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When Mom Cancels Appointment to Take Care of Sick Son, Company Sends Her Flowers - Good News Network

Sometimes it’s the smallest good deeds that mean the most to us. In Lindsay Pualoa’s case, it was a bouquet of flowers that was delivered to her door on Monday.The mother from Ashburn, Virginia had spent most of the might taking care of her son AJ. The toddler had been feeling sick, and by the time the sun came up, he wasn’t feeling any better.“He was still a hot mess (in the) morning so I cancelled an annual furnace check I had scheduled with our HVAC company,” Pualoa wrote on Facebook. “I just apologized for the late notice, said I had a sick kid at home, and didn’t think much more about it. Three hours later, my doorbell rings and there is a florist at my door.”The HVAC company, AllTech Services from Sterling, had sent Pualoa flowers with a note saying that they hoped AJ felt better soon.“I’m floored! I’ve never had something like this happen before,” she added.WANT TO READ MORE STORIES ABOUT BUSINESSES DOING GOOD? CHECK OUT THESE OTHER ARTICLES FROM OUR GNN ARCHIVES… (Photo by Lindsay Pualoa)When Girl Asks For a Day Off For Dad, Google Gives Her Something Better #TBTCompany That Turns Tire Scraps into Shoes Employs Single Mothers Living in Pove...

Brookdale Riverwalk seniors, staff hand out flowers, kindness - The Bakersfield Californian

I think they’re more apt to do the same for others if it happens to them.”Diane Ashburn, director of financial services at Brookdale, helped hand out the flowers this year. This is the first year that management has been able to participate in Random Acts of Kindness Day, as it was just a residents-only activity last year.Only about 100 flowers were given out in 2017. The event grew into a communitywide activity this year.“It was wonderful. People really responded positively,” she said. “It was a really neat experience to be able to do that and see them light up.”At the Park at River Walk on Stockdale Highway, Daniel Cepeda was playing with his 4-year-old son, Isaac, when several residents and associates from Brookdale Riverwalk came up to them and each handed them a flower.“It’s really nice. It shows that there are some good people in this world,” he said.Desiree Armendariz was reading a book while her husband was fishing at the park. She said she was pleasantly surprised by the gesture.“It made my day. I’m sure it’ll make other people’s days, too,” she said.While making people’s days a little brighter was a major focus of the event, resident Juanita Blackwell said getting out of Brookdale Riverwalk also does a lot of good for the residents’ health, physically, emotionally and spiritually.“We need to be out with other people. We need to be out doing something,” she said. “You can feel pretty hemmed in if you just stay here all the time. You can get to feeling old. Just because I’m 90 doesn’t mean I need to feel old.”Newman said participating in events like Random Acts of Kindness Day makes the residents feel that they are making a difference in the community, even if it’s a small, short-lived one.“It isn’t just the recipient who feels better. I think the giver is rewarded even more,” she said. “To think you’ve made someone, even if for a very brief time, enjoy the day more and feel better about themselves is a great thing.”Brookdale Senior Living Inc. operates senior living communities throughout the United States. The company operates independent- and assisted-living ce... http://www.bakersfield.com/news/brookdale-riverwalk-seniors-staff-hand-out-flowers-kindness/article_27f66b80-1367-11e8-b4fa-8b9f862d8db6.html

The versatile DC investor with a buzzy nonprofit - Washington Post - Washington Post

About half a dozen full-timers run the day-to-day operations from an office in Ashburn, assigning 75 staffers to clients. Price bought a Virginia franchise in 2016 for about $350,000, including working capital. He expects it to earn around $2 million in revenue this year and double that by 2019, throwing off a 10 percent profit. The Rockville native gets his entrepreneurial bug from his grandfather, who sold whiskey from a still he had hidden in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.His great-grandfather was an Italian immigrant and roadbuilder who coined the family aphorism that it’s “better to sell apples on the corner than work for The Man.”Price’s father ran an excavating firm in Washington, where Price worked before attending the University of Maryland. He graduated summa cum laude in 1980 with an accounting degree.The guy was ambitious. Upon entering Maryland, he set his...

