Last November, we partnered with Make It Better to share RAF's mission with Chicago movers and shakers. Part of that partnership was a lovely new interview with Founder/CEO Larsen Jay. Check it out here, and find out a little more about how RAF came to be - [youtube id="dEkOi5W5wAU&t=" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""]
A decade ago, Random Acts of Flowers (RAF) made its first official delivery. With a strong vision and a simple mission, co-founders Larsen and Adrian Jay started what has become a nationwide phenomenon. Over the past ten years, Random Acts of Flowers has delivered more than 340,000 bouquets of recycled flowers to individuals in hospitals, assisted [...]
National Development Director Puts Down Roots to Help Random Acts of Flowers Bloom Random Acts of Flowers has added Sarah Elizabeth Hauge to its national team as National Director of Development. Hauge will be based at the Random Acts of Flowers national headquarters in Knoxville, TN, where she will focus on securing national partners for [...]
The Smile Maker: Brooke MacLean and RAF Chicago (Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering Magazine, Spring 2017) “Random Acts of Flowers starts with something so simple, yet so beautiful,” says MacLean, a former engineering consultant. Since its January 2015 debut, RAF’s Chicago branch—located just two miles southwest of Northwestern’s Evanston campus— has delivered more than [...]
"A Jungle of Joy and Happiness": The Knoxville Mercury Discovers the Roots of RAF Coury Turczyn of The Knoxville Mercury spent a little time with our Founder and CEO Larsen Jay and found out more about the roots of our mission, how we've bloomed in Knoxville, and how our branches stretch across the country. "Random Acts [...]
Spring 2017 Chicago Newsletter
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Flowers for Dreams is a Chicago charity that sells flowers and donates the proceeds to innovative charities solving uniquely Chicago problems. They pick a local charity each month and donate a portion of their profits to that charity. In July, they made Random Acts of Flowers their charity partner and helped us deliver flowers to new moms at Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical [...]
This is the last day to vote! Your vote could help us win $10,000 from KIND Snacks. This much-needed funding will allow us to expand our deliveries to San Francisco hospitals. There are four ways to vote: Commit to perform an act of kindness (one vote), then send an email to a friend (two votes), [...]
Every month, KIND Causes gives $10,000 to support a great cause. This month, our branch in Silicon Valley has a shot at winning this meaningful funding, but only if we get more votes. You can earn us four points by voting at the link below, then sharing on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Vote Now Thank you for helping [...]