Kindness in Bloom: A Random Bouquet Makes Patients’ Days (IU Methodist Health Foundation, 1.19.2017)

Kindness in Bloom: A Random Bouquet Makes Patients’ Days We spoke with Alison Kothe, executive director of Random Acts of Flowers Indianapolis, and she explained that flowers are gathered, arranged and delivered by volunteers. She says individual hospitals may direct their team to a particular floor or group of rooms, and from there the volunteers [...]

2022-06-22T17:30:22+00:00January 20th, 2017|Newsroom|

Success Story: Larsen Jay (Thoughtfulicious, 1.8.2017)

Success Story: Larsen Jay "Many have written about Larsen Jay and his now nationally-present charity Random Acts of Flowers. However, as it often happens with success, we only see the tip of the iceberg – the end-result, the success – but are not privy to the rest of the story. What happens before success is achieved [...]

100 nursing home residents get flower delivery surprise (WTHR, Indianapolis, 12.23.16)

100 nursing home residents get flower delivery surprise Every single resident of an Indianapolis nursing home received a holiday bouquet Friday morning. Volunteers from Random Acts of Flowers delivered the arrangements to residents at the North Capitol Avenue Nursing home - all 100 of them. Cathy Poole was on her first delivery with the non-profit [...]

2022-06-22T17:30:22+00:00January 3rd, 2017|Newsroom|

Random Acts brightens day for seniors (WBIR, Knoxville, 12.23.16)

Random Acts brightens day for seniors Volunteers with Random Acts of Flowers delivered hundreds of poinsettias to people in the Knoxville area on Friday. They stopped at four hospitals and three senior centers, delivering 600 poinsettias in all. The tropicals were donated by greenhouses in the area as well as members of the community. Among [...]

2022-06-22T17:30:22+00:00January 3rd, 2017|Knoxville Patron Society, Newsroom|

Echievement Award for RAF Founder and CEO, Larsen Jay (eTown, Boulder, 12.20.16)

Echievement Award for RAF Founder and CEO, Larsen Jay Every so often, we like to reach out to a past [echievement] award winner, to see what they've been up to...Well, lucky us, Larsen happens to be passing through eTown and he joins us now to tell us how things have evolved - HEAR THE FULL [...]

2022-06-22T17:30:22+00:00December 21st, 2016|Chicago Patron Society, Knoxville Patron Society, Newsroom|

The healing power of flowers (Indianapolis, Charitable Advisors, 12.12.16)

The healing power of flowers By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors Why Indianapolis? Five years ago, Betty Stilwell, then chief philanthropy officer at IU Health, mentioned the organization to [now-RAF Indianapolis Executive Director, Alison] Kothe. Stilwell said she had been talking with Jay Hicks, president and CEO of Prime Care Properties and Management. After meeting [...]

2022-06-22T17:30:23+00:00December 13th, 2016|Newsroom|