American Red Cross Donation - OrganicBouquet.com

Organic Bouquet Offers 'Freedom Roses' to Support the American Red Cross

When one hears the name, the American Red Cross, what comes to mind? First aid?
Shelter and clothing provided after a house or apartment fire? Food, blankets, counseling given after a hurricane, flood, or an earthquake? Or perhaps one remembers the summer classes of swimming or life guarding lessons provided by the Red Cross or maybe even babysitter training?

Since Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in May of 1881, the Red Cross has been at the forefront of every single major event and disaster serving the American public through times of war and peace with disaster assistance, blood collection, safety training such as Red Cross CPR classes, First Aid training and countless other community services. Basically, the American Red Cross helps people to lead safer and healthier lives as well as to focus on meeting people's immediate emergency disaster-caused needs.

The American Red Cross which is made up of one million volunteers rallies people to come together and offer disaster relief to people wherever they may live. Yearly, 70,000 victims to disasters turn to their neighbors at the American Red Cross for help. Through more than 800 locally supported chapters, more than 12 million people gain the skills they need to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communities and the world.

The Red Cross is the largest provider for blood and blood products in the United States. Four million people give blood donations through the Red Cross. Besides being the major supplier of the lifeline of blood donations the Red Cross also gives a lifeline to active duty and community-based military. The Red Cross imparts emergency communications that connects the military personnel with their families back home. The Red Cross gives the military access to financial assistance, counseling as well as to provide assistance to veterans.

An average of 91 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs. The Red Cross is not a government agency; it relies on donations of time, money, and blood donations to do its work.

Organic Bouquet has created the, "American Red Cross Freedom Roses", a special bouquet made of two dozen red roses. With each purchase of this rose bouquet Organic Bouquet will donate 5% which will enable the American Red Cross to help Americans prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.

Organic Bouquet's flower partnership with the American Red Cross was initiated early in 2006.

"We are very proud to support the American Red Cross in its efforts to provide relief and critical services to those in need around the globe," said Gerald Prolman, CEO of OrganicBouquet.com. "By purchasing the American Red Cross Freedom Red Roses Bouquet, you can take heart in knowing that the earth is enriched, relief is provided to those in need and the recipient will enjoy a glorious display of very large and long lasting elegant red roses."

Organic Bouquet has pioneered the certified organic flower market, working with growers around the world who are committed to the highest social and environmental standards. Flowers are grown and harvested using practices that aim to improve the quality of farm working conditions, minimize damage to ecosystems, conserve biodiversity and enhance the quality for future generations.

All flowers offered at Organic Bouquet are sustainable grown. Our flower gift packaging is made from recyclable and sustainable materials. Our farms are certified under USDA, Veriflora, Max Havelar and other international flower farming certifications. For more information on our flower certifications visit http://www.organicbouquet.com/Product/CertDisplay.aspx Our rose growers are certified as socially responsible protecting its workers from financial exploitation and other abuses.

Cause marketing and charity organization partnerships are very important to Organic Bouquet. We strive to maximize donations by focusing on online flower promotions for our cause marketing partners. It is our hope that you agree with us and choose Organic Bouquet as your future store when you buy flowers online.

The American Red Cross name and emblem are used with its permission, which in no way constitutes an endorsement, express or implied, of any product, service, company or individual. Organic Bouquet will donate to the American Red Cross 5-10% of the sales price of each specially marked Red Cross red roses bouquet from now until March 31, 2007 with a minimum guarantee of $30,000. For more information about this online flower promotion, please call the American Red Cross at 1-800 797-8022, or email the American Red Cross at info@usa.redcross.org.

Organic Bouquet offers more than organic flowers online. We also have a large selection of organic gift baskets, organic fruit baskets, online flower clubs, organic wreaths, organic chocolates, and organic roses online. We also have a large selection of other organic flowers and special flower bouquets during key flower holidays such as Valentine's Day flowers, Mother's Day flowers and Holiday flowers. Customers can buy flowers online or by calling our customer service department at (877) 899-2468.

Sustainable Flowers Make The Perfect Gift For All Occasions

Organic Bouquet is the largest online provider of eco-friendly and organic floral gifts. All of our flowers are grown in a manner that is not only environmentally friendly but also provides outstanding resources for farm workers and artisans. Organic Bouquet partners with select flower farms in California, Ecuador and Colombia. All of our flower farms follow stringent growing practices which are monitored by multiple certification agencies and associations. When you purchase flowers from Organic Bouquet, you are helping to improve the life of a flower farm worker, their family and the local floral community.

Our eco-friendly flower arrangements include roses, calla lilies, tulips, gerbera daisies, hyacinths, sunflowers, alstromeria lilies and blue iris. In addition to a complete line of flower arrangements, we offer gift baskets, fruit baskets, nut baskets, gourmet chocolates, gourmet cookies, plants, wreaths, organic cotton apparel, organic towels, and organic linens. All of these products are certified eco-friendly and/or provide for environmental benefits through our participation in Carbon Offset programs.

Whatever the occasion, our flowers make the perfect gift- birthday celebration flowers, anniversary flowers, holiday flowers, or floral arrangements simply to say thank you. Sending flowers from Organic Bouquet says that you care not only about the person receiving the flowers, but also about the environment. All of our gift items are shipped nationwide to all 50 states. So whether you need to send flowers to Florida, New York, California, or Colorado, we can guarantee overnight delivery to ensure they arrive fresh and ready to put a smile on someone’s face.

Whether you are purchasing online, or through one of our customer service specialists, you can be assured you are ordering the freshest quality of flowers and environmentally friendly gifts.