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Royer’s Flowers & Gifts donates more than $11,000 to four mid-state nonprofits

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  • From left, Sharon Cash, donation coordinator; Jean Ussery, resident support and recovery coordinator; and Tymia Green, executive director, Shalom House, with Josh Hemmann of Royer’s Flowers & Gifts.
  • Mary Quinn, president and CEO, YWCA Greater Harrisburg, which manages Dress for Success, and Josh Hemmann, director of marketing and e-commerce, Royer’s Flowers & Gifts.
  • Members of Girls Who Code Central PA flanked by Josh Hemmann of Royer’s Flowers and Lin Taylor, Girls Who Code advisor.

Royer’s Flowers & Gifts has announced a new round of charitable donations totaling more than $11,000 to four mid-state nonprofits.

The recipients and their awards:

  • Girls Who Code Central PA, with clubs in Harrisburg and Hershey, $1,350;
  • Shalom House, a shelter for women and children in Harrisburg, $2,000;
  • Dress for Success South Central PA, $2,000;
  • Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, $5,740.

Family-owned Royer’s earmarks $10 from every sale of its Admiration arrangement for these donations. In the past decade, the arrangement has fueled donations of nearly $53,000.

“We’re grateful for our loyal customers whose support makes it possible for us to give back to these incredible organizations that work every day to improve lives in our communities,” said Tom Royer, president and CEO of Royer’s Flowers.

Royer’s Flowers donates $5,000 to Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

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From left, David Carl, senior development manager, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, and Josh Hemmann, director of marketing and e-commerce, Royer’s Flowers & Gifts.

Royer’s Flowers & Gifts has donated $5,000 to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, enough to provide approximately 20,000 meals to people in need.

Family-owned Royer’s earmarks $10 from each sale of its Admiration arrangement for charitable donations.

 “As a company, we’ve enjoyed the gift of loyal support from our customers for more than 85 years,” said Tom Royer, CEO of Lebanon-based Royer’s. “It’s important to us to return that generosity to organizations such as the food bank that are providing such a valuable service to our communities.”

Royer’s operates 16 stores in Adams, Berks, Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties.

“This generous gift from Royer’s Flowers & Gifts will help us meet our mission and provide healthy meals for our neighbors in need,” said Joe Arthur, CEO of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.

“This is especially true right now, when so many face tough choices between paying rent, gas and medical bills or buying food,” Arthur said, noting that as 2023 draws to a close, the food bank is serving its 27-county service territory at higher levels than at the peak of the pandemic.