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We need your help naming this arrangement; enter our contest by Aug. 15


It has a number, but arrangement 3771 also needs a name.
That’s why we’re asking for help by seeking submissions to our name-the-arrangement online contest through Aug. 15.
The all-around arrangement comprises three roses, stock, hydrangea, mini hydrangea, a lily, cushion poms, button poms, bupleurum, caspia, and curly willow accents swirled in a nine-inch glass bowl.
The person who submits the winning name will receive this arrangement (retail value $69.99) as a prize.
To enter the contest, visit cmlflowers.com/contest.
Limit one entry daily per email address, now through Aug. 15.

Connells Maple Lee Kids Club offers free back-to-school event Aug. 17


We’ll celebrate the start of a new school year with a free kids club event on Aug. 17.
Children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to create an arrangement featuring lavender and yellow daisy pompons, tree fern, limonium, and a back-to-school stick-in in an orange diamond-cut vase.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Registration is required by calling your nearest Connells Maple Lee store: 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley, 614-237-8653; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City, 614-539-4000; and 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell, 740-548-4082.

Connells Maple Lee’s annual ‘Stems Hunger’ food drive returns June 22-July 6

Neighborhood Services Food Pantry in Columbus

Connells Maple Lee’s annual food drive returns June 22-July 6.
Connells Maple Lee Stems Hunger will benefit the nonprofit Neighborhood Services Food Pantry at 1950 N. 4th St., Suite J, Columbus.
Food drive donors will receive a free carnation for each nonperishable food item they contribute (limit six per visit).
Donations may be dropped off during regular business hours at any one of Connells Maple Lee’s stores: 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City; and 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell.
Forty million people face hunger in the United States – more than the entire population of Canada, according to Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. The need is acute during the summer months for more than 18 million children who lose access to free and reduced-price meals through schools.

Connells Maple Lee Kids Club making sundaes on Saturday at June 29 event


Here’s the scoop on the Connells Maple Lee Kids Club event on June 29.
Children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to create an ice cream sundae out of carnations and to enter the kids club birthday card design contest. Participants also will receive a balloon.
As the price of admission, children are asked to bring at least one nonperishable food item to contribute to the Connells Maple Lee Stems Hunger food drive to benefit the Neighborhood Services Food Pantry in Columbus.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Registration is required by calling your nearest Connells Maple Lee store: 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley, 614-237-8653; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City, 614-539-4000; and 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell, 740-548-4082.
The other remaining 2019 kids club events are Aug. 17 and Nov. 2.

Connells Maple Lee Kids Club celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with free event March 16 in all stores


They say that everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.
While that may be a wee bit of an overstatement, this much is true: On March 16, all Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts stores are celebrating the holiday with a free kids club event.
Children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to make an Irish Blessings arrangement, featuring a three-inch plant in a basket that can be decorated with green foil, satin ribbon and a glitter shamrock stick-in.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Registration is required by calling your nearest Connells Maple Lee store: 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley, 614-237-8653; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City, 614-539-4000; and 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell, 740-548-4082.
The other 2019 kids club events are March 16, June 29, Aug. 17 and Nov. 2.

Connells Maple Lee Kids Club springs into new year with free event Jan. 12 in all stores


It’s a paradox of nature that just as winter begins, the amount of daylight slowly starts to increase.
In other words, spring is coming. It makes a special appearance at all Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts stores on Jan. 12 for the first Connells Maple Lee Kids Club event of 2019.
Children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to make a spring arrangement in a bird’s nest container using daisy pom pons, leatherleaf fern, baby’s breath and spring plaid ribbon.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Registration is required by calling your nearest Connells Maple Lee store: 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley, 614-237-8653; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City, 614-539-4000; and 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell, 740-548-4082.
The other 2019 kids club events are March 16, June 29, Aug. 17 and Nov. 2.

Thank you for donating new children’s books to Bexley and Delaware County public libraries


Thank you to everyone who donated to “Bouquets for Books,” which this year collected 52 new children’s titles for Bexley Public Library and Delaware County District Library.
The book drive ran Oct. 28-Nov. 10. Anyone who donated a new children’s book was eligible to receive a free bouquet.
In its 11-year history, Bouquets for Books has collected more than 1,100 books for area public libraries.

Connells Maple Lee collecting cards and coloring pages Nov. 11-Dec. 4 for area military veterans


Connells Maple Lee will collect cards and coloring pages for area military veterans Nov. 11-Dec. 4 as part of the American Red Cross “Holidays for Heroes” program.
Cards may be dropped off at any one of Connells Maple Lee’s three area stores: 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City; and 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell.
Free coloring pages are available at the stores or can be downloaded here:
Christmas Tree
Santa
Ornament
Reindeer
Dreidel
Meanwhile, the Red Cross offers these guidelines for preparing cards:

  • Use generic salutations such as “Dear Veteran” as cards addressed to specific individuals cannot be delivered through this program.
  • Include messages of support and thanks.
  • Sign your name to them.
  • Don’t include letters or other personal information (photos, addresses).
  • Refrain from choosing cards with glitter.

Connells Maple Lee Kids Club saluting veterans with Nov. 10 event


Red, white, blue and you!
For its final kids club event of 2018, the Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts Kids Club is honoring the service of all U.S. military veterans.
Children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to make a patriotic arrangement, featuring red and blue carnations and an American flag.
As the price of admission, participants are asked to bring a new children’s book for Bouquets for Books, Connells Maple Lee’s annual book drive to benefit area public libraries.
Participants also will receive a balloon and may decorate a coloring page for Connells Maple Lee’s annual Holidays for Heroes event, which honors veterans and active military members.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Registration is required by calling your nearest Connells Maple Lee store: 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley, 614-237-8653; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City, 614-539-4000; and 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell, 740-548-4082.
 
 

Connells Maple Lee collecting new children’s books Oct. 28-Nov. 10 to benefit area public libraries


Give a new book, get a fresh bouquet.
That’s the simple proposition behind Connells Maple Lee Flowers and Gifts’ annual children’s book drive, which this year runs Oct. 28-Nov. 10.
The book drive benefits Bexley Public Library and Delaware County District Library.
For each new book, donors will receive a free bouquet, up to three per family per visit, while supplies last. Used books will not be accepted.
For library wish lists, please click here.
Connells Maple Lee (cmlflowers.com) has stores at 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City; and 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell.