Bangor Floral handed out free flowers so strangers could pass one on
For the fifth year, florists in West Market Square gave people two flowers each, one to keep and one to give away, joining more than 700 shops nationwide in Petal It Forward.
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Bangor Floral spent Wednesday afternoon in West Market Square giving flowers to strangers, WABI reported. It was the shop's fifth year in Petal It Forward. Each person got two stems: one to keep and one to hand to someone else.
Office manager Heather Murray said she likes the moment people realize the flower is free, and that some of them cry or hug her. Bangor Floral was one of seven Maine shops in the day, among more than 700 across the country. The shop said it is one way to give back to a city that has kept them in business for more than a century.
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