Category: Community involvement
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Royer’s stores collecting ‘Holiday Mail for Heroes’ Nov. 17-Dec. 5
Royer’s Flowers & Gifts and the American Red Cross are teaming up this year to deliver “Holiday Mail for Heroes.” From Nov. 17 through Dec. 5, Royer’s stores will collect holiday cards and coloring pages that will be delivered to patients at the Lebanon VA Medical Center. Red Cross volunteers will organize the cards and…
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Fox 43 Morning News features Royer’s annual children’s book drive
You might say that Fox 43 Morning News carved out some time to talk about Halloween and, more so, Royer’s annual children’s book drive. Barry Spengler, Royer’s vice president of operations, joined host Chris Garrett to discuss “Bouquets for Books,” which returns for its ninth year Nov. 1-8. In its first eight years, the book…
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2014 ‘Bouquets for Books’ library wish lists
Our annual “Bouquets for Books” book drive returns Nov. 1-8 to benefit area public libraries. Here are the libraries’ wish lists: BERKS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES “Stop Drop and Roll” by Margery Cuyler “An Ordinary Princess” by Sally Huss “Whoever You Are” by Mem Fox “Not Everyone is Nice” by Frederick Alimonti “Ron Sleeps Alone” by…
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Nov. 1 kids club event kicks off ‘Bouquets for Books’ to benefit area libraries
A book drive to benefit area public libraries represents the final chapter in the Royer’s Kids Club 2014 event schedule. On Nov. 1, children ages 5 to 12 are asked to bring a new children’s book in support of our annual “Bouquets for Books” event. You can view the libraries’ wish lists here. Participants will…
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Our new Power of Pink bouquet benefits breast cancer research
Among the arrangements debuting with our 2014 fall catalog is the Power of Pink bouquet. It packs plenty of pink: a 9-inch pink vase holds an all around arrangement in shades of pink, featuring a lily, gerbera, three roses, alstroemeria, carnations, mini-carnations, caspia and a sheer bow. As for power, that derives from the good…
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‘Bouquets for Books’ returns Nov. 1-8 to benefit area public libraries
Royer’s annual children’s book drive – “Bouquets for Books” – will return Nov. 1-8. The books will benefit public libraries in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. Royer’s has stores in each of the counties. In its eight years, Bouquets for Books has collected more than 12,400 books for the libraries. For each…
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Save the date: final 2014 Royer’s Kids Club event is Nov. 1
Thanks to everyone who joined us on Aug. 23 for our back-to-school Royer’s Kids Club event. The photos above show some of the participants at our West York store. Not only is it hard to believe that school has resumed, but it’s also incredible to think that we have only one more kids club event…
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Royer’s Stems Hunger food drive tops 2,100 pounds collected for area food banks
Our annual Royer’s Stems Hunger food drive collected 2,157 pounds of non-perishable items for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank. From June 20-28, “Royer’s Stems Hunger” asked customers to drop off donations at any of our stores. In return, customers received a free carnation for each food item, up to…
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Royer’s Kids Club celebrates start of new school year with free event Aug. 23
We’re celebrating the start of a new school year with a free Royer’s Kids Club event Aug. 23 in each of our stores. Children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to create a daisy arrangement adorned with a “back-to-school” stick-in. Participants also will receive a free balloon. Time slots are available at 10…
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Royer’s Columbia store joins parade to kick off Mountville’s bicentennial celebration
Happy 200th Birthday to Mountville, Lancaster County! The borough kicked off its weeklong bicentennial celebration with a parade on Aug. 2. Our Columbia store, which serves Mountville, entered Royer’s classic 1969 Ford Econoline delivery van in the procession. Store manager Patti Barclay and her team walked beside the van and handed out 400 carnations to…