Catholic Charities of West Tennessee Announces New Ministry: Bouquets of Hope

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Sept. 10, 2014 - PRLog -- With a goal of sending an arrangement of fresh flowers to every hospital, hospice or nursing home patient, who due to a lack of family or resources typically does not receive flowers, Catholic Charities of West Tennessee announced today the launch of their new Bouquets of Hope ministry.

This new to Memphis program partners volunteers and hard-to-employ clients of Catholic Charities of West Tennessee with local florists, event planners and their clients, including brides, corporations and other hosts and hostesses.

“This new outreach has four legs,” said Mike Allen, President and CEO of Catholic Charities of West Tennessee. “First, we’ll be able to brighten the day of in-patients of local hospitals, hospice locations and nursing homes who, due to circumstances outside their control rarely, if ever, receive flowers. Second, all too often babies die in our community and it takes everything their family has to bury them properly. We’ll work with local funeral directors to provide a small spray of flowers for the baby’s funeral when we can. Third, this is an awesome opportunity to give some of our hard-to-employ clients a very practical job skill and real-life work experience which can lead to employment at local florists, garden centers or in the floral department of local grocery stores. Finally, this is a wonderful option for brides and other hosts / hostesses to easily give their floral arrangements an extended life.”

For information on Bouquets of Hope, to volunteer or to arrange to donate flowers, please call (901) 722-4711.