Peoples Flower Shops Serves as a Blossom Sponsor for Daffodil Days in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho

Peoples Flower Shops, an Albuquerque, New Mexico based, family-owned and operated florist, announced that they will again be serving as a Blossom Sponsor for Albuquerque and Rio Rancho’s upcoming Daffodil Days scheduled for March 22 and March 23.

Daffodil Days is a large fundraiser for Presbyterian Hospital Hospice and an event that Peoples Flower Shops has supported for many years. The event helps raise funds for the hospital’s home healthcare unit, which delivers skilled home care and hospice services throughout New Mexico. Over 500 volunteers sell thousands of daffodils over the course of the event. The money raised from the sale of these daffodils will provide financial assistance to families that use the hospice services, including a way to cover medications, food, utilities and funeral expenses.

The event began in 1999 when Hospice volunteer Joan Walsh came up with the idea of a spring fundraising event that included selling daffodils as a way to get money for those that were struggling with hospice care for their loved ones. From that small start, Daffodil Days has grown each year to what it is today. It now takes volunteers a few days to wrap and arrange all the daffodils for sale, which are now sold in bunches, a vase, or as part of a larger flower arrangement.

In commenting on Daffodil Days, Wayne Pollack of Peoples Flower Shops said, “There will be 160,000 daffodils arriving on Sunday, March 17^th. This year, the event already has 1,700 pre-ordered arrangements. The rest of the daffodils will be sold at 26 sales sites throughout the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho areas. We enjoy participating in such worthy causes that help those in our local community and this year’s event is bigger than ever, showing just how much local businesses like ours care.”

There are a number of sales locations to purchase the daffodils. For more information about the upcoming Daffodil Days, please call the Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation at (505) 724-6580 or Peoples Flowers at (505) 884-1600.

 About Peoples Flower Shops

Peoples Flowers (http://www.peoplesflowers.com) is the largest florist in Albuquerque, NM with five locations in the metro area. Peoples Flowers delivers fresh flowers throughout New Mexico and the United States. They are leaders in environmentally-aware and sustainable floral practices. Peoples Flowers has been family-owned and locally operated since 1944. For more information, contact Peoples Flowers at 505-884-1600 or email them at: comments@peoplesflowers.com or wpol@peoplesflowers.com.