Mother's Day love and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

This past Friday, F&I helped out the incredible patients at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Stephanie Milo of McCrae Public Relations (I hope I spelled that right!) contacted us a few months ago and asked if we would participate in the annual Rainbird (sprinkler people) Mother's Day project. When we found out it was for children, I said -'you betcha'! Visitors to the Atlanta Botanical Garden on Friday May 9, were asked to bring in stems of fresh cut flowers and they would receive reduced admission. Stephanie collected the flowers and as the day progressed, she called and we agreed it would be better if she could bring the flowers to our store and we would put the bouquets together. Unfortunately, there weren't a lot of flowers donated that could be used, so we donated about 400 stems of various flowers to ensure a successful project. Need I remind all of you that Mother's Day is the 2nd busiest flower holiday in our profession, so we were already exhausted and slammed, but we couldn't say no to the kids. When we loaded Stephanie's vehicle, she had flower bouquets out the ying yang! She delivered them to the hospital (sorry, don't know exactly which one) and the children presented their mothers with flowers... and folks, let me tell you, that is the true meaning of life.. giving to others in need... if everyone did 1 nice thing a day for a total stranger, pretty soon, we'd have a fabulous planet.. think about it!

Here are some pictures and the Thank You note we received in the mail today.. if I can figure out how to post the video..you'll see it as well.