Whether it’s Royer’s Kids Club members or Girl Scouts, a school or church group, or you name it, we love to share our love of flowers with the community.
We are especially grateful when groups and organizations take time out of their days to visit us. That was the case on April 21 when our corporate complex in Lebanon played host to a group from QUEST Inc.
Licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, QUEST provides vocational and life skills to empower people with disabilities and other vocational disadvantages.
Dena Eberhart, Royer’s human resources manager, was QUEST’s tour guide, taking her guests through our Lebanon store; wholesale, central design and dish garden departments; and a greenhouse.
If your group is interested in a visit to our corporate complex or one of our 16 area stores, please contact Dena at 717-273-4090, extension 2313, or dena.eberhart@royers.com.
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‘Royer’s Stems Hunger’ food drive returns June 17-July 1
Royer’s annual food drive returns June 17-July 1 to benefit the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank.
For each nonperishable food item, donors will receive a free carnation, up to a maximum of six carnations per visit.
Donations may be dropped off at any Royer’s store during normal business hours.
Additional drop-off locations are available at seven area Drayer Physical Therapy Institute outpatient centers: 3 Jennifer Court, Suite A, Carlisle; 120 N. Baltimore St., Dillsburg; 5000 Commons Drive, Harrisburg; 8125 Adams Drive, Suite B, Hummelstown; 2125 Noll Drive, Suite 100, Lancaster; 755 E. Main St., Mount Joy; 1805 Loucks Road, Suite 200, York.
For the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank’s wish list, click here.
Royer’s giving back portion of online prom sales to area high schools
Area high schools compete in many ways, from football games to tennis matches, debates to television quiz shows.
Here’s a new one for them to consider: prom flowers. Except in this competition, there are only winners.
For the first time, Royer’s Flowers is returning a percentage of online prom sales to participating area high schools in the form of cash or flowers. For total sales of $2,500 or more, schools will earn 15 percent; for sales below $2,500, they will earn 10 percent.
The schools can use the reimbursed cash or flowers at their discretion.
“It’s not school against school, but we are hoping to generate a little friendly competition among them,” said Greg Royer, president and CEO of family-owned Royer’s. “If a school registers and records even one online prom sale, it wins. We look forward to seeing which school comes out on top.”
Prom season has begun and continues into early June. Royer’s has compiled a list of high schools and dates of their proms in the seven counties in which the company operates.
By going to royers.com/prom, dance-goers can select their school from a drop-down menu and then shop for corsages and boutonnieres.
If a school has not registered, it can do so by having one of its prom organizers contact Jaime Kevles at jaime.kevles@royers.com.
Royer’s employees donate $740 to American Heart Association’s Lancaster division
Royer’s employees have donated $740 to the American Heart Association’s Lancaster division.
In January, employees had the opportunity to purchase red polo shirts bearing the Royer’s logo. For each shirt, they donated $10 to the heart association.
The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke.
Photo: From left, Jill Williams, manager of Lancaster West, with Katie Harlin, executive director, and Danielle Figueroa, Heart Walk director, American Heart Association, Lancaster division.
We’re putting our best ‘Bunny Face’ forward with free kids club event March 25
Bunny Face, I love you. Bunny Face, I need you.
If you’re between the ages of 5 and 12, you can make your own Bunny Face to bring home for Easter.
The Royer’s Kids Club will play host to a free kids club event March 25 in all stores. Besides making a carnation bunny, participants will receive a balloon.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Registration is required by calling your nearest Royer’s store.
Introducing the Royer’s Kids Club schedule for the rest of 2017
One Royer’s Kids Club event is in the books, but four more are to come this year.
Kids club events are free to children ages 5 to 12. We typically have sessions at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Here’s the rest of the 2017 schedule with each event’s theme:
March 25: Easter (see photo)
June 17: Stems Hunger food drive (nonperishable food donation requested)
Sept. 9: Grandparents Day
Nov. 11: Bouquets for Books (new children’s book donation requested)
We also encourage you to register for the kids club as you’ll receive a membership card, our quarterly Buds newsletter, and opportunities to enter contests and win prizes.
We look forward to seeing you at our next event!
Kicking off a new year of Royer’s Kids Club events
Love was in the air — and many children were in our stores — on Jan. 21 for the first of five Royer’s Kids Club events in 2017. Children ages 5 to 12 made a special “Be Mine, Valentine!” arrangement and received free balloons, as you can see in the photos below.
If you joined us, thank you for taking the time. If you missed out, please note that we have events scheduled for March 25, June 17, Sept. 9 and Nov. 11.
Finally, if you aren’t official members of the kids club, you can sign up for free by following this link.
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Royer’s employees raise $990 for Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition with purchase of pink polo shirts
Employees of Royer’s Flowers have donated $990 to the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition.
The contribution reflects the employees’ fall purchase of pink polo shirts bearing Royer’s logo. The sale of each shirt raised $10 for the Lebanon-based nonprofit.
The coalition (pabreastcancer.org) represents, supports and serves breast cancer survivors and their families in Pennsylvania through educational programming, legislative advocacy and breast cancer research grants.
Photo: From left, Candace Oliver, manager trainee at Royer’s Flowers in Lebanon, and Kristen Snoke, community outreach director, Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition. Oliver is wearing one of the pink polo shirts Royer’s employees purchased to raise money for the coalition.
Royer’s Kids Club puts heart into new year with free Valentine’s Day event Jan. 21
We’re kicking off the 2017 Royer’s Kids Club schedule with a free event on Jan. 21 in all stores.
Children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to make a special “Be Mine, Valentine!” arrangement, featuring a teacup with a heart on it and a red wire stick-in heart. Participants also will receive a free balloon.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Registration is required by calling your nearest Royer’s store.
Royer’s presents Red Cross with hundreds of cards, coloring pages for active military and veterans
Royer’s collected hundreds of cards and coloring pages for active military and veterans as part of the American Red Cross’ “Holidays for Heroes” program.
From Nov. 11-23 in each of our 16 stores, Royer’s invited the public to donate the items, which are destined for military installations, VFWs, American Legions, the Lebanon VA and retirement homes in 22 counties in central Pennsylvania.
The American Red Cross (redcross.org/centralpa) prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.
Last year in central Pennsylvania, the Red Cross assisted close to 2,000 people affected by nearly 750 local disasters.
Photos: Top from left, Kathy Tracy, regional service to armed forces outreach lead, Central PA region, American Red Cross, and Dena Eberhart, human resources manager, Royer’s; left, the hundreds of cards and coloring pages.