Author: Neal
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Thank you for donating more than 1,000 holiday cards and coloring pages for veterans
In this season of giving, you sure did. Our annual “Holidays for Heroes” event, which ran throughout November, collected more than 1,000 holiday cards and coloring pages for veterans. We presented these cards and coloring pages to the American Red Cross, which this year is distributing holiday cards to more than 700 veterans in 30…
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We can’t promise eternity, but here’s how to make your evergreen wreath last longer
We see them on doors and fences, windows and walls. Some are even attached to the fronts of cars and trucks. The evergreen Christmas wreath is a ubiquitous holiday adornment. So much so, perhaps, that it’s easy to overlook the wreath’s rich symbolism. “The evergreen wreath — its circular shape an emblem not only of…
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Shedding holiday light on the mystery that is mistletoe
Oh, ho the mistletoe Hung where you can see Somebody waits for you Kiss her once for me –“A Holly Jolly Christmas” Even if you’ve never seen mistletoe, much less smooched beneath it, it may have been a part of your holiday tradition since childhood. That’s because the 1964 Christmas special, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”…
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Lancaster County-grown poinsettias are arriving at Royer’s stores
It’s two weeks before Thanksgiving, but Christmas is in full bloom at Esbenshade’s Greenhouses Inc. just north of Lititz. In one vast expanse of the so-called Gilbert greenhouse, the floor is a carpet of red poinsettias. A visitor asks Roger Esbenshade, president of the family-owned company, how many there are in this one area. “Probably…
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Royer’s Flowers donates $1,000 to YWCA Greater Harrisburg
Royer’s Flowers & Gifts has donated $1,000 to the YWCA Greater Harrisburg. The funds are earmarked for the YWCA’s emergency shelter, which provides housing to single women and women with children for up to 30 days. Family-owned Royer’s donates $10 to women’s charities for every purchase of its “Admiration” arrangement.
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Royer’s Flowers saluting veterans with free red, white and blue bouquets Nov. 11
Royer’s Flowers & Gifts will salute military veterans on Nov. 11 by giving them red, white and blue bouquets. The offer is available in-store only at any of Royer’s 16 stores in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. Non-veterans may purchase the bouquet for $3.99. “Royer’s is grateful to the brave men…
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Royer’s Flowers offering free bouquet to donors at Nov. 9 blood drive in Camp Hill
Royer’s Flowers & Gifts is hosting a blood drive Nov. 9 at its Camp Hill store, 3015 Gettysburg Road. The Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank bloodmobile will be at the store from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Anyone attempting to donate will receive a free bouquet. Appointments are not needed, but donors should have ID,…
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Royer’s collecting holiday cards and coloring pages for service members and veterans in November
Royer’s Flowers & Gifts is collecting holiday cards and coloring pages for service members and veterans throughout November in each of its stores. Royer’s will present the collected items to the American Red Cross “Holidays for Heroes” program. Cards and coloring pages may be dropped off at any Royer’s store during normal business hours. Free…
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Royer’s Flowers donates $3,000 to American Cancer Society in support of ‘Real Men Wear Pink’ campaign
Royer’s Flowers & Gifts has donated $3,000 to the American Cancer Society in support of its “Real Men Wear Pink” campaign. Family-owned Royer’s donates $10 to women’s charities for every purchase of its “Admiration” arrangement. Real Men Wear Pink is designed to give men a leadership role in the American Cancer Society’s mission to eliminate…
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Royer’s Flowers donates $1,000 to Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County
Royer’s Flowers & Gifts has donated $1,000 to the Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County. The funds are earmarked for CAP’s Domestic Violence Services program, which provides emergency shelter, counseling, legal and housing services, and children’s programming for victims of domestic violence and their children. Family-owned Royer’s donates $10 to women’s charities for…