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Sending flowers to Heidi's home
Our dear Claudia (aka Chen) has graciously offered to coordinate the sending of flowers to Heidi's family in Wisconsin. She knows Heidi's street address and is willing to make all of the arrangements. I have offered to provide Chen's contact information to those wanting to contribute toward the flowers.
Chen has emphasized that it is definitely NOT about the money: any amount, large or small is more than welcome. If you are interested, please let me know via CSN Private Message and I will be happy to pass along the address where you can send your contributions.
Aortus (aka Joe)
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Thank you so much....this
Thank you so much....this is such a devastating turn of events for the Kindred Spirits. I will be making the arrangenents to send flowers befitting not just our sweet Heidi, but which will hopefully reflect the hearts of us here who came to know and love her.
Hugs,
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If you would rather donate to a cause...
remember she was VERY fond of penguins...
http://www.penguin-rescue.org.za/
is a main page for a South African penquin rescue organization...
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Heidi and the color blueKathiM said:If you would rather donate to a cause...
remember she was VERY fond of penguins...
http://www.penguin-rescue.org.za/
is a main page for a South African penquin rescue organization...
Hugs, Kathi
I also remember from her holiday post that she LOVED the color blue! I was able to find a lovely large arrangement of BLUE Hydrangeas in a pretty silver bucket...and here is the card I "signed" from all of us:
As Kindred Spirits, our ♥ were saddened to lose one of our shining stars. Heidi was a constant source of encouragement on the Breast Cancer boards. We send ♥felt condolences from our family to yours.
The Kindred Spirits at CSN
This will of course include our FB friends who migrated from here to there!
Any money you lovingly donate, I will make sure goes to the cost of the flowers~ any leftover will go to either a penguin rescue ( KathiM "stole" my idea! LOL LOL) or to the ACS or a similar BC cause. Again, I hope I have your blessing on this.
Hugs,
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What a great idea! I am
What a great idea! I am sure Heidi's family will be moved by how highly she was thought of by the CSN cyber family.
I was wondering... do you think we can also include personal sentiments so that her family can read and treasure how much Heidi was loved and thought of by us? If so, should we PM our sentiments to Joe or Claudia. This is just a suggestion.
BL -
I know that there is anBella Luna said:What a great idea! I am
What a great idea! I am sure Heidi's family will be moved by how highly she was thought of by the CSN cyber family.
I was wondering... do you think we can also include personal sentiments so that her family can read and treasure how much Heidi was loved and thought of by us? If so, should we PM our sentiments to Joe or Claudia. This is just a suggestion.
BL
I know that there is an online guestbook; I signed it yesterday, as did some of the other Warrior/-Survivors. Joe posted a link to the obituary/guestbook. -
Not stolen....inspired!chenheart said:Heidi and the color blue
I also remember from her holiday post that she LOVED the color blue! I was able to find a lovely large arrangement of BLUE Hydrangeas in a pretty silver bucket...and here is the card I "signed" from all of us:
As Kindred Spirits, our ♥ were saddened to lose one of our shining stars. Heidi was a constant source of encouragement on the Breast Cancer boards. We send ♥felt condolences from our family to yours.
The Kindred Spirits at CSN
This will of course include our FB friends who migrated from here to there!
Any money you lovingly donate, I will make sure goes to the cost of the flowers~ any leftover will go to either a penguin rescue ( KathiM "stole" my idea! LOL LOL) or to the ACS or a similar BC cause. Again, I hope I have your blessing on this.
Hugs,
Chen♥
You are a constant source of guidance and inspiration for me, dearheart!
And, I was her ornament buddy...and remembered the penguin blue tree...I don't know much about this rescue site, but it bears looking into (which I will do a bit further).
I love hydrangeas...it sounds just right!....BUT, if you need extra funds to cover, shout out...I don't want to leave you without we sisters covering the cost of the flowers!!!!!
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((((((hugs)))) to you,KathiM said:Not stolen....inspired!
You are a constant source of guidance and inspiration for me, dearheart!
And, I was her ornament buddy...and remembered the penguin blue tree...I don't know much about this rescue site, but it bears looking into (which I will do a bit further).
I love hydrangeas...it sounds just right!....BUT, if you need extra funds to cover, shout out...I don't want to leave you without we sisters covering the cost of the flowers!!!!!
Hugs, Kathi
((((((hugs)))) to you, Kathi! I know that times are difficult emotionally, physically and OMG financially for so many of us. But I also know that we are a united Sisterhood ( the brothers know they are valued members too) with regards Heidi. I have a suspicion that I won't need to shout~ sending a few dollars to be part of the larger picture is probably in our stretched budgets and large hearts.
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I would like to paypal too!chenheart said:I do have a PayPal
I do have a PayPal account...I sent you a PM!
Send me a PM chen, so that I can contribute through paypal as well. And thank you for being our cordinator and corrispondant for the group. We are very greatful that you stepped up to the position to represent us!!
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Hydrangeas!New Flower said:Joe Thanks
Claudia, I would like to participate
I may not have mentioned this here before, but I'm the Memorial Service Coordinator at my church (like a wedding coordinator, but memorial services). Part of my job is to work with florists.
While I always respect a family's wishes about flowers, over the years of doing this, I've cultivated (pun intended) a personal dislike for what I call "death flowers" -- those typical funeral arrangements of white lilies, gladiolas, etc. One of the elderly women at my church used to say, "It looks like someone DIED or something!"
So I was so happy to see, Chen, that you chose cheerful, sunny hydrangeas for Heidi -- with even a little "bling" for them to reside in! A perfect way to honor Heidi's sweet, strong spirit -- with a little joy instead of sadness.
Traci -
Traci~ I am so pleased! ITraciInLA said:Hydrangeas!
I may not have mentioned this here before, but I'm the Memorial Service Coordinator at my church (like a wedding coordinator, but memorial services). Part of my job is to work with florists.
While I always respect a family's wishes about flowers, over the years of doing this, I've cultivated (pun intended) a personal dislike for what I call "death flowers" -- those typical funeral arrangements of white lilies, gladiolas, etc. One of the elderly women at my church used to say, "It looks like someone DIED or something!"
So I was so happy to see, Chen, that you chose cheerful, sunny hydrangeas for Heidi -- with even a little "bling" for them to reside in! A perfect way to honor Heidi's sweet, strong spirit -- with a little joy instead of sadness.
Traci
Traci~ I am so pleased! I too shy away from the white flowers that we generally see; I just wanted to remember our sister with something reflective of her likes. Had it been purple, red, pink or green, I would have chosen a plant/arrangement with those colors to honor her by.
Had I only been able to find a penguin shaped blue topiary....and yeah, I looked!
Thank you for letting us know another facet of your life, Traci; you never cease to amaze and impress me.
Hugs,
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Hi Chen.chenheart said:Traci~ I am so pleased! I
Traci~ I am so pleased! I too shy away from the white flowers that we generally see; I just wanted to remember our sister with something reflective of her likes. Had it been purple, red, pink or green, I would have chosen a plant/arrangement with those colors to honor her by.
Had I only been able to find a penguin shaped blue topiary....and yeah, I looked!
Thank you for letting us know another facet of your life, Traci; you never cease to amaze and impress me.
Hugs,
Chen
Can you please send me yor PayPal info too. Thanks so much for doing this for us. You are so great and we all love you!
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