Get the Most Out of Your Garage This Spring! BY C A R R I E M C C O N K E Y, W W W.C A R R I E M C C O N K E Y.C O M
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T LAST, WARMER weather is just around the corner, and it’s time for spring cleaning. As you air out your home’s interior and tidy up its exterior, don’t forget the garage! A handy hybrid of indoor and outdoor living, the garage is an underused space that is gaining in popularity - and getting a makeover of its own. Improve Your Home’s First, and Last, Impression You work hard to keep your home beautiful, so why face an oil-stained concrete garage floor every time you begin and end each day? Just in time for spring, dress up your garage with an easy-to-clean polyaspartic epoxy floor coating or fun, versatile SwissTrax floor tiles. Take Advantage of Creative Storage Let the garage shoulder some of your home’s storage duties. With overhead storage racks, slatwall and accessories, and attractive custom cabinets in a variety of colors and finishes, you can stylishly clear your space and get items up, up, and away from your garage floor. Make Room for Work or Play World-famous companies Apple, Disney,
and Mattel have one thing in common: They were all started in a garage. Design your own idea lab in your garage with countertops, cubbies, power strips, and LED lights, or carve out a “get-away-from-it-all” zone for stress-relieving hobbies. Welcome spring and increase your home’s value by giving some love to your garage. The experts at Designer Garages in Knoxville are ready to help… in-person or virtual consultations are free!
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Help Random Acts of Flowers Help Others
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VERY WEEK for the past 12 1/2 years, Random Acts of Flowers has stayed focused and true to its mission to improve the emotional health and well-being of individuals in healthcare facilities by delivering re-purposed flowers, encouragement, and personal moments of kindness. Even with the challenging environment that we are all facing, we are still able to accomplish this mission with the hard work of our more than 350 dedicated volunteers, our numerous donors, and our committed Perennial Society members; however, we can always use more support to keep delivering hope to our community. Helping Random Acts of Flowers serve others can take many forms. Volunteering is a way that one can support our effort, and there is a variety of volunteering opportunities available, from volunteering to pick up donated flowers, to prepping donated flowers, to creating the bouquets, to delivering the completed bouquets. To learn more about becoming a volunteer, go to the volunteer section of our website at RAFKnoxville.org/volunteer. To make a financial donation to support Random Acts of Flowers’ mission, you can visit our website and click on the “Donation”
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Random Acts of Flowers volunteer dropping off donated flowers gathered from a community event.
Program Associate Jacqlyn Schmitt delivering beautiful arrangements to Tennova North Medical Center.
tab and make an online contribution, or you can mail a check to 2936 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921. Another way to financially support Random Acts of Flowers is to have your
next private celebration or team building event here at our workshop or at your facility. These events typically include an overview of Random Acts of Flowers and its mission, followed by a demonstration on how to create beautiful flower arrangements. Participants are then guided through the process of creating flower arrangements that will be delivered to individuals in local healthcare facilities. For more information on making a donation, having a Random Acts of Flowers event, or volunteering, please email us at info@ RAFKnoxville.org, call us at 865-633-9082, or visit RAFKnoxville.org.
