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Guest Post: H.O.M.E – Flower Donation for Seniors

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H.O.M.E – Flower Donations for Seniors

Guest Post – Written by Brittany Norment from H.O.M.E

It would be an understatement to say that 2020 has been a stressful year. This is perhaps most true of the senior residents of Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly (H.O.M.E.), the only nonprofit in Chicago that provides affordable intergenerational housing and support services for seniors with low-incomes. In an effort to alleviate this common stress and bring a smile to our friends at H.O.M.E., we started preparing 78 bouquets for a flower donation.

In H.O.M.E. buildings seniors live in a family-like setting alongside younger adults and families with children. So, on one gloomy Tuesday in October, a small team of volunteers set out on a mission to deliver beautiful bouquets of flowers, generously donated by Ashland Addison Florist Company, to the door of every resident. 

  • H.O.M.E. Volunteer prepares Flower Donation from Ashland Addison Florist
  • H.O.M.E. Flower Donation from Ashland Addison Florist
  • H.O.M.E. Flower Donation from Ashland Addison Florist
  • H.O.M.E. Flower Donation from Ashland Addison Florist

It’s incredible how a small gesture like an unexpected bouquet of flowers can brighten someone’s whole day. We cannot express how much H.O.M.E. appreciates community-minded businesses that think creatively about how to give back, like Ashland Addison Florist. With every bouquet delivered, kind words and smiles were exchanged. This provided an uncommon gift of connection & joy in this unfamiliar, “socially distanced” world we all currently live in.

On behalf of the entire H.O.M.E. Community, we are so grateful to Ashland Addison Florist for their generous and thoughtful donation, and our flower delivery volunteers for their help! Together, HOME is what we make of it.

Learn more about H.O.M.E., their mission, and how to get involved on their website!

5 ways to show gratitude to important role models on our children’s’ lives (teacher appreciation!)

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Gratitude easily gets swept up in the flurry of a long list of to dos with busy moms and busy dads trying to keep their children’s lives full of happiness and engagement.  But Teacher Appreciation Day falls at the perfect time, where you’ve really got a great taste as to what your child’s teacher has offered their little soul and growing brain through the school year thus far.  You have an idea how this year will fall into line in the scope of their academic career.   Here are five easy, peasy teacher gift ideas on how to say thanks to this year’s positive influence in your child’s life.

  1. Spring blooms – Stop by your local flower shop and let your child select the fresh seasonal flowers from the cooler.  Your local florist can share with you some fun facts about some of the blooms that could tie back to school – perhaps your child’s taste is tropical and that year at school they enjoyed a lesson on the rain forest together!
  2. Plant a seed – Your favorite teacher is probably enjoying thinking about their time outdoors when the school year wraps up.  Bring him or her a bulb plant that can be replanted outdoors so they will remember your child each Spring when the bright bloom blossoms again!
  3. Healthy treat – We all know the fears of cold/flu season and how they carry through to the end of the year!  Surprise your teacher with a fresh fruit basket that includes yummy, immune building and disease fighting fruits such as navel oranges!
  4. A gift to share – teachers work very closely with the other teachers from their grade, specialists and administrators – help grow those friendships with a fun treat basket filled with your favorite snacks for the teachers to enjoy during recess or at an after-school meeting.
    1. Bring the outside in – A local florist has a lovely selection of blooming plants that would be the perfect addition to your teacher’s window in the classroom and bring some of the outside inside – inspiring new ideas among the classmates!  Teacher’s gifts turned into classroom inspiration!

Showing gratitude feels so food.  Research from Rutgers shows that people who give flowers make the best impression compared to other gifts studied. They are considered more likable, friendly and emotionally intelligent. The floral gift-giver is regarded as highly caring, trustworthy, loving, successful, and as valuing achievement and beauty in life.*  Isn’t that lovely?  Perhaps we can credit our great teachers for those impressive titles!