Baltimore Humane Society, Flowers & Fancies Partnership Expands With 'Petals4Pets'

(BHS) is honored to announce that they will be teaming up with 40-year-old floral business, , along with owner Eddie Wingrat, to renew the Petals4Pets Program™, as well as launching a new Affinity Program, to promote and support animal welfare in Baltimore, Maryland.

Wingrat has been a long-time supporter of the Baltimore Humane Society, and is a fervent dog lover himself. “I see these constant and ‘urgent’ postings to save these homeless pets, and as someone who has rescued animals—and who brings them to work—I just knew that Flowers & Fancies had to do something,” says Wingrat.

With that driving motivation, Wingrat designed the Petals4Pets Program™, which features a number of pet-inspired floral arrangements that animal lovers everywhere can order, and 20% of the proceeds will go directly to BHS. The Petals4Pets Program™ includes various floral arrangements in the forms of animals like dogs, cats, and a bear serves as a great way to celebrate get well wishes, anniversaries, birthdays, new babies, and much more. In addition, Flowers & Fancies has created a standard bouquet, but for those who would like to make their order more personalized, they will have the opportunity to do so.

The new Affinity Program is much like the Petals4Pets Program™, but a bit broader whereby any order placed with Flowers & Fancies, as long as the buyer uses the code “Baltimore Humane,” will garner 20% of those proceeds for BHS and includes any products Flowers & Fancies carries from flower arrangements, loose flowers, plants, gift baskets all the way to balloons.

The buyer must at the time of sale, identify his or herself as a BHS participant, and must tell the person taking the order to use “Baltimore Humane” as a reference code. If ordering online, “Baltimore Humane” must be entered into the “special instructions” area. Items not included are weddings, events, wire-out orders, delivery charges, sales tax, or on any specially discounted promotions.

With these programs, BHS hopes to promote their mission as set forth by founder, Elsie Seeger Barton in 1927, to provide a temporary home, safe refuge, and care for stray, unwanted, and homeless animals. These arrangements will not only bring smiles to the recipient’s faces, but more importantly, help to promote animal awareness and welfare in the Baltimore-Metropolitan area.  

BHS relies on the generosity of the public, like those at Flowers & Fancies, to get behind causes such as animal welfare, and know the importance of community support for the pets at the shelter. For more information about BHS and how you can contribute, volunteer, adopt, or foster, please visit www.bmorehumane.org or call 410-833-8848. For more information regarding Flowers & Fancies and the Petals4Pets Program™ or Affinity Program, please visit http://flowersandfancies.com and click on Collections > Petals4Pets, or call 410-653-0600.

Baltimore Humane Society is a privately funded 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. To support animal care operations, BHS depends on the income from fundraising events, and donations from individuals, corporations and foundations in order to continue its day-to-day operations and properly care for the animals at the shelter.