Carnation Craze

“Seeds” Delivers Almost 1000 Flowers For Valentine’s day

Uma Raja, Arts Editor

February 16, 2016

Communications senior Zahariah Leggett organizes carnations for the “Seeds” Valentine’s Day flower delivery. “[Students] should buy [carnations] because they’re cheap gifts to buy for all of their friends on Valentine’s Day. It also supports the annual publication of ‘Seeds,’” “Seeds” Editor-in-Chief and communications senior Taylor Spruce said.

Forget roses that are red, or violets that are blue, this Valentine’s Day, there was only one flower to pay attention to. After weeks of advertising and collecting money, the Dreyfoos literary magazine “Seeds” delivered 950 carnations to students and teachers on Feb. 12.

“It’s chaotic,” “Seeds” Editor-in-Chief and communications senior Taylor Spruce said. “We sell carnations during lunch and our classes, and we turn in all the money and tags to the fundraising committee, who organizes the tags into buildings [and delivers them] based on the third hour written on the tag.”

The flowers were sold for a dollar each, and they came in a multitude of colors. The carnations were donated by flower shops who wanted to assist the publication, and “Seeds” staff members dedicated their morning to visiting shops across Palm Beach, tagging each flower, and organizing the flowers by building number.

“Seeds flower distribution starts at the message the [carnation] buyer writes on the tag. Using a student locater, we find out the recipient’s third and fourth hour if the buyer didn’t include it,” “Seeds” Co-Submissions Editor and communications senior Lauren Punales said. “The carnations are organized by building and floor, and the ‘Seeds’ staff delivers them to the recipients’ classrooms.”

The carnation sale is the biggest “Seeds” fundraiser of the year, and each flower sale supported the annual publication of the literary magazine.

“I’m really proud of the “Seeds” staff for handling this fundraiser with such organization and fluency,” Spruce said. “Everyone did such a great job this year we had no mistakes. Nine-hundred-fifty carnations is the most we have ever sold.”

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Uma Raja, Assistant Managing Editor

Communications senior Uma Raja, Assistant Managing Editor and third-year staffer, was born in Manhattan, New York City. She loves animals and enjoys traveling the world to see different aspects of nature and various cultures. Raja's passion has been writing ever since kindergarten, and she has been published several times. She received an Excellent in review writing at the National High School Journalism Convention, third place for news writing in the Palm Beach Post Journalism Awards two years in a row, a Scholastic Silver Key for journalism, and three Editor’s Choice awards for journalism pieces in the literary magazine Teen Ink. She spent her summer at the Washington Journalism and Media Conference, where she participated in writing workshops and received instruction from seasoned journalists. She looks forward to creating intriguing articles and putting in a full effort. Raja has worked with esteemed writers like James Patterson and National Geographic Editor-in-Chief Susan Goldberg, and she hopes that her writing will one day inspire others.