LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A group of volunteers at Crescent Hill Baptist Church transforms donated flowers into arrangements for nursing homes, hospitals and assisted living facilities.

The Flower Buds, as they call themselves, take flowers from weddings, funerals, wholesalers, supermarkets, florists, galas and banquets that would otherwise be discarded.

“We’re amazingly gifted with so many flowers from places like Kroger, who have overbought and can’t sell them,” said Jodie Raible, a volunteer. “They allow us to pick them up, bring them here and then we cut them, clean them, and then we vase them. Then we take them to nursing homes, the VA hospital, assisted living facility.”

The group sends out about 100 vases every week, according to Mary Ann King, another volunteer.

The organization

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