A ministry in Ashe County repurposes flowers that would otherwise be thrown away to deliver them to community servants. The organization, founded in 2019, received recognition from the North Carolina Governor's office in 2022.
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Joyce Borchert started Second Chance Flower Ministry in 2019 to take flowers headed for the trash and deliver them to the people who actually keep things running here, firefighters, teachers, nurses, the ones who show up. The Governor's office noticed in 2022. A small thing that moves through Ashe County on purpose. If you work in service and get flowers at your door, now you know who sent them.
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