Turn Spring into the Season of Appreciation through Petals and Blooms

MEDIA CONTACT: Deonna McGary
MEDIA ADVISORY: 11-020
RELEASE DATE: April 12, 2011

Army & Air Force Exchange Service Public Affairs

NEWS RELEASE: 11-019                                                  April 12, 2010

EXCHANGE MEDIA CONTACT: DEONNA MCGARY [email protected]

 Turn Spring into the Season of Appreciation through Petals and Blooms

DALLAS – Simply waking up to a bouquet of blooms can provide a daily dose of inspiration to chase away the blues.  With various holidays steadily approaching such as Administrative Professional’s Day’s, Mother’s Day and Easter, sending flowers can help any emotional connection blossom.

Petals and Blooms is an in-house florist located at Exchanges worldwide, providing military patrons and families with the opportunity to customize floral arrangements in order to brighten someone’s day. There are 145 full-service Petals and Blooms locations worldwide to choose from.

Military shoppers can also stop and smell the savings at shopmyexchange.com and visit Teleflora flower club, a floral site providing artistically designed arrangements at 20% off.

“Petals and Blooms and the Exchange online mall are making it easier to call in or order online,” said the Exchange’s Vice President of Services Terri Toppin. “Sending flowers is a simple and thoughtful way of saying thank you.”

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The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is a joint command and is directed by a Board of Directors which is responsible to the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force through the Service Chiefs of Staff. The Exchange has the dual mission of providing authorized patrons with articles of merchandise and services and generating non-appropriated fund earnings as a supplemental source of funding for military Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (FMWR) programs. To find out more about the Exchange history and mission or to view recent press releases please visit our Web site at http://www.shopmyexchange.com.

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 Media Notes:

 For more information or to schedule an interview with an Exchange representative please contact Deonna McGary, 214-312-2132 or [email protected].