SAN DIEGO, May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- To honor the
brave men and women who have served our country, leading online
floral gifting brand ProFlowers® (NASDAQ:FTD) and Sun Valley Floral
Farms will donate and deliver 90,000 Royal Lilies to charities,
veteran's hospitals and centers around the nation. Random Acts of
Flowers, ProFlowers charity partner whose ongoing mission is to
create moments of kindness in healthcare facilities, will deliver
the beautiful, bright bouquets throughout the third and fourth
weeks of May in honor of Military Appreciation Month and
Memorial Day.
Lilies represent appreciation, and Sun
Valley's Royal Spring lilies
are an exclusive hybrid species of Asiatic-Longiflorum Lilies.
Their blooms are bigger than traditional Asiatic Lilies, they have
the longest vase life of any lily, and they boast the widest
variety of colors including wonderful hues of peach, pink, orange
and yellow. ProFlowers, Sun Valley
and Random Acts of Flowers wanted to honor hospitalized and
disabled military members who have served our country with the
fresh flowers.
ProFlowers trucks are transporting the lilies to charity
partners in Chicago, Indianapolis, Knoxville, Silicon Valley, Sacramento and Portland. Random Acts of Flowers and
ProFlowers employee volunteers will deliver the bouquets to
veterans in locations including Hines VA Hospital, Evanston Vet
Center, Richard Roudebush Medical Center, the Palo Alto VA and
others.
Since 1998, ProFlowers works directly with top-quality growers
such as Sun Valley to deliver
fresh flowers at a great value right to your recipient's doorstep.
Sun Valley is one of the largest
grower/distributors of specialty cut flowers in the United States with farms in Northern and
Southern California.
Random Acts of Flowers is ProFlowers main charity partner. To
date, ProFlowers has donated more than 38,000 bouquets -- 460,000
flowers -- to the organization for its ongoing mission.
"At ProFlowers, our mission is to inspire, support and delight
people through the gifting of fresh, beautiful flowers, while also
doing our part to support the communities in which we live and
operate," said ProFlowers General Manager and Senior Vice President
Laura Szeliga. "Honoring the lives,
courage and legacy of our military is a part of that, and we know
how much a simple gesture such as a vase of bright flowers can make
a really meaningful impact. It goes a long way."
"It is through ProFlowers and all of our partners' continued
support that brings our mission of delivering hope alive, day in
and day out," said Random Acts of Flowers National Programs and
Strategic Growth Director Kellie
Doyle. "We are also especially grateful to Sun Valley for these beautiful lilies. It will
bring so many smiles to veterans across the country."
Sun Valley Floral Farms President Lane
DeVries said, "It is an honor to participate in this program
and share our flowers with veterans across the United States. The men and women who
selflessly serve in our nation's military deserve our admiration.
We are humbled by their service and see this small gesture as
a way to say thank you."
ProFlowers offers deep discounts to men and women in uniform at
www.proflowers.com/militarydiscount. Visit ProFlowers.com for
super-premium quality flowers for any kind of occasion including
birthdays, anniversaries and "just because."
About FTD Companies, Inc.
FTD Companies, Inc. is a
premier floral and gifting company. Through our diversified family
of brands, we provide floral, specialty foods, gifts and related
products to consumers primarily in the
United States and the United
Kingdom. We also provide floral products and services to
retail florists and other retail locations throughout these same
geographies. FTD has been delivering flowers since 1910 and the
highly-recognized FTD® and Interflora® brands are supported by the
iconic Mercury Man logo®, which is
displayed in nearly 35,000 floral shops in over 125 countries. In
addition to FTD and Interflora, our diversified portfolio of brands
includes the following trademarks: ProFlowers®, ProPlants®, Shari's
Berries®, Personal Creations®, RedEnvelope®, Flying Flowers®,
Flowers Direct™, Ink Cards™, Postagram™ and Gifts.com™. FTD
Companies, Inc. is headquartered in Downers Grove, Ill. For more information,
please visit www.ftdcompanies.com.
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