Florist Sends Flowers To Widows Every Valentine’s Day For Free

A North Carolina woman is celebrating love on Valentine’s Day by delivering hundreds of flower arrangements to widows.

Ashley Manning, a florist in Charlotte, started her “Valentine’s Day Widow Outreach” last year.

The 38-year-old said she started by asking her Instagram followers to send her names and addresses of widows so she could deliver flower arrangements for them. Her goal was just 25 but she ended up delivering 121 arrangements in 2021.

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This year, “Valentine’s Day Widow Outreach” has grown immensely.

With the help of 150 volunteers, Ashley was able to deliver 400 arrangements on Valentine’s Day.

The project is funded by donations and local businesses.

Courtesy of Ashley and Brandon Manning

Last year, Manning said she brought her children to deliver flowers and a gift bag to an elderly widow in her neighborhood. When the woman answered the door, Manning explained what they were doing.

“And she said, ‘This is just so nice, it just makes me want to cry’,” Manning told Fox News. “And she started to cry and then my 10-year-old son started to cry. We stood there and talked to her and she told us that her husband had been gone for so long. And she said, ‘When they’re gone for so long, you forget to be sad on days like this because you forget what it was like to even get things on Valentine’s Day’.”

Ashley Manning

Manning said her 8-year-old daughter told her she felt “really good” afterward.

“As a parent, that is something that you can’t teach – it’s something that they have to feel on their own. That’s kind of the most memorable moment for me, was the kids seeing what it meant to that lady,” Manning said.

“It’s our job to show our kids how to be human. And if we all were just a little bit more selfless and thought a little more about other people, I think this would be a whole different world.”

Source: Sunny Skyz