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Allied Florists of HoustonThe Association of Professional Florists...When only the
best will do. Archive - AFH July 2000 - June 2001
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About Members Members by city  Earl Hosea TMFA - Mary Ann Morales TMF winners of the Vendor Appreciation Scholarships  AFH Wholesalers Keith Taylor - Taylor Wholesale Florist Ken Senter and Jim Haley - Pikes Peak of Texas Robert Weatherford - Southern Floral Co. AFH Public Relations support Empower 2000  Coy Tow, Jan Weatherford Oxley and Andy Mock  Bill Morgan TMF, Linda Forsell AAF TMF, Tony Huffman ASID AIFD PFCI TMFA, and Michelle Brooks |
 Judy Rutledge AAF TMFA, President Allied Florists of Houston Allied Florists of Houston
has been "Alive With Possibilities" for the floral industry during the
year 2000-2001. Allied Florists of Houston was chosen by the Flower Promotion Organization (FPO) as one of five cities in the United States to participate in a national advertising campaign to promote the sale of cut flowers. AFH went the extra mile by installing thirty billboards to reinforce the promotion. Because of AFH's strong support of the Flowers...Alive with Possibilities promotion, FPO decided to extend the campaign in Houston for several more years. AFH and it's members
participated in several pubic shows. AFH sponsored the Houston Cup
Competition in a public venue at Houston's Town and Country
Shopping Mall. Several AFH members were asked to help with the
Bush Inauguration in Washington DC. The contribution of the floral
industry was well publicized. AFH worked hard to make each memorable
event even more memorable through the beauty of flowers. Through both press releases
and correspondence regarding negative press, AFH continued to keep the
floral industry portrayed in a positive light. In our eight monthly meetings we have been very fortunate, though the generosity of our wholesalers, to bring outstanding educational programs to further support our floral industry. As a special tribute to our generous vendors, we were able to offer two $750 scholarships in addition to the Wayne and Mabel Fisher Scholarship and the Allied Florists of Houston Scholarship given annually through the Texas Floral Endowment. AFH provided the bus to take TSFA participants to the Legislative Action Day in Austin, Texas. The bus also brought several AFH members to and from the event. Several AFH members participated in both the Texas Master Florist retreat in College Station and the TMFA retreat in New Braunfels, both presented by the Texas State Florists Association. AFH was responsible for bringing the three hands-on classes to Houston so that local florists could work towards their floral certification. One of the features of our monthly magazine is to bring up to date floral industry news to our over 300 members. Allied Florists of Houston is the most giving group of people. We have kept the giving spirit "Alive With Possibilities" with several worthy service projects. AFH members have shared their hearts, pocketbooks, and talents with many others. We have participated in the collection of money and food for the Stone Soup Pantry of the AIDS Foundation of Houston, the collection of toys and money for the Red Ribbon Toy Drive for Children with AIDS, delivered over 700 hundred arrangements to local hospitals after the TSFA convention in Houston, given flowers honoring volunteers of Houston Area Women's Center, given money to honor the memory of Steve Hopkins, a firefighter and avid AFH supporter and participated in a fund raiser benefiting the Texas Children's Hospital Pediatric AIDS Division. Our spirit continues to be
"Alive With Possibilities"...helping our members, our floral
industry and our community. |
July 2000 to June 2001
President - Judy Rutledge AAF TMFA, |
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Allied Florists of Houston hosted the TSFA Convention and Blooms over Houston  Kneeling: Dianna Claprood, Renee Carpenter, Cristy Nix, and Ginger Mosley. Standing: Mabel Fisher, Sandy Savage, Patsy Hopkins, Debbie Wright, TSFA's Dianna Doss, Gayle Johnson, Judy Rutledge, Lewis Nix, Mary Lou Nix, Jimmy Miller, Shari Sandlin and Robert Sandlin |
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