The Connells Maple Lee Kids Club will celebrate Veterans Day with a free event Nov. 11.
Children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to make a special Veterans Day arrangement that includes an American flag.
Participants also will receive a balloon.
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.
Category: Community Involvement
Connells Maple Lee donates $580 to Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer REse FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
Connells Maple Lee has donated $580 to the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James).
For each sale of its “Power of Pink” arrangement, Connells Maple Lee donates $10 to breast cancer organizations, including $2,370 to the Stefanie Spielman Fund since 2015.
The Stefanie Spielman Fund supports breast cancer research, including genetics, as well as technology needs for research, patient care, medical education and training on breast cancer at the OSUCCC – James.
The Power of Pink arrangement, redesigned annually, is available year-round.
Photo: Andrew Royer, regional manager, Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts, and Erika Beasley, assistant director, community partners program at the OSUCCC-James.
Connells Maple Lee Kids Club celebrates Grandparents Day with free event Sept. 9 in all stores
The Connells Maple Lee Kids Club will celebrate Grandparents Day with a free event Sept. 9 in all stores.
Children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to make a special gift for Gram and Grampy: a fall arrangement featuring pompon daisies. Participants also will receive a balloon.
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.
Grandparents Day is Sept. 10.
Connells Maple Lee Stems Hunger collects 175 pounds for Choice Food Pantry in Columbus
Connells Maple Lee’s annual food drive collected 175 pounds of nonperishable items from June 17-July 1.
This year’s Connells Maple Lee Stems Hunger event benefited the nonprofit Neighborhood Services Inc., which operates the Choice Food Pantry at 1950 N. 4th St., Suite J, Columbus.
Besides our three Columbus-area stores, the food drop-off locations included Drayer Physical Therapy Institute’s outpatient center in Grove City.
Donors received a free carnation for each nonperishable food item they contributed.
In its six-year history, the food drive has collected more than 1,000 pounds for area food banks.
Photo above, from left, Billy Ables, wholesale driver, Connells Maple Lee, delivers food to Martin Butler, executive director, Neighborhood Services Inc.
Connells Maple Lee gives back 10 percent of online prom purchases to area high schools
No doubt, high school students throughout Connells Maple Lee’s market area will have lasting fond memories of having attended their spring proms.
And two high school prom committees will have a little extra money after participating in Connells Maple Lee’s first prom fundraiser.
Connells Maple Lee sent reimbursement checks representing 10 percent of the $1,194.33 in corsages and boutonnieres purchased for the Bexley High School and Central Crossing High School proms.
The schools may use the reimbursed funds at their discretion. The fundraiser was open to all high schools in Connells Maple Lee’s market.
Connells Maple Lee plans to offer a similar fundraiser next year. Prom committees interested in participating in 2018 should contact Jaime Kevles, Connells Maple Lee’s marketing coordinator, at jaime.kevles@cmlflowers.com.
Connells Maple Lee Kids Club event June 17 to kick off annual food drive
Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts will hold its annual food drive – Connells Maple Lee Stems Hunger – June 17-July 1.
The Connells Maple Lee Kids Club will kick off the food drive with a June 17 event in all stores. Children ages 5 to 12 are asked to donate a nonperishable food item as the price of admission, and to bring an empty food can in which to make an arrangement for themselves.
Participants will receive a balloon and will have an opportunity to enter the kids club birthday card design contest.
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 Stems Hunger food drive returns June 17-July 1
Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts’ annual food drive returns June 17-July 1.
Connells Maple Lee Stems Hunger will benefit the nonprofit Neighborhood Services Inc., which operates the Choice Food Pantry at 1950 N. 4th St., Suite J, Columbus.
In 2016, Neighborhood Services (neighborhoodservicesinc.org) welcomed 9,867 total family visits for food assistance.
For the 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 one of Connells Maple Lee’s stores: 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City; or 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell. For Neighborhood Services’ food wish list, click here.
Another drop-off location is the Drayer Physical Therapy Institute outpatient center at 4090 Gantz Road, Grove City.
Connells Maple Lee’s annual kids club birthday card design contest runs through June 30
This is one birthday celebration that lasts an entire month.
Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts’ annual birthday card design contest, which is open to children ages 5 to 12, runs through June 30.
The winning design will adorn the Connells Maple Lee Kids Club birthday card, which is emailed to all kids club members on their birthdays. The winning artist will receive free flowers on his or her birthday.
Entry forms are available at all Connells Maple Lee stores or can be downloaded here.
To be eligible, entries must be dropped off at a Connells Maple Lee store by June 30: 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City; or 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell.
Connells Maple Lee giving back portion of online prom sales to area high schools
Area high schools compete in many ways, from football games to tennis matches, debates to television quiz shows.
Here’s a new one for them to consider: prom flowers. Except in this competition, there are only winners.
For the first time, Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts is returning a percentage of online prom sales to participating area high schools in the form of cash or flowers. For total sales of $2,500 or more, schools will earn 15 percent; for sales below $2,500, they will earn 10 percent.
The schools can use the reimbursed cash or flowers at their discretion.
“It’s not school against school, but we are hoping to generate a little friendly competition among them,” said Greg Royer, president and CEO of family-owned Connells Maple Lee. “If a school registers and records even one online prom sale, it wins. We look forward to seeing which school comes out on top.”
Prom season has begun and continues into early June. Connells Maple Lee has compiled a list of high schools and dates of their proms in the seven counties in which the company operates.
By going to cmlflowers.com/prom, dance-goers can select their school from a drop-down menu and then shop for corsages and boutonnieres.
As of Tuesday, two schools had registered to participate. If a school has not registered, it can do so by having one of its prom organizers contact Jaime Kevles at jaime.kevles@cmlflowers.com.
Join us for an Easter-themed design class April 1 in Grove City
No fooling, we’re offering an Easter-themed design class on April 1.
Jill Elmore, our award-winning design manager, will teach the class, which will run from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in our central design department, 2035 Stringtown Road, Grove City. The building is behind our Grove City store.
The price of $50 plus tax includes all materials necessary to make a fresh spring arrangement featuring tulips, lilies, carnations and daisies with accents of silk forsythia.
The arrangement is in a separate dish sitting on a bubble bowl. (Please note that the color or style of the bunny shown in the accompanying photos may change based on availability.)
Jill will offer ideas for other items that can be placed inside the bubble bowl and other centerpiece ideas for Easter tables.
Registration is required by visiting any of our stores in Bexley, Powell or Grove City or by calling Jill at 614-539-4000, ext. 119. Payment is required at the time of registration.