TSC Is Spreading Petals
for Goodness Sake
The mission of TSC Is Spreading Petals is simple: spread joy, beauty and hope while providing job training to MyCIL’s Transitional Skills Center students. They organize the donated flowers, rearranging them anew, and then deliver them to the elderly and critically ill.
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful;
they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.”
~Luther Burbank
How MyCIL’s TSC Students Benefit
MyCIL’s TSC is the only facility of its kind in the area — serving 15+ districts from 3 counties in NEPA region — offering young adults with disabilities the training and support they need to achieve their individual independent living goals.
The real-world job skills the students practice while participating in TSC Is Spreading Petals is key to achieving their independent living goals. They also get the invaluable opportunity to engage with the community. By giving to others in need, MyCIL’s TSC students foster a greater sense of self-worth while boosting their self-confidence.
How Our Community Benefits
We partner with newlyweds who through TSC Is Spreading Petals can complete their first charitable act as a couple: donating their flowers so they can continue to spread love and joy. Other special event hosts, such as bar and bat mitzvahs, as well as memorial service providers, floral vendors and donors provide us with flowers that would otherwise be discarded so we can repurpose them.
MyCIL’s TSC students redesign the larger compositions into individual floral arrangements and distribute them to nursing homes, hospice units and senior living centers. These flowers become symbols of joy and caring to a community that is often overlooked. Flowers ease depression, inspire social interaction, and both refresh and enrich recent memory.
How You Can Help!
Donate Flowers or Supplies
TSC Is Spreading Petals always needs flowers to repurpose, containers for individual arrangements (such as small vases, mason jars, teacups and mugs) and floral supplies (such as ribbons, flower foam and floral wire).
Donations During Business Hours, 7a-4p, Mon-Fri
We gladly accept donations
between 7a and 4p, Monday through Friday at
530 Electric Street
Scranton, PA 18509
Donations Outside of Business Hours
To make arrangements for donations outside of business hours, please call
570-207-9102
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