random Acts of Flowers is a non-profit organization that recycles flowers into beautiful bouquets that are delivered to patients at hospitals, senior centers and other healthcare facilities. Random Acts of Flowers strives to be a 100% recycling organization with the help of their volunteers, only [...]