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KNOXVILLE (WATE) – With Valentine’s Day only days away, Random Acts of Flowers is busy making sure patients stuck in a hospital room are not left out. The Knoxville non-profit provides flowers to patients year round, repurposing 12,000 bouquets a year. This requires 50 to 60 volunteers a [...]

BY: LIZZIE JOHNSON CHICAGO TRIBUNE Cindy Palivos sorts through a massive box of scarlet roses with deft fingers. "See here," she says, pressing the pad of her thumb against the rose. "Always check to see if it has a hard center. It means it will [...]

By: Mary Helt Gavin Jan. 27 was a busy day for Random Acts of Flowers. Larsen Jay, founder and CEO, oversaw the opening of an Evanston location and supervised its 60,000th delivery of “recycled” flower arrangements. About 100 of those bouquets went to patients at [...]

By: Northwestern Medicine This week, Random Acts of Flowers delivered 100 bouquets of beautiful flowers to our patients. The non-profit group collects donated flower arrangements from weddings, memorial services, florists, special events, grocery stores, and churches, and repurposes them into bouquets for patients in hospitals [...]

BY:  AMY RUTLEDGE WGN News Reporter CHICAGO — You know, sometimes all it takes is a bouquet of flowers to brighten someone’s day. And one charity recycles flowers while they’re still in bloom. They include flowers previously used for a wedding, a banquet — even a [...]

No one ever sent Larsen Jay flowers before he fell off a ladder and ended up in the hospital. Some 22 days later, when he finished his hospital stay, he had more than 50 bouquets – and an idea that would launch more than 60,000 [...]

Published on Nov 13, 2014 Random Acts of Flowers' Pinellas Branch is expanding operations to reach more seniors, including weekly visits to veterans! See More Here