Category: Community involvement

  • Royer’s at 85: Giving back

    This is part of a series of occasional blog posts about important events in Royer’s history as the company marks its 85th anniversary in 2022.In fall 2021, Royer’s Flowers & Gifts donated $7,250 to six women’s charities in central and eastern Pennsylvania.“My grandmother Hannah Royer started our company,” said Tom Royer, president and CEO of…

  • One creative child will win a flower delivery in Royer’s annual birthday card design contest

    Like the start of summer break itself, Royer’s Flowers & Gifts’ annual birthday card design contest presents a blank canvas. Royer’s is challenging children ages 5 to 12 to design an email birthday card that all Royer’s Kids Club members will receive in the year ahead. The artist with the winning entry will receive a…

  • Where are they now? Former Royer’s Kids Club members Alex and Marisa Heisey

      If Marisa Heisey ends up at a college in western Pennsylvania, the Conestoga Valley High School junior will follow in the footsteps of her older brother, Alex. He is a sophomore at Grove City College, an hour north of Pittsburgh. It wouldn’t be the first time the close siblings have walked similar paths. A…

  • Purchasing these arrangements supports local animal shelters

      The needs of animal shelters are diverse, from pet food to cleaning supplies, toys to towels. And they are costly to address, especially for non-profit organizations. To help, Royer’s donates a portion of the profits from the sale of its Puppy in a Basket and Kitten in a Basket arrangements to animal shelters in…

  • Royer’s Flowers presents American Red Cross with thousands of holiday cards for area veterans

    Continuing an annual tradition, Royer’s Flowers & Gifts on Dec. 7, 2021, presented several thousand holiday cards and coloring pages to the American Red Cross for distribution to area veterans. Royer’s, which has participated in the Red Cross “Holidays for Heroes” program for nearly a decade, collected the cards from the public in each of…

  • Royer’s Flowers donates to 10 area animal shelters

    Plants and animals just go together. Consider the former that are named after the latter, from cattails to hound’s tongue, elephant ear to bird of paradise, rattlesnake orchids to zebra grass. Royer’s Flowers & Gifts even offers arrangements featuring plush animals, including Kitten in a Basket and Puppy in a Basket. Under a new program,…

  • Royer’s Flowers saluting veterans Nov. 11 with free red, white and blue bouquets

    Royer’s Flowers & Gifts will honor veterans with free patriotic bouquets on Nov. 11. The bouquets – featuring a red carnation, a white carnation and a blue bow – will be available in-store only at any of Royer’s 16 locations in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. “This is one of our…

  • Royer’s Flowers and sister company in Ohio donate $10,000 to women’s charities

    Royer’s Flowers & Gifts has donated $7,250 to six women’s charities throughout its market area in central and eastern Pennsylvania. Family-owned Royer’s earmarks $10 for women’s charities for every sale of its Admiration arrangement, which is available year-round. This year’s recipients and the amount of their awards: Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition, $2,500; Junior League of…

  • Paige Hershey is this year’s winner of the Royer’s Kids Club birthday card design contest

    Lancaster County’s Paige Hershey didn’t sit idle during the pandemic. For one thing, the East Lampeter Township 12-year-old got busy entering contests. One was for photography, another for writing. “She’s just driven,” said Paige’s mother, Heather. That drive led to success for the seventh-grader. Paige had the winning entry in this year’s Royer’s Flowers &…

  • You name it, you win it: Royer’s new arrangement

    Every year for various reasons, Royer’s Flowers reworks approximately half of its arrangements. This year, one of those makeovers is the focus of Royer’s annual name-the-arrangement contest. This design features a clear dimple vase filled with sunflowers, carnations, daisy poms and charmelia, with accents of golden solidago and purple asters. It’s only lacking a name.…