Flower sale earns money for 4-H
Fairview 4-H club members raised more than $2,000 April 10 and
11, with a flower sale at the Bertuccio lot near Union Road. They
started the sale Friday at noon and ran until 8 p.m., and then
regrouped Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon for more sales.
The final total came to $2,100, according to Susan Stricker, a
parent volunteer.
Flower sale earns money for 4-H
Fairview 4-H club members raised more than $2,000 April 10 and 11, with a flower sale at the Bertuccio lot near Union Road. They started the sale Friday at noon and ran until 8 p.m., and then regrouped Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon for more sales.
The final total came to $2,100, according to Susan Stricker, a parent volunteer.
The flowers were donated by Rogers Seeds Co. Research, in Gilroy. The 4-H club members and their parents picked up the flowers in Gilroy the Tuesday before the sale.
“It took a couple hours and we had a couple horse trailers and a couple trucks,” said Chad Stricker, an eighth grader. “We got a lot.”
Just an hour into their sale on Friday, the club members had already had several customers. Many of the purchasers picked up multiple pots or packs of flowers. Throughout the first hour or two, customers came in clusters, with two or three pulling into the Bertuccio lot at a time.
The kids offered a mix of plants for sale including marigold pots for a dollar, bright red flame plants for $2, and hanging plants for up to $15.
They let customers peruse the flowers on their own.
“If they need help with them, we take them [to their vehicle],” Chad said.
Kailey Morrell, a second grader, volunteered for two shifts that added up to six hours with her twin Nicole and brother Jason, a fifth grader.
When one customer bought a dozen plants, Kailey helped load them onto the back of a pickup truck.
“The big ones are heavy,” she said. “The little ones are lighter.”
While Kailey helped customers, Nicole and Jason waved a sign on the shoulder of Airline Highway to draw in customers.
As the temperatures warmed up around 1 p.m., Jason and Chad watered some of the flowers. They moved some of the more delicate plants into the shade.
“As with anything, you learn along the way,” said Susan Stricker. “Next year we might expand to three days, but we just need to get enough parent volunteers.”
At noon on Saturday as they were locking up, Stricker said they were still getting a few people stopping by.
“The rest [of the flowers] we donated to the property owners, the Tonascia family,” Stricker said. “We really did feel it was a success.”
