Donations bring spring to hospital (The Greenfield Daily Reporter, 3.2.2017) The cheerful riot of flower petals spilling out of Cynthia Fincher’s car was only rivaled by the sweet perfume of the arrangements drawing stares from visitors to Hancock Regional Hospital. Fincher, a volunteer for the Hancock Regional Hospital Guild, brought 40 flower arrangements from [...]
Random Acts of Kindness Day 2017 INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Friday, Feb. 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Day (RAK), and WISH TV got involved with the help of a former Colts player. 24-Hour News 8’s Joe Melillo spent his morning continuing the tradition of spreading random acts of kindness throughout Daybreak. RAK is a day everyone [...]
Flowers Bring a Welcome Escape (IndyStar, 2.2.17)
Random Acts of Flowers Indianapolis's Program Manager, Lindsey Potter says "The wonderful thing about RAF is that it's a very simple concept that has a huge impact. There isn't anyone in our community who has not been touched by the experience of having a loved one require healthcare assistance. Everyone can relate to the fear, [...]
Kindness in Bloom: A Random Bouquet Makes Patients’ Days We spoke with Alison Kothe, executive director of Random Acts of Flowers Indianapolis, and she explained that flowers are gathered, arranged and delivered by volunteers. She says individual hospitals may direct their team to a particular floor or group of rooms, and from there the volunteers [...]
2016 RAF Year in Review 2016 was an INCREDIBLE year here at Random Acts of Flowers. Thank you to everyone who supported our mission of delivering hope!
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 [...]
Rescued flowers brighten days for Indianapolis patients Most people love a surprise, at least one that makes you smile or feel better. But it's just as fun when you're the one making someone else's day. "Flowers always lighten up my life. How could they not lighten up the people who get them?" said one volunteer. [...]
Bouquets make a difference By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors At Random Acts of Flowers (RAF), recipients of the arrangements are touched and surprised. “The calls we get from these recipients, they just make you weep because you know what that arrangement looked like. You know it was not a big extravagant bouquet, it was [...]
The healing power of flowers By Lynn Sygiel, editor, Charitable Advisors Why Indianapolis? Five years ago, Betty Stilwell, then chief philanthropy officer at IU Health, mentioned the organization to [now-RAF Indianapolis Executive Director, Alison] Kothe. Stilwell said she had been talking with Jay Hicks, president and CEO of Prime Care Properties and Management. After meeting [...]