Fargo's Hope Blooms marks 10 years of donated-flower bouquets
Volunteers turn donated flowers into bouquets for memory-care residents, recovery centers, and cancer treatment centers. A Caters Taters fundraiser is backing a rural expansion.
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Hope Blooms in Fargo is marking 10 years of taking flowers people would have thrown out and arranging them again. Volunteers make bouquets for memory-care residents, recovery centers, and cancer treatment centers.
RDO's Caters Taters fundraiser is backing the nonprofit as it expands into rural communities. The anniversary is about flowers that already have a second stop, and about taking that habit past Fargo.
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