100,000 Volunteer Hours Served! THANK YOU!

100,000 Volunteer Hours Served! THANK YOU! [vimeo id="212270763" width="900" height="525" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] Our volunteers are the heartbeat of our mission of delivering hope. To date, they have #donated more than 480,000,000 heartbeats. That's more than 100,000 hours of time, talent, and love. There is not a word big enough for how grateful we are. [...]

2017-04-07T16:41:23+00:00April 7th, 2017|Blog, Chicago Patron Society, Knoxville Patron Society|

Something Bright during a Dark Time: The Impact of Random Acts of Flowers

Something Bright during a Dark Time: The Impact of Random Acts of Flowers by Natalie Rothstein, MA, LPC, Psychotherapist, Urban Balance In December 2016, I wrote a blog post on behalf of Urban Balance about Random Acts of Flowers and the incredible contribution they’ve made to the Chicago community and nationwide. Random Acts of Flowers brings donated [...]

2017-04-03T15:12:51+00:00March 27th, 2017|Blog, Chicago Patron Society|

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 [...]

Meet RAF’s New(ish) Communications Chameleon, Christina Scott Sayer

Meet RAF's New(ish) Communications Chameleon, Christina Scott Sayer I discovered Random Acts of Flowers about a year ago as I was searching for employment at nonprofit organizations in Knoxville, TN (where I knew I would be moving in the late spring). I had never heard of RAF before, but I was immediately enamored of the simplicity [...]

2017-02-16T18:52:21+00:00January 6th, 2017|Blog, Chicago Patron Society, Knoxville Patron Society|

Giving flowers to the sick and elderly (American Voices with Senator Bill Bradley, SIRIUS XM)

Giving flowers to the sick and elderly. Larsen Jay tells Senator Bill Bradley about Random Acts of Flowers. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/134691960" layout="classic" comments="yes" show_related="yes" show_user="yes" auto_play="no" color="#ff7700" width="100%" height="150px" class="" id=""]

2017-02-17T17:47:07+00:00January 3rd, 2017|Blog, Chicago Patron Society, Knoxville Patron Society|

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 [...]

2017-02-17T17:49:20+00:00December 21st, 2016|Chicago Patron Society, Knoxville Patron Society, Newsroom|