Daffodils Have Arrived!

The Flower of Hope - First Flower of Spring - Symbol of Hope

The daffodils have arrived! The truck rolled in at 1 pm today with 143 cases of Washington State daffodils!

I spent from noon to 4:30 pm today helping to pack the daffodils at the Second Harvest Warehouse. We had 16 great volunteers helping, and we finished in record time compared to the last few years. We had things cleaned up, the daffodils ready in their delivery bags and put into the cooler by 4:30 pm. It helps when you have great crew of volunteers! We are grateful to Kevin at the Second Harvest Warehouse, for giving us the space to work and to keep the flowers overnight. This is the second year that he has helped us. I am grateful to our wonderful helpers. Now, tomorrow, we will be grateful to the volunteers that will be taking the orders all over town to the businesses that took orders from their employees.

The packing and deliveries have been trickier this year, because it’s the first year we added other products, vases and bears. “Bear and a Bunch” is a Boyd’s teddy bear, made especially for us by Boyd’s Bear Company. Amber and some volunteers packed the bears and vases at the office, which will go with the bags of daffodils. It was an extra thing for us to worry about. We sold a lot more bears and vases than we imagined that we would. Everyone will be excited to see them, they are both so nice.

Those that purchased “Gift of Hope” have provided a bouquet to be sent to all the area hospitals and Chemo and Radiation locations for Cancer patients going through treatment or in the Oncology units. We thank Engwall Florist and Peterson/Anderson Florist for making those bouquets and delivering them to the hospitals. The cancer patients really appreciate receiving these bouquets.

The week has been predicted to be snow showery, and gloomy. This means that everyone will be cheered up when they see their daffodils! The daffodils do make everyone happy.

If you didn’t get your daffodils pre ordered, you may pick some up at the following sites:
Tuesday through Friday (or until sold out) 11 am – 2 pm at
Holiday Center (Mall) at the top of the escalator
Super One Grocery stores – West Duluth (Bristol St.)
And Super One - Miller Hill Mall
Also: The Gift Shops at Miller Dwan, SMDC and St. Luke's Hospitals
(during the gift shop regular hours)

To those of you that purchase daffodils this week…. Thank you for your support!!!