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The Broad Ripple Gazette
Vol. 14 No. 2
Including the Cultural Districts and Midtown: Meridian-Kessler, Butler-Tarkington, and Meridian St.
page 16
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Crossword page 13
Jan 20 - Feb 2, 2017
ISSUE
‑ Sewing Speakeasy open Pg. 2 ‑ Laura is back! Pg. 11 ‑ Erbert & Gerbert’s Pg. 20
photo by Mario Morone
Alison Kothe, Lindsay Potter and Emily Sell from Random Acts of Flowers.
Random Ripplings
Random Acts of Flowers By Mario Morone
mario@broadripplegazette.com Random Acts of Flowers started blooming at 1057 East 54th Street, Suite F last fall. Executive Director Alison Kothe said, “We are a national non-profit organization based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Indianapolis is the fifth branch to open and we officially launched our mission on October 13, 2016. I personally became involved when some friends of mine who were involved in the initial startup funding for the branch, approached me about working for the organization. I was immediately enchanted by the mission and jumped at the opportunity.” Ms. Kothe explained. Program Manager Lindsay Potter said, “The mission of Random Acts of Flowers is to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of individuals in healthcare facilities by delivering recycled flowers, encouragement and personal moments of kindness. Basically, we use flowers that would otherwise be thrown away, either after a wedding or special event, or flowers that are past their “sell-by” date at a grocery store or wholesaler, and we turn those flowers into Random Acts of Flowers new, beautiful arrangements 1057 East 54th Street, Suite F that we deliver to patients in local hospitals and residents in www.randomactsofflowers.org assisted living centers. In the process of accomplishing our mission, we are committed to operating with a sense of environmental responsibility. Therefore, beyond rescuing and repurposing these flowers that would otherwise end up in the landfill, we also recycle vases to use with our arrangements and we compost hundreds of gallons of organic waste on a local farm each week. However, the heart of our mission is the moment of kindness and caring that takes place between the delivery volunteer and the recipient. In a world where these touchpoints between strangers can be few and far between, it is our goal to bring a bit of joy and compassion to those who are the most vulnerable.” Program Coordinator Emily Sell said, “We have volunteer opportunities for every aspect of our operation, including picking up the donated flowers, repurposing the flowers for arrangements, arranging the bouquets and perhaps most importantly delivering to those in need of a spiritual lift. All shifts take place Monday through Thursday between 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday mornings are our floral design shifts. Volunteers come in and create
www.virtualbroadripple.com MOST ACCURATE DIRECTORY MAPS • HISTORIC PHOTOS This 1993 photo of the rocket playground at Broad Ripple Park is in the archive section
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INDEX
The Village Winter Market is a second Winter Farmers Market in the area. It is in the basement of Broad Ripple United Methodist Church at 62nd and Guilford. (See pictures of the other market - Broad Ripple Winter Farmers Market - on page 4)
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1 Random Acts of Flowers
5 Cultural Districts Random
9 Poetic Thoughts
12 Random Rippling cops
14 Random Rippling Fresh
1 Random Rippling winter
5 BR Brewpub Quiz
9 Random Rippling Jimmy
12 Where in the Village?
15 Directory / Maps
2 Random Rippling Sewing
6 Classified Ads/Public Notices 10 Round the Ripple
12 Hidden History/Sudoku
19 Right in my Own Backyard
3 Calendar
7 Local Contacts
11 FitLit by Laura
13 Historic Ad
19 Random Rippling Razzle
4 Winter Farmers Market
7 Mistakes winner
11 Random Rippling kOMpose 13 Broad Ripple Crossword
19 Random Rippling Sangrita
5 Random Rippling Barre
8 Buzzing Around
11 Random Rippling Old
20 Random Rippling Erbert
14 Wine Scene Jill A. Ditmire