Arlene Earl, Flower Lady of the Great Lakes, dies at 78 - Detroit Free Press

I’ve ever met in my life," she said. "She was so well-loved by everyone … just made people laugh. Very spunky. Never a dull moment in mom’s life."Earl's sister, Linda Engel Washburn, said she was grateful Earl is now at peace.“She was just amazing and remarkable and had perseverance for being a dynamic business women, a giver, a heart of gold,” Washburn said. "Just a golden girl."?Related: Freighters sound a salute, Flower Lady sends her thanksEarl's great-grandfather founded Chris Engel's Greenhouse in 1883 in southwest Detroit. The shop was handed down through the generations, and Earl grew up in the business. She ran the shop until recent years, traveling the 90-minute route daily from Harsens to Woodmere Street.In the '80s, Earl wrote letters to captains asking them to sound a salute as the ships passed her house. She did so for a very special reason.When the ships began honoring her request, she showed her thanks by sending bouquets from her flower shop."I was brought up in a world that if somebody gave you something, you thanked them," she said in 2014. "How many people are out there today who will give you anything?"This giving quickly grew beyond a one-time deal. Before long, Earl was sending flowers through the J.W. Westcott mail boat about five times a year, around the major holidays. Folks at the Westcott, a business in the shadow of the Ambassador Bridge that has been around even longer than the flower shop, were happy to accommodate."We would probably put flowers on as many as 50 or 60 vessels, when she brought in the batches, like at spring fit out and Father's Day and Thanksgiving," said Paul Jagenow, a longtime Westcott employee.The mail boat would motor out to the center of the river, sidle alongside the massive freighters and hand up the bouquets just like the mail — by putting them into a bucket that would then be hoisted high above to the towering ships.The flowers "always put a smile on their face," Jagenow said in 2014. The sailors flooded Earl with letters and thank you notes.In recent years, the flower deliveries slowed as Earl struggled with her health. Her sister believes the last time Earl was able to send bouquets was around Father's Day 2015.Earl overcame breast cancer, but then contracted brain cancer. She lived alone on Harsens Island after her husband, Dick, died in 2010. The couple was known for legendary parties with family and friends. Besides Kapanowski, they had two sons, Chris and Richard Jr.The Interlake Steamship Co., which owns nine freighters that haul iron ore and coal on the Great Lakes, posted ... http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/12/21/arlene-earl-flower-lady-great-lakes/95700266/

DIY holiday gift ideas and the classes to take to make them - Philly.com

The key is using greens and natural materials, said Bryn Ashburn, graphics and media coordinator for Greensgrow in Kensington and West Philadelphia. "Our audience in particular wants to know where their food comes from, cares about sustainability, and doing it yourself means you aren't dealing with all the packaging and the things that go along with what you buy."The experience also allows you more than the chance to check an item off your to-do list. "You can come to the farm, see the pig, go to the farm stand. You're in a place that's really green - it's a nicer atmosphere," she said.Though it helps to have an eye, the professional florist will share insider tips on balance, textures, and arranging.Holiday centerpiece workshop, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Greensgrow West, 5123 Baltimore Ave., 267-244-4441, www.greensgrow.org.Herbal remedies. Give your loved one the know-how and materials to beat the winter blues or flus with personally crafted herbal remedies. Rather than having the gift-giver create the blends and tinctures, Terra Luna, a smal... http://www.philly.com/philly/home/20161202_DIY_holiday_gift_ideas_and_the_classes_to_take_to_make_them.html

Head-To-Head Survey: FTD Companies (FTD) versus Inergy (CEQP) - Macon Daily

North Dakota, West Virginia, Texas, New Mexico, Wyoming, Arkansas, and Louisiana. The Storage and Transportation segment includes COLT Hub, which is crude-by-rail terminal serving Bakken crude oil production. The Marketing, Supply and Logistics segment includes West Coast operations, our supply and logistics operations, our storage and terminals operations, our crude oil and produced water trucking operations, and U.S. Salt, LLC. The company was founded on March 7, 2001 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.Receive News & Ratings for FTD Companies Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for FTD Co...

The Rundown: Florist licenses, bulletproof backpacks, animal abuse and more news in Louisiana politics today - The Advocate

