The final Royer’s Kids Club event of 2013 combines “boos” and bouquets.
In all Royer’s stores on Oct. 26, children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to make a small mum basket and will receive a free balloon.
The event will celebrate Halloween and our annual “Bouquets for Books” book drive to benefit area public libraries. Participants are asked to bring a new children’s book as the price of admission.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Registration is required by calling your nearest Royer’s store. Click here for locations and contact information.
For more information about Royer’s Kids Club, visit www.royers.com/kidsclub.
Category: Community involvement
Royer’s donates candles for Mental Illness Awareness Week vigil in Carlisle
The Cumberland/Perry Community Support Program will hold a candlelight vigil at 6:30 p.m. Friday on the steps of the Old Cumberland County Courthouse as part of its celebration of Mental Illness Awareness Week, Oct. 6-12.
Royer’s, which has a store at 100 York Road, Carlisle, donated 200 candles for the vigil, which will feature Dennis Marion, deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, inspirational stories of mental health recovery and entertainment.
For more information about this and other Mental Illness Awareness Week activities, click here.
Just two months until ‘Bouquets for Books’ book drive
Make a mental bookmark for Nov. 1-9.
That’s when our annual “Bouquets for Books” book drive returns to collect new children’s books for area public libraries.
It’s really simple – and rewarding – for you to help out.
Just bring a new book to any of our stores during the event, and you will receive a free bouquet (up to three bouquets per family per visit, while supplies last).
In its seven-year history, Bouquets for Books has collected more than 10,000 books for the libraries.
Kids club event takes bite out of hunger
Participants in the Royer’s Kids Club event on June 22 demonstrated a “can”-do spirit in the fight against hunger.
Thanks to the more than 130 children and their parents who came out in support of our annual food drive, Royer’s Stems Hunger. We asked participants to donate a canned good or other non-perishable food item as the price of admission in conjunction with the food drive, which benefits the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank.
You can see photos from the event below.
Meanwhile, the remaining 2013 kids clubs events and their themes are:
- Aug. 17: Back to school
- Oct. 26: Halloween/Bouquets for Books
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Royer’s Stems Hunger: summer is a time of need for food banks
While we often think of hunger during the holiday season, it’s a year-round problem.
“Many people in central Pennsylvania think of summer as a time of harvest and a time of plenty, and while that is true at least somewhat, it’s also a time of great need, especially for children,” said Brad Peterson, director of communications and marketing for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.
“Children who rely on school lunches and breakfasts during the school year, don’t have that opportunity during the summer. So those children are coming to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank for more of their nutritional needs.”
Our annual food drive, Royer’s Stems Hunger, is June 21-29 and will benefit the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank.
In this video, Peterson describes some of the items on the food banks’ wish lists:
Get to know: Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Our annual “Royer’s Stems Hunger” food drive returns June 21-29 to benefit the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank.
Brad Peterson, director of communications and marketing for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, said there is a misperception that most of the people it serves are homeless. In fact, he said, they account for less than 3 percent of the people accessing food.
“Roughly a third of all the people who receive food from the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank are children,” Peterson said. “About 10 to 12 percent of them are seniors and well more than half are working families. Families with at least one working adult who are struggling to put food on the table.”
You can see more of the interview in this video:
Customers help our Carlisle store raise $270 for March of Dimes
After participating in their local March of Dimes walk in 2012, employees at Royer’s in Carlisle decided to get more involved this year.
Not only did four of them join the April 28 walk, but in the three weeks leading up to it they set up a collection box for March of Dimes on the store’s counter.
Every customer who made a monetary donation was eligible to enter a drawing for a silk arrangement.
“No donation was too small,” said Liz Mohler, manager of the store at 100 York Road. “And every donation was greatly appreciated.”
Thanks to customers and employees alike, the store collected $270 for March of Dimes.
Royer’s also donated 25 carnations that were handed out to families that were walking in memory of a loved one.
Kids club event June 22 will kick off ‘Royer’s Stems Hunger’ to benefit food banks
The Royer’s Kids Clubs event on June 22 will help kick off the annual Royer’s Stems Hunger food drive.
Children ages 5 to 12 are asked to donate a non-perishable food item as the price of admission and to bring an empty food can to fill with flowers.
Participants also will have an opportunity to enter the kids club’s birthday card design contest for a chance to win a flower delivery.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m., 2p.m. and 3 p.m. at each of Royer’s 17 stores in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. Registration is required by calling your nearest Royer’s store.
Royer’s Stems Hunger is June 21-29. Food will be collected at all Royer’s stores to benefit the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank.
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‘Royer’s Stems Hunger’ returns June 21-29 to benefit food banks
Royer’s Stems Hunger will return June 21-29 to collect non-perishable food items for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank.
Customers are asked to bring food items to any Royer’s Flowers & Gifts store and place them in a collection barrel. For each food item, they will receive a free carnation, up to a maximum of six carnations per family per visit.
In its first two years, Royer’s Stems Hunger has collected nearly 2,500 pounds of food for the two food banks.
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Royer’s Stems Hunger to return June 21-29 to benefit food banks
Royer’s Stems Hunger, which has collected nearly 2,500 pounds of non-perishable food in its first two years, will return June 21-29.
The event benefits the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank.
Customers receive a free carnation for each non-perishable food item they donate, up to a maximum of six carnations per family per visit. Food collection barrels are placed in each Royer’s store during the event.
In conjunction with Royer’s Stems Hunger, the Royer’s Kids Club will host an event for children ages 5 to 12 in all Royer’s stores on June 22.