Flower Cart Brings Joy to Athens Hospital Patients
A long line of patients, visitors, and hospital staff waited patiently in the lobby of Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital on a weekday morning in late August.
Those at the front of the line stood shoulder to shoulder, hunched over a long table covered with cuttings and blooms, creating colorful floral arrangements at the Flower Cart, a pop-up community service project organized by the Junior Ladies Garden Club (JLGC) of Athens.
“I thought this was so sweet because when I first saw it, I thought they were selling flowers, but they’re giving them away,”
said Linda Thomas, a patient care tech at the hospital, who was having a tough day and decided to visit the Flower Cart with a colleague.
Author's summary: Flower Cart brings joy to hospital patients.