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"We want to blanket the state with flowers and create happiness and joy," says Erin Achenbach, What Cheer's farmer and head florist.
What Cheer regularly delivers blooming joy to people at local hospitals, food banks, hospices, senior centers, recovery centers and more including AIDS Care Ocean State, which provides support to those affected by HIV.
This story is from the October 2023 edition of Reader's Digest US.
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