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When David told me that he had “volunteered us” to be in charge of both the Blooms over Seattle and the Volunteers programs at the AIFD National Symposium, I could have killed him. One program alone is a major undertaking, but to do both was sheer insanity. Now that
it’s done I have had a chance to rest and reflect on what was accomplished and the
impact that we made on the lives of so many people. I’m
delighted that we undertook the challenge. Over 150
volunteers gave up their lunch hours and evenings to make arrangements for the Blooms
Program. The flowers were used briefly
on stage in a design program as centerpieces for a dinner or in the accreditation
evaluation program. They were then moved to
the ’Blooms Room’ where the arrangements were disassembled, the flowers
re-conditioned and then made into 6 inch ginger jar vase arrangements. The completed arrangements were secured in
individual waxed delivery boxes, and then packed three to a carton in large packing boxes
which could be stacked in rental trucks for delivery. Each bouquet
had a custom designed ‘care tag’ attached crediting AIFD for the gift of
flowers. On the reverse side of the card was a
quote from Luther Burbank; “Flowers always make people better, happier, and more
helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul”. |
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