Living Green is not a Dream
Posted by Sprouts Staff
The First Annual Living Green Fair was held at John U Lloyd Beach State Park in Dania Beach, FL on November 14th and 15th. The fair went a long way to show the people of South Florida living green is not a dream. Many companies attended the weekend event showcasing everything from consumer products to industrial and commercial industry green alternatives.
Sharon, Steve, and Debbie at the Sprouts Booth
Sprouts, a proud event sponsor, provided eco-friendly Plantable Seed Paper Bookmarks for the goodie bags handed out to fair attendees. Sprouts would like to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who came out to see us. Our Sprouts Team was hopping at the Living Green Fair with attendees flocking around our booth. We definitely created a buzz and had an amazing time talking to the people about our plantable seed paper products including greeting cards, bookmarks, and boxes. We made many friends at the event and look forward to growing new business.
Sprouts donated an event booth to Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc., a non-profit organization that sends “we care” packages and letters of encouragement to our deployed men and women in the armed forces. “The Living Green Fair provided a platform for Forgotten Soldiers to raise funds and awareness for their worthy cause,” said Sharon Quercioli, Sprouts president. Fair attendees generously contribute funds while children took the opportunity to write a letter to encourage our soldiers.
If you would like to help out Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc. you can purchase a box of specially made Forgotten Soldiers note cards. Please click on the link: http://www.sproutem.com/forgottensoldiers
Sharon and Lynelle (Founder of Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc.)
To find out more about Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc. please visit: http://www.forgottensoldiers.org/
Another point of particular interest at the Living Green Fair was the Wyland mural. Wyland, a renowned environmental artist, created an impressive ocean scene mural enlisting the help of many youngsters of all ages. Wyland is the founder of the Wyland Foundation, an organization which strives to teach children and families the importance of preserving the ocean and waterways. The Wyland Foundation teaches these values through public art programs, classroom science education, and live events with a goal of giving children the tools they need to be creative, positive, and solution oriented.
To find out more about the Wyland Foundation please visit: http://www.wylandfoundation.org/
“The Living Green Fair was a great success and a lot of fun for both sponsors and attendees,” said Quercioli. If you didn’t get a chance to come out and visit the Sprouts Team at this event, don’t worry…we will be taking part in many more events through out South Florida. For those of you who did come out to see us, THANK YOU! We can wait to see you all at our next event.
Let Us Give Thanks
Posted by Sprouts Staff
Thanksgiving is upon us and soon we will be gathered around a table with family, friends, and (most importantly) FOOD! Overall we’re enjoying the day in our own fashion; some might watch football, while others enjoy the Thanksgiving Day parades. The kids might play a video game or work on Thanksgiving Day crafts to keep them occupied. Then there are the rest of us who are stressed, watching a dozen pots on the stove in hopes of serving dinner on time.
No matter what the day’s activities hold, at the end everyone retreats to the final calm and sanctuary provided by the dinner table. Behold, the Thanksgiving Day feast is laid out before everyone. Around the table we’ll gorge ourselves on all the classic trimmings the feast has to offer: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and the like. At the end we’ll pause for a brief moment of thanks and then move on to dessert.
Those of us here at Sprouts have a unique Thanksgiving Day tradition we’d like to share. We gather our family and friends together before dinner and hand out plantable Wish Sprouters. Everyone writes down what they are thankful for on the Sprouter. At the end of the meal, we read to each other the things which we are thankful and then we plant our Wish Sprouters in a pot. As they grow into beautiful wild flowers throughout the year, we are reminded of all the things which we gave thanks.
If you would like to participate in this fun holiday tradition, you can order your own Wish Sprouters by clicking on the following link:
http://www.sproutem.com/category/Favors-and-Tags
Forgotten Soldiers Outreach Partners with Sprouts to Raise Funds and Awareness
Posted by Sprouts Staff
Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc., whose goal is to continually encourage the men and women fighting abroad for our great nation by sending monthly “we care” packages and letters of encouragement to deployed soldiers, has partnered with Sprouts to raise funds necessary for operations.
For some of these men and women the packages and letters written are their only contact back to the United States. Being so far from home can be quite lonely for them, missing all the things they love about our great nation. Sending these letters and packages gives them back a little piece of home. It lets our troops know someone out-there cares about them. Sprouts cares about our men and women in the armed forces that’s why we’re partnering with Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc.
Sprouts is working with Forgotten Soldiers to create a line of custom designed note cards featuring the Forgotten Soldiers logo and Supporting Our Troops images and phrases. A portion of the proceeds from each sale will go directly to Forgotten Soldiers, enabling them to encourage and inspire our armed forces serving overseas.
If you would like to help our men and women in the armed forces continue to receive these charitable gifts of love and support, you can purchase a box of our Forgotten Soldiers Note Cards. The proceeds will help with many of the costs needed to keep the Forgotten Soldiers Outreach program going including shipping of the packages to our troops.
The cards can be purchased by clicking on the link:
http://www.sproutem.com/forgottensoldiers
If you would like to learn more about Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc. please visit:
http://www.forgottensoldiers.org
