“Most days, the backseat of Sue Buddenbaum’s white Honda Odyssey smells like a perfume shop. On this October Saturday night, Buddenbaum’s trunk is filled with velvety burgundy spray roses, silky white hydrangeas, and ivory and white dahlias.”
“Just hours before, the flowers served as centerpieces at a Windows on the River wedding. After the band shuts down and the last guests leave, Buddenbaum and a friend load the still-fresh centerpieces and bouquets into her car. She then transports the arrangements to her St. Clair-Superior warehouse, where the next day, volunteers will turn the flowers into new arrangements to be given to seniors living at Hough’s Eliza Bryant Village.”
“For the past year and a half, many of Buddenbaum’s Saturday nights have been spent just like this. In May 2018, Buddenbaum started BigHearted Blooms to give a second life to flowers. Since starting then, she and her team of volunteers have given away more than 6,000 bouquets to residents at senior centers, hospitals and nursing homes.”
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