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The concept of the Flower Shuttle is similar to the Food Shuttle. This program uses flowers that would normally have been discarded after community events, weddings, funerals, or from stores and wholesalers that have overbought. Volunteers rearrange them into small vases and mugs for delivery to brighten the lives of people living with sickness, disability, terminal illness, and poverty who normally do not get flowers but are enriched by them. Volunteers meet every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at the Raleigh Moravian Church, 1816 Ridge Road. Typically 300–500 arrangements are made in two hours. Many volunteers are needed to pick up flowers, rearrange them, or deliver bouquets. Donations of small vases and mugs without logos are always needed as well and can be left in the Flower Shuttle box in the upper chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Usually on the first Tuesday of each month, a free flower demonstration is held around 11:30 a.m. Questiions? Contact Ann Mitchell, rtangle333@aol.com, 919-787-7463.