Buffalo, March 1, 2023 — The public is invited to join in the 37th Annual Hospice Spring Bouquet Sale™ March 6-11. Bouquets are available for purchase from several public sites and participating WNY florist shops throughout Erie County. The Hospice Spring Bouquet Sale™ is the largest fundraiser for Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo, raising an astounding $7.1 million over the past 36 years.

The gorgeous bouquets include a variety of colorful flowers, such as roses, carnations, and sunflowers. The floral scent and bright variety will be sure to bring the feeling of spring into any office or home! Our mixed, standard Bouquets are only $12, and a large Tribute Bouguet is $35. For every Tribute purchased, a Standard Bouquet will be delivered to brighten the day of a current Hospice patient.

A five-day public sale follows a one month-long of pre-sales, coordinated by over 300 local companies, schools and organizations. Participating businesses simply assigned a coordinator from their organization to collect and internally distribute their employees’ bouquet orders.

This year, congratulations go to West Herr as the top Corporate Pre-Sale site, raising $21,705 among their 32 locations, and to Iroquois Middle School Coordinator Kayla Wdowka in the top school category with over $3,599 sales.

An in-depth, weekend long bouquet assembly process will take place Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5 from 9:00am through 4:00pm in order to prepare approximately 23,500 bouquets to fulfill both pre-sale and public sale orders. Approximately 200 volunteers and staff members will work diligently to get bouquets assembled, packaged, and loaded into trucks for deliveries. Photo opportunities are available at the warehouse space, which is generously donated by Benderson Development, and located at 3176 Abbott Road.

Another exciting addition, brought back this year, is a collaborative favorite with Paula’s Donuts, where bouquets and the popular cannoli donut can be purchased at all four Paula’s locations, and half of the donut proceeds will benefit Hospice
& Palliative Care Buffalo.

The Hospice Spring Bouquet Sale is presented by KeyBank. Additional sponsors include Empire Building Diagnostics, Paula’s Donuts and WGRZ-TV 2-on-your-side.

Visit HospiceSpringBouquetSale.com to see the complete listing of public sites and participating florist locations. For more information, visit the website or call the Hospice Special Events Team at (716) 989-2010.

Proceeds from the Spring Bouguet Sale are allocated to Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo’s mission to help expand access to services and enrich program offering to enhance quality of life for patients and to provide support for their loved ones.