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Petals n Buds has chosen to focus on prevention over treatment in its initial 'give-back- project called "Let's Talk About Pumpkins". With the health care and the social welfare systems stretched almost to the breaking point, focusing on Prevention makes good sense. Two major disruptions in life reveal themselves in both the physical health and the social health of our lives. Our physical health is often disrupted by catastrophic disease just as our social life is often disrupted by conditions such as child poverty and family need.

Let’s Talk About Pumpkins Petals n Buds pilot campaign is a community awareness campaign that doubles as a means to give financial assistance to two major organizations in the Victoria local community doing amazing things: The Mustard Seed & The BC Cancer Foundation.

Both organizations are actively working to make us aware of ways we can be involved in the solution. Petals n Buds together with the help of several other businesses and individuals bring you one way to be active, be aware and be involved in prevention. We invite our customers to show their appreciation of these valuable agencies by choosing from one of several themes [Spooky; Pumpkin's Dozen; Trick or Treat; Angel's Bounty; Potted Pumpkin; Sunny Daze] at $55 each with $10 going toward your choice of the designated charities.

As Petals n Buds' Tara Koshman proudly declares: "We all have a story! We all know someone with cancer and this disease threatens all of us. We all face poverty, we see it on the street, we read it in the paper and many of us know a child who lives in poverty. This campaign “Let’s Talk About Pumpkins” not only raises funds for two organizations doing amazing things but it gives everyone a voice. Together we talk, we tell our story, we share it so often that we are reminded of what we can do, not what we can’t. Together we can help, each time we see the design of a flower arrangement in the shell of a pumpkin, we can tell someone what it represents 'for me' or 'for you,' until it means that for everyone…"

The campaign is spearheaded by Petals n Buds, Koshman Florists Ltd. http://www.petalsnbuds.ca and partnered by Michell’s Bros. Farms http://www.mitchellbrothers.ca/ and TMAG Media Inc. http://www.tmagmedia.com .