RAF Chicago and Make It Better
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 Look Back at Delivering Hope in 2018!
As we kick off delivering hope in 2019, we wanted to reflect on some of the highlights of 2018. Here's just a small sampling of the milestones and moments that defined our last year here at Random Acts of Flowers! [vimeo id="310380856" width="1200" height="700" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""]
Random Acts of Flowers Celebrates 10 Years of Delivering Hope and Encouragement
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 [...]
Random Acts of Flowers Honors The Brightest Week, June 17-23
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In Bloom Newsletter Spring 2018
IN BLOOM NEWSLETTER Spring 2018 Welcome to Random Acts of Flowers’ brand new quarterly e-newsletter! We are excited to share regular updates so that you can see how your support brings hope, healing, and changes lives throughout Chicagoland one bouquet at a time.But, don't worry! We aren't going to clog up your inbox! We hope [...]
Hope Blossoms for Chicago Schoolchildren
[images picture_size="auto" hover_type="none" autoplay="yes" columns="3" column_spacing="13" scroll_items="" show_nav="yes" mouse_scroll="no" border="yes" lightbox="yes" class="" id=""][image link="" linktarget="_self" image="http://chicago.randomactsofflowers.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/05/Photo-May-16-10-29-35-AM-web.jpg" alt=""][image link="" linktarget="_self" image="http://chicago.randomactsofflowers.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/05/Photo-May-16-9-34-21-AM-web.jpg" alt=""][image link="" linktarget="_self" image="http://chicago.randomactsofflowers.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/05/Photo-May-16-9-29-55-AM-web.jpg" alt=""][image link="" linktarget="_self" image="http://chicago.randomactsofflowers.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/05/Photo-May-16-9-28-58-AM-web.jpg" alt=""][image link="" linktarget="_self" image="http://chicago.randomactsofflowers.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/05/Photo-May-16-2-42-39-PM-web.jpg" alt=""][/images]For the past two years, RAF Tampa Bay has offered a bud vase floral arranging lesson to the student body of the local [...]
Midsummer comes early for RAF Chicago through Joffrey Ballet Partnership
Just before the end of a long, frigid, lake-effect winter, Random Acts of Flowers Chicago had the opportunity to feel the warmth of summer through a very special partnership with the Joffrey Ballet. For opening night of the company's season opener (and North American premiere) Midsummer Night's Dream, Random Acts of Flowers took center stage for just [...]
‘Voice’ Winner Makes Special Flower Delivery to Cancer Patient (Inside Edition, 10.19.17)
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Chris Blue, Winner of The Voice Helps Random Acts of Flowers Celebrate a Quarter Million Deliveries of Hope and Healing
Winner of THE VOICE Helps Celebrate a Quarter Million Deliveries of Hope and Healing Rising Pop Vocalist Chris Blue to Make Milestone Delivery to Cancer Patients at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital [vimeo id="237920323" width="900" height="525" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] It is such a simple idea, and yet it has had such a meaningful impact on [...]