Twin Cities nonprofit fighting senior loneliness with flowers

Twin Cities nonprofit fighting senior loneliness with flowers 
CBS Minnesota; by Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield; 10/6/24 
One in four senior Americans is living in isolation. And according to the National Institute of Health, 43% of seniors struggle with loneliness. But a group of Twin Cities women are fighting that trend with flowers. Bluebirds & Blooms in Edina looks like a floral shop, and in a way, it is. But workers there aren't making money. Instead, they're making joy. It's a mission so celebrated that they have an overflow of volunteers. Bluebirds & Blooms started in 2018 after one of the creators saw a news story about a charity in Idaho that re-purposed flowers for hospice patients. They decided to create something similar, delivering to senior centers and hospices around Minnesota.