Chicago Parent By: Kelly Q. Anderson Nicole Jakob, a North Shore area mom, was inspired by two things: a love of art and a loathing of participation trophies. In an era ripe with humble-bragging and social media ‘Likes,’ she set out to promote something different: anonymous altruism. “I wanted to encourage kids to do something [...]
WOW! Just wow! Thank you Hallerin Hilton Hill for delivering such inspirational opening remarks to kick off the RAF annual conference for our team, who have traveled from all points across the country to our national headquarters in Knoxville.
By: WVLT - Sara Mitchell KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT)-- Random Acts of Flowers partnered with Alzheimer's Tennessee to repurpose the flowers from the Pat Summitt "Celebration of Life." Volunteers picked up the flowers from Thompson-Boling Arena, deconstructed the arrangements and created 372 bouquets that were delivered to Alzheimer’s and memory care patients in East Tennessee. Executive [...]
By WBIR.com KNOXVILLE - Flowers received at Pat Summitt’s memorial celebration on Thursday will be transformed into 300 bouquets and given out to residents of East Tennessee senior care facilities that serve Alzheimer’s and memory care patients. Random Acts of Flowers, Alzheimer’s Tennessee, Inc. and the University of Tennessee Athletic Department are partnering to make [...]
It’s a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States, and often all those flowers you buy for loved ones will end up in the trash after just a few days. There’s a group working to make those bouquets last longer, while helping local patients in the hospital. Kellie Doyle from Random Acts of Flowers sat [...]
Chicago Tribune By: Pioneer Press British actor, author and comedy legend John Cleese surprised patrons at Chicago's Center on Halsted on June 16 with a colorful bouquet from Random Acts of Flowers, a non-profit organization based in Evanston that repurposes flowers and sends them to people in healthcare facilities across Chicago and the suburbs. In [...]
Random Acts of Flowers, which recycles flowers by engaging volunteers to repurpose and deliver beautiful bouquets to encourage individuals in healthcare and senior living facilities across the country, has signed a licensing agreement with Chicago based Renegade Made® for the sale of a paper flower making kit for kids bearing the nonprofit agency’s name. The "Random Acts of Flowers" kit contains materials and directions to make 12 [...]
Random Acts of Flowers Founder, Larsen Jay, Awarded Prestigious NSDAR Conservation Medal Nashville, Tenn. (Saturday, April 23) – The founder and CEO of Tennessee-based nonprofit Random Acts of Flowers, Larsen Jay, was awarded the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Conservation Medal during the Tennessee Society State Conference today. The prestigious Conservation Medal [...]
By: Pioneer Press Evanston-based Random Acts of Flowers Chicago volunteers created and delivered some 3,000 bouquets to moms of babies in neonatal nurseries in hospitals throughout Chicago and the suburbs for Mother's Day. Deliveries will continue through May, in honor of mothers. Flowers donated by grocery stores, retail and wholesale florists, weddings, galas, funerals and [...]
By: PRWeb Almost 1,000 beautiful bouquets will be delivered this weekend to mothers of infants in neonatal intensive care units nationwide, with volunteers from Random Acts of Flowers preparing the arrangements and volunteers from the March of Dimes making the deliveries to provide a simple moment of kindness, encouragement and hope to these women and [...]