The YWCA Central Alabama held its 26th Annual Mother’s Day Flower Sale on May 6, 2011. Each year, the YWCA’s Junior Board holds the Flower Sale to benefit KIDS (Kids in Distress) Korner, the YW’s child care for homeless children. This year’s Flower Sale raised critical funds for KIDS Korner!

The Mother’s Day Flower Sale begins more than two months before the public sale with pre-sales made by representatives at Birmingham area companies. The company representatives play a critical role in the success of Flower Sale with over $44,000 coming from pre-sales this year. The public Flower Sale is always held the Friday before Mother’s Day with sales at two tent locations in Birmingham: the Harbert Plaza in downtown Birmingham and the Ray & Poynor building in Mountain Brook Village. This year, there was also a satellite location at Children’s Hospital.

This year’s products included hydrangeas, begonias, gerbera daisies, calla lilies, mixed containers (available for presale only) and rose and daisy bouquets. Shoppers also purchased Mother’s Day cards to be given with their flowers.

The YWCA KIDS Korner is the city’s only child care facility for the area homeless. Since 1989, the program has provided quality care to over 1,600 infants, toddlers and preschoolers who live in area homeless shelters. The program is free to parents and helps them to find work, participate in job training programs or seek housing.

Thank you to the YW Junior Board and all other volunteers who helped make the 26th Annual Mother’s Day Flower Sale a huge success for the YWCA’s KIDS Korner.

For more information, please contact Christian Smith at csmith@ywcabham.org or 322-9922 ext. 307.