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Royer’s Kids Club announces full 2014 event schedule

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We hope to see your family at Saturday’s Royer’s Kids Club event. But even if you can’t make it, you will have four other opportunities to join us throughout 2014.
Be sure to mark your calendars for these dates and event themes:

  • March 15: St. Patrick’s Day
  • June 21: Royer’s Stems Hunger (food drive)
  • Aug. 23: Back to school
  • Nov. 1: Bouquets for Books (book drive)

Registration is required for all events, which take place on Saturdays and are open to children ages 5 to 12. Typically we offer sessions at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
To keep up on the latest kids club news and events, join the club by clicking here.
See you soon!

Kids club looks ahead to spring with free event Jan. 18 in all stores

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Kids club arrangement (Jan 2014)
It’s early winter, but spring is the thing at the first free Royer’s Kids Club event of 2014.
At all Royer’s stores on Jan. 18, children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to create a daisy arrangement in a decorative glass jar as shown above. Participants also will receive a balloon.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at 17 stores in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties.
Registration is required by calling your nearest store.
For more information about Royer’s Kids Club, click here.

Santa’s workshop has nothing on our central design department

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But for movies and TV specials, we don’t see much of what goes on in Santa’s workshop. The North Pole is pretty far away, after all.
Anyway, it’s closer to Royer’s corporate complex in Lebanon, which includes our offices, distribution center, greenhouses. It’s also home to our own workshop — central design — where dozens of our elves are busy decorating poinsettias and other plants, and handcrafting thousands of holiday arrangements in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
Consider this photo tour our gift to you!

Use hairspray to preserve your holiday wreath

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A natural Christmas tree eventually loses its needles, but giving it daily drinks of water will dramatically slow the process.
Unfortunately, you can’t do the same with a natural Christmas wreath.
But here’s the next-best thing: seal in the wreath’s moisture using hairspray, which acts like glue and holds the needles on.
To avoid any messes, do the spraying before you hang the wreath on a door, window or wall.
The result will be a wreath that looks shiny, green and full throughout the holiday season.
 
 

Thanks for helping us collect nearly 600 cards and letters for ‘Holiday Mail for Heroes’

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Dena Eberhart, Royer’s human resources manager, with packages filled with cards and letters for “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program.
Dena Eberhart, Royer’s human resources manager, with packages filled with cards and letters for “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program.

 
Thanks to customers such as you, Royer’s collected nearly 600 holiday cards and letters for the American Red Cross’ 2013 “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program.
Each of our stores collected the items throughout November.
Holiday Mail for Heroes delivers holiday greetings to veterans, military families and active-duty service members at hospitals and military installations around the world.

National Poinsettia Day is Dec. 12 and other facts about the most popular holiday plant

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We typically think of the North Pole when it comes to Christmas, but the most popular holiday plant originates with our neighbor to the south.
Poinsettias are native to Mexico and were introduced to the United States in 1825 by Joel Roberts Poinsett, who was the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico.
In fact, Poinsett’s death in 1851 is commemorated every Dec. 12 as National Poinsettia Day.
Some other facts:

  • The colored parts of poinsettias aren’t flowers but bracts (leaves).
  • Poinsettias have been called the lobster flower and flame leaf flower.
  • Poinsettias are not poisonous, to humans or pets.
    • An Ohio State study found that a 50-pound child who ate 500 bracts (leaves) might have a slight tummy ache.
  • Ninety percent of all poinsettias are exported from the United States.

Sources: www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/poinsettia
 

We talk turkey and other Thanksgiving ideas on Fox 43

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If you’re Fox 43 Morning News and you want to talk about Thanksgiving flower and gift trends, you know that Barry Spengler is happy to oblige.
Barry, Royer’s vice president of operations and a regular guest on Fox 43, shared ideas for centerpieces, giftware and hostess gifts with Heather Warner. You can view the segment by clicking here.
Photos from Barry’s appearance:


 

Royer’s names store managers for Lebanon and Harrisburg East stores

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Royer’s has appointed new managers for its Lebanon and Harrisburg East stores.
Royer’s promoted Shannon Fink to store manager in Lebanon, 810 S. 12th St.; she had been store manager at Harrisburg East. A resident of Jonestown and a graduate of Harrisburg Area Community College, Fink has been with Royer’s since 2006.
Andrea Campbell succeeded Fink as store manager at Harrisburg East, 4907 Orchard St.; she had been assistant manager at Hershey. She graduated from Cumberland Valley High School and resides in Etters, York County. She joined Royer’s in 2006.

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‘Bouquets for Books’ collects 1,653 new children’s books for area public libraries

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Thanks to the generosity of our customers, Royer’s annual book drive collected 1,653 new children’s books for the libraries in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties.
This year’s “Bouquets for Books” took place Nov. 1-9. For each book that customers donated, Royer’s gave them a free bouquet, up to three per family per visit.
We presented the books to the county library systems and to the independent Hershey Public Library. Here is the distribution:

  • Berks County Public Libraries: 133
  • Cumberland County Library System: 151
  • Dauphin County Library System: 89
  • Hershey Public Library: 103
  • Lebanon County Libraries: 146
  • Library System of Lancaster County: 616
  • York County Library System: 415

In its eight-year history, Bouquets for Books has collected nearly 12,500 books for the libraries.

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Cumberland County
Dauphin County
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Lancaster County
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York County

Royer’s stores serving as drop-off points for American Red Cross ‘Holiday Mail for Heroes’

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There’s no place like home for the holidays. But for American service members, the holidays might find them thousands of miles from home.

Photo: American Red Cross
Photo: American Red Cross

Enter the American Red Cross’ “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program, which delivers holiday greetings to veterans, military families and active-duty service members at hospitals and military installations around the world.
Throughout November, each Royer’s store will collect holiday cards for “Holiday Mail for Heroes.” Cards may be dropped off during normal business hours.
The Red Cross has these guidelines:

  • Cards should be signed
  • Use generic salutations such as “Dear Service Member” as cards addressed to specific individuals can not be delivered through this program
  • Do not include email or home addresses on the cards: the program is not meant to foster pen pal relationships
  • Only cards are accepted; do not include letters or inserts such as photos
  • Refrain from choosing cards with glitter as it can aggravate health issues of ill and injured warriors