Growing Kindness Project
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We're all about making new connections, so of course we're thrilled that you're joining us for the 2024 Holiday Cheer Campaign!🎉
Connection and giving are the heart of the holidays (and our organization!) and we can't wait to bring more of both into your life through our Holiday Cheer Campaign.
The truth is, too often, we overcomplicate kindness.
That’s why we put together all of our very best resources for you so it's as easy as pie to share kindness and foster goodwill this holiday season! Our Holiday Cheer Campaign is all about helping you use what you have to simply, easily, and joyfully make evergreen arrangements and gift them to those in need of some extra kindness this holiday season.
What you’ll find on this resource page:
Your Holiday Cheer Guide with all the resources to assemble your arrangements
Participant badges to share on social media
Details on the LIVE Floral Design Workshop & other tutorials
Your bouquet tags to declare your intent when giving your arrangements
Have some fun with a giving tracker or bingo card
Plus how you can get involved in the project even more to spread kindness year round
Your Holiday Cheer Guide
is here to support you with giving kindness this holiday season.
RECORDING Floral Design Workshop
Watch the recording of a festive, hands-on workshop to create beautiful, foam-free holiday arrangements using seasonal evergreens and foraged elements.
This is a one-hour session, floral designer Erin Shackelford guides you through the essentials of floral design, learning practical techniques and tips to make the most of the materials at hand. You'll learn how to incorporate natural add-ons, such as dried flowers, herbs, pinecones, and other holiday embellishments, to bring your arrangements to life.
About Erin:
Erin Shackelford is owner of Camas Designs, a wedding and event floral design company located on San Juan Island, WA. Erin spent over twenty years working in the field of human resources for various medical and biotech companies. At the height of her career, Erin shocked many, including herself, by walking away. In 2016, she formed Camas Designs and allowed her passion for floral design to become her career. She has since provided floral designs for weddings and events from California to Seattle but mostly in the beautiful set of islands she now calls home, the San Juan’s. Erin’s passion is flowers and their ability to convey feeling, emotions and meanings beyond the realm of words. After most events, Erin deconstructs centerpieces and creates small bouquets which she gifts, mostly anonymously, around her community. She calls it her #flowerbomb4love project with the goal of bringing a smile within an often-crazy world. Erin lives with her husband, their Newfoundland dog, Koda and various barn cats on San Juan Island, WA.
Connect with Erin on her website: https://www.camasdesigns.com/
Ready to get started BEFORE the LIVE workshop? Here’s a 12 minute tutorial for designing a Holiday Cheer arrangement.
Why Use Bouquet Tags!
Declaring your intent. Some of our team members simply state, “I’m a member of The Growing Kindness Project and our mission is to spread kindness. I grew (or gathered) these flowers (or greens) and I’d like to give them to you as a gift.”
We’ve found that adding a bouquet tag, making it clear your kindness is a gift, no strings attached, is another simple way to ensure your gift is accepted as it is intended.
Five years ago, Ganjana was a client at a local food bank where hundreds of Growing Kindness Holiday Cheer arrangements were donated.
Along with her box of holiday meal ingredients, she received a small centerpiece with a Growing Kindness bouquet tag attached. She was so moved by the gift that she immediately signed up to become a Growing Kindness Gardener. At that point in her life, Ganjana had been struggling with a debilitating anxiety disorder and had never grown anything. Through the project, she learned to grow flowers, made friends with GK teammates, gifted flowers and slowly, steadily healed and grew. Ganjana shares, “Because of Growing Kindness, I’m not just surviving, I’m thriving.”
Her story reminds us the power of connection and how a simple little tag can connect another to the hope and joy of growing and giving flowers and being part of a like-minded community of women.
Celebrate the Joy of Giving!
Whether you share one or one hundred arrangements, this holiday season: your kindness changes lives: both the recipients and yours too!
CHOOSE YOUR TRACKER
Share Your Story of Joyful Giving!
Share your Holiday Cheer story; the world needs it! Stories inspire, encourage, and give us hope. As you create and share your holiday centerpiece(s), please share your story! Your example will inspire and encourage others to do the same!
By tagging the @growingkindnessproject, you can help others connect to resources that help them grow and share flowers. You can also use the hashtag #gkholidaycheer to follow along with the happy stories of giving all across the world!
Want to do even more to give back? When you support The Growing Kindness Project, you help us provide resources and education to help even more people so they can grow and give flowers as acts of kindness in communities around the world. Click here to donate and support our 501c3 organization in our mission to spread kindness!