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Volunteers ensure flowers get 2nd chance to brighten someone’s day (WTHR, 2.20.2020)

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Post date February 21, 2020
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“Have you ever wondered where Valentine’s Day flowers go when they aren’t sold? This is it. Random Acts of Flowers is where flowers go to get a second chance.

“These are really good flowers that would normally go into the trash,” said volunteer Amber Livers.

Thanks to 400 volunteers like Amber, they have a second chance to make someone’s day.

Random Acts of Flowers has made 75,000 deliveries since late 2016.

“Whenever volunteers come in, this is the first thing they check. Where are they going? How many do we need and where do the flowers come from? The bottom line is what really matters. We would not exist without our awesome floral partners here in the city,” said Lindsay Potter, program director.

Between 300 and 500 bouquets are shipped out a small building on the near north side every week.”

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Kroger and Random Acts of Flowers team up to deliver beautiful donated flowers (WTHR, 3.31.2017)

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Post date April 3, 2017
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Kroger and Random Acts of Flowers team up
to deliver beautiful donated flowers

(WTHR Indianapolis, 3.31.2017)

Whether it’s an anniversary, Valentines or Mother’s Day, flowers seem to convey love more and more. Flowers are also often sent to say “get well” and that’s the focus of an organization relatively new to Indianapolis.

Stunning and striking, they line the shelves of Kroger – the world’s largest florist. “Anywhere from 5 to 7 days is typically a good rule of thumb for the shelf life of flowers. Everyday we’re going through and looking at the freshness of the flower,” Kroger Floral Sales Manager Sheila Fair said. “All of our stores have multiple shipments every single week and we always want the freshest flowers out there, so every day we’re going through and looking at the freshness of the flower.”

But what happens when they get a little “long in the stem?” “We treat our floral department just like any perishable department in the store; just like we treat bananas in produce or fried chicken in the deli,” Fair said. About half a dozen central Indiana Kroger stores now donate them to Random Acts of Flowers.

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100 nursing home residents get flower delivery surprise (WTHR, Indianapolis, 12.23.16)

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Post date January 3, 2017
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100 nursing home residents
get flower delivery surprise

Every single resident of an Indianapolis nursing home received a holiday bouquet Friday morning. Volunteers from Random Acts of Flowers delivered the arrangements to residents at the North Capitol Avenue Nursing home – all 100 of them.

Cathy Poole was on her first delivery with the non-profit Friday. “It’s so special to give people things and especially this time of year and surprise them,” she said.