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Home | Business | Network Marketing Do you remember a time when you picked a neighbor's flower or even a pretty weed from along the roadside and proudly took it home to your mother just to see her smile? Holidays and events such as Christmas, Valentine's Day, Administrative Professionals' Day, Mothers' Day, All Souls Day, Advent, Easter, weddings and funerals give us an excuse to give the gift of flowers. We buy and plant flowers for our own personal enjoyment and to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, thank-you's and get-well wishes. Flowers also play a large part in the decor of special events and meetings. Centerpieces, entry ways, reception tables, bridal bouquets, wedding chuppahs, churches, horse and dog shows, and stage sets are only a few examples of how flowers are used in the business and social event arenas. Even the horse winning the Kentucky Derby is adorned with roses. Flowers have various different meanings in different cultures. Poppies are used to remember fallen soldiers only in Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries. Col. John McCrae of Canada wrote the poem, "In Flander's Field." It describes blowing red fields of poppies among the battleground of the fallen. The Veterans of Foreign Wars conducted its first poppy distribution before Memorial Day in 1922. In 1924, disabled veterans at the Buddy Poppy factory in Pittsburgh assembled the first VFW Buddy Poppies. Since then, the VFW's Buddy Poppy program has raised millions of dollars in support of veterans' welfare and the well being of their dependents. VFW Buddy Poppies are assembled by disabled and needy veterans who are paid for their work to provide them with some form of financial assistance. The minimal cost of Buddy Poppies to VFW units provides compensation to the veterans who assemble the poppies, provides financial assistance in maintaining state and national veterans' rehabilitation and service programs and partially supports the VFW National Home for orphans and widows of our nation's veterans. Flowers not only play a part in our emotions but can change the way we think. Wesley Berry is a member of the American Academy of Floriculture (AAF) and President of Wesley Berry Flowers, a successful multi-million dollar floral business that was established in 1946. He reported that recent studies have shown that just by placing flowers and green plants in the workplace, we can enjoy marked improvements in our business. Berry goes on to write that a study that was conducted at A&M University proved flowers in the workplace don't just make the office prettier, they also ignite the creativity of the employees who work around them. Berry advises businesses to place the flowers in high-traffic areas for the most effectiveness. A gift of flowers can show that we live for something. We can do good and leave behind us a monument of virtue which the storms of time can never destroy. We should write our name in kindness, love, and mercy on the hearts of those who come in contact with us, and we will never be forgotten. Flowers can show our appreciations for good deeds which will shine as brightly on earth as the stars of heaven, changing lives with wonderment. Works Cited: Wikipedia Directory|M articles Veterans of Foreign Wars Submitted by Amelia Johnson Article Source: http://www.articlewheel.com
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