Hn0LyvDemocratic Party: Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe will headline the Louisiana Democratic Party's True Blue Gala in May. http://bit.ly/2qhI4EVFoster care: A proposal to use BP oil spill reparations to extend foster care from 18 years to 21 years of age is advancing in the Senate. http://bit.ly/2GPfOnCCongress: U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise continues to downplay talk about possibly replacing Speaker Paul Ryan. http://bit.ly/2Exui5BGet more updates here:http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/Happening today The Senate comes in at 2 p.m., and the House convenes at 3 p.m.House Committees Appropriations meets at 8 a.m. in Room 5. Public testimony is expected to begin around 10 a.m.Transportation, Highways and Public Works meets at 9 a.m. in Room 3.Civil Law and Procedure meets at 9:30 a.m. in Room 4.Ways and Means meets at 9:30 a.m. in Room 6.Commerce meets at 10 a.m. in Room 1.Senate Committees Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development meets at 9:30 a.m. in Room C.Judiciary A meets at 9:30 a.m. in John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room.Judiciary B meets at 9:30 a.m. in Room E.Judiciary C meets at 9:30 a.m. in Room F.Governor's Public Schedule10 a.m. Capital Area Regional Training Academy Graduation at Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge.12:30 p.m. American Association of University Women (AAUW) Lobby Day Luncheon at the Capitol.2 p.m. Gov. Edwards, Health Secretary Rebekah Gee and economist Jim Richardson unveil findings of Medicaid expansion economic report.Tweet beatPro- @JohnBelforLA group has a new ad pushing back on anti-Edwards @TruthInPolLA campaign, though not directly by name (note there is a "the truth is" reference in there). #lalege#lagovhttps://t.co/N2ihl753Mx— Elizabeth Crisp (@elizabethcrisp) April 9, 2018Senators say goodbye to @HelenaMorenoLA. Alario: "We're gonna miss you around here." #lalege#lagovpic.twitter.com/iFXSIoQyai— Elizabeth Crisp (@elizabethcrisp) April 9, 2018Proud to call @HelenaMorenoLA a friend. She’s is one of the most respected members of #lalege. It’s been my honor to work with her, and I look forward to working with her in her... http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_d6c68bce-3c5a-11e8-b130-1f64349659a5.html

These 16 Local Companies Can Help You Throw the Best Party Ever - Washingtonian.com

This local chain boasts hundreds of wines, from cheap to collectible, plus spirits and beer. You’ll get discounts for ordering by the case and can order online and have items delivered. Multiple Virginia and Maryland locations.Other HelpBarSphere. Hire a mixology pro—or wine-pouring wiz—for your next gathering. Ball-capped bartenders show up with supplies and ice; they’ll provide the liquor for events with a cash bar. 855-277-4373.Bialek’s Music. In business almost 40 years, this family-run company pairs party hosts with live-music pros such as DJs, steel drummers, or a Beatles cover band. Photo booths and lighting can also be arranged. By appointment, 932 Hungerford Dr., Suite 3, Rockville; 301-340-6206.McCallum Sauber Wholesale Florist. This longtime wholesaler sells its rainbow-hued selection of flowers to pros and the DIY-savvy public at low, if not cheap, prices. It recently moved to new digs in Lanham. 5001 Forbes Blvd., Suites A and B, Lanham; 202-526-5253.Middle Atlantic Wholesale Florist. In a warehouse setting, this floral provider equips both pro and amateur bloom arrangers. A small stock of flower supplies (foam, baskets, vases) helps wannabe Martha Stewarts. 4406 Wheeler Ave., Alexandria; 703-370-1092.TaskRabbit.com and Thumbtack.com. These two gig-economy giants can put you in touch with local independent contractors—a bartender for your cocktail party, a guitarist to play during a holiday bash, a tarot-card reader. Enter your party dates and needs, and multiple vendors (with customer ratings) bid on your business.This article appears in the March 2018 issue of Washingtonian.

82-year-old gardener beautifies churches with prayer gardens ... - Winston-Salem Journal

Janet Wooten, a Bethel church secretary. “The garden is a very nice place and very peaceful.”Jones’ love of nature was born out of his childhood on a farm in West Virginia as one of nine children working in the fields, growing crops and tending to the chickens and turkeys.The first Christmas present he can remember getting is a handmade hoe from his father in the 1940s.Not much has changed. This past Christmas, he asked for a chainsaw to help clear the brush around the gardens he has built.“It’s inspiring to see how God touches people through the beauty of flowers, shrubs, trees and nature,” he said. “When people come to the prayer gardens, I hope they feel blessed and led to serve the community.”Between the two gardens, Jones volunteers about six hours a day watering, planting and maintaining the spaces. He has also built seven birdhouses with plans for more.When Jones isn’t working at his home or church gardens, he spends time planting tulip bulbs on the side of the road or at Tanglewood Park. All the expenses for flowers and stones come out of pocket, he said.“Sometimes I might overdo my budget, but I’m retired and I enjoy giving,” said Jones, a 1960 Glenville State College graduate. “I’ve never been gung-ho about making money. I just want to be happy and make others happy.”#inform-video-player-3 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; }... http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/year-old-gardener-beautifies-churches-with-prayer-gardens/article_64b2f6a8-c738-5b6e-88d9-04c432b607d1.html