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Chicago Flower Power (WCIU, Chicago, 12.14.16)
Chicago Flower Power (WCIU, Chicago, 12.14.16)
Bouquets make a difference (Indianapolis, Charitable Advisors, 12.12.16)
Bouquets make a difference By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors At Random Acts of Flowers (RAF), recipients of the arrangements are touched and surprised. “The calls we get from these recipients, they just make you weep because you know what that arrangement looked like. You [...]
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 [...]
Random Acts of Flowers Delivers Encouragement to Stanford Hospital Patients (Stanford Health Care)
Random Acts of Flowers Delivers Encouragement to Stanford Hospital Patients (StanfordHealthCare.org, 12.6.16) When Camille Kennedy enters patient rooms at Stanford Health Care, she is reminded of the isolation she felt when she was admitted to the hospital after an unexpected trip to the Emergency Department. [...]
Emilie’s Story or, The Ripple Effect of Delivering Hope
Emilie's Story or, The Ripple Effect of Delivering Hope Just as each bouquet made by our volunteers is different, each recipient has a unique story. As the last day unfolded along our GROW 2016 fundraising tour – which included stops at our branches in Tampa Bay, [...]
Happiness Delivered: Random Acts of Flowers (Towne Post, Broad Ripple)
Happiness Delivered: Random Acts of Flowers (Towne Post, Broad Ripple) Sometimes an idea is so simple in concept, but makes a huge impact. The idea of making people’s lives brighter by hand-delivering flower arrangements is the driving motivation behind Random Acts of Flowers, which opened [...]
Evanston Round Table: Enabling Garden Coming to Dobson Plaza Healthcare
Chris Lambton, host of HGTV’s “Growing Yard,” came to Evanston on Nov. 3 as, one might say, a working guest. Slated to be the keynote speaker at GROW, the fundraiser for Random Acts of Flowers (RAF) that evening, Mr. Lambton met with staff and residents [...]
Three Questions with Chris Lambton, HGTV expert landscaper and featured speaker at GROW 2016
When celebrity landscaper Chris Lambton joined us for GROW - a series of events benefiting Random Acts of Flowers’ branches across the country - we knew that his presence would add some stardust to the occasion. What none of us realized, however, is what an impact Chris's [...]
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