FTD WOWS AT THE ANNUAL
Rose Parade
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FTD was proud to once again be the Official Floral Partner of the 2018 Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, CA. FTD Education Consultant and Rose Parade veteran J. Keith White AIFD led a skilled team, including FTD Quality Services Representative Pete Samek AIFD, in designing the floral arrangements adorning the official parade vehicles that carried VIPs such as the parade’s Grand Marshal, actor Gary Sinise. All of the fresh flowers used in the arrangements were provided by the FTD Flower Exchange. This year’s parade, with the theme “Making a Difference,” drew millions of viewers on New Year’s Day.
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FTD Education Consultant J. Keith White AIFD poses with the Grand Marshal car that carried Gary Sinise. The car appeared in the 1946 film It’s A Wonderful Life. J. Keith White joined Gary Sinise as he tested out the Grand Marshal car. FTD Quality Services Representative Pete Samek AIFD adds flowers to the car that carried a Rose Bowl Hall of Fame inductee. FTD President and CEO John Walden experienced his first Rose Parade and festivities.
FTD FLORIST WINS TRIP OF A LIFETIME Lynne Snyder of Divine Floral & Gifts in Arlington, TX, was the lucky winner of FTD’s 2017 Everyone “Likes” a Parade Sweepstakes. Lynne won an allexpenses paid trip for two to the 2018 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl. While there, she was also able to go behind the scenes with FTD Education Consultant J. Keith White as he decorated the cars that carried the VIPs in the Rose Parade. “It was fascinating to see the quantity and variety of flowers and the various attachment methods,” Lynne said of watching Keith in action. “It was also fun to see all the various parade floats and how they were created. It was great to have a relaxing weekend – apologies to the FTD crew that was working very hard the whole week – in the warm California sun, and wonderful to see a fabulous parade and an exciting football game.” You could be this year's lucky Everyone “Likes” a Parade winner! Our next sweepstakes launches in August 2018. Lynne and Richard Snyder of Divine Floral & Gifts, Arlington, TX