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WTHR: Charity recycles donated flowers to hospital patients

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – No one likes being at the hospital – but one new local organization is doing something to give patients a little happiness.

Random Acts of Flowers opened a branch Thursday in Indianapolis. It’s the charity’s fifth branch nationwide.

The group collects donations of flowers from weddings and other events where arrangements may otherwise be thrown out. Volunteers give the flowers a fresh cut and fresh water, then create new bouquets, which are hand delivered to a healthcare facility in less than 24 hours.

Thursday, about 75 patients at Eskenazi Health received flowers from the group.

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WBIR: Random Acts of Flowers expands to Indianapolis

“Random Acts of Flowers is spreading cheer through floral bouquets in a new city. The nonprofit is expanding to Indianapolis, and made its first delivery there Thursday morning.

RAF was founded in Knoxville in 2008, and is now operating in five cities across the country. Its mission is to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of individuals in health care and assisted living facilities by delivering bouquets of flowers recycled from weddings, special events and memorials services, as well as unsold florals from grocers and florists.

RAF made its first delivery in Indianapolis to Eskenazi Health hospital where 75 patients received bouquets.”

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IndyStar: Random Acts of Flowers brings smiles to Indy

The Indianapolis Star followed Random Acts of Flowers Founder Larsen Jay as he, along with RAF Indianapolis staff and volunteers, made the inaugural deliveries at Eskenazi Health –

“Nothing brightens up a hospital room like a bouquet of flowers.

But not everyone consigned to a hospital stay receives a floral pick-me-up. A new local organization hopes to change that by recycling flowers that have already livened up weddings or other events and rearranging them for hospitals and senior facilities.

On Thursday, Random Acts of Flowers formally kicked off in Indianapolis, delivering 75 bouquets to patients on the maternity and medical/surgery units of Eskenazi Health.”

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WISH News Introduces RAF to Indianapolis

To celebrate the launch of RAF Indianapolis, the morning news on WISH8 spoke with Founder Larsen Jay as he, the RAF Indianapolis staff, and RAF Volunteers prepared to make the first delivery of flowers to Eskanazi Health Center.

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