Holiday Plant Sale :: Annunciation Church and School, Minneapolis

Holiday Plant Sale Fundraiser

All mission trip participants are required to sell 5 plant of any size. The proceeds from these sales will help us cover the additional cost of transportation vehicles (vans & truck) needed for our trip. You can sell these to friends, family, neighbors, businesses, etc. You can write a personal check for $75.00 and chose not to participate in this fundraiser. Please note, you will not receive any plants.

Reduce the cost of your trip by selling additional plants! After you sell 5 plants, all other plant sale proceeds will go towards your trip account. For every plant that you sell, you will receive $7.00 and this will be deducted from your final bill. Additional order forms are available on the website. All checks should be made out to Annunciation Church. Collect money at time of order.

Order Forms With Payment are due on or before Sunday, October 27 th 2019 at 1:00pm.
Extra order forms can be found on the church website. Drop off orders at the youth room Monday-Friday between 8am-6pm. If the youth room is locked, please slide order form and payment under the door.

Plant Pick-Up is Tuesday, November 26th 2019 4:00pm-8:00pm.
You will need a box to secure your plants in your car (preferred to avoid plants from tipping over) or you can use brown grocery bags. Do not place plants in trunk of vehicle unless back row of seats pull down so the truck is heated.

Caring For Plants During Delivery.
Poinsettias and cyclamen are beautiful plants for the winter holidays but they do not tolerate exposure to Minnesota winters. When making deliveries, please make sure your vehicle is thoroughly warmed before loading plants. Load sleeved plants quickly to minimize any exposure to the cold, outside air. Avoid placing plants directly next to a heat vent, as extreme heat can damage the plants.

Plants are best delivered immediately.
However, if you need to keep some of the plants for a time before delivery, please bring them inside and open the top of the sleeve to allow air to circulate. Leaving plants in closed sleeves overnight will cause damage.

Nothing says Christmas quite like the poinsettia. Native to Mexico and Central America, poinsettias have a long colorful history. As the legend goes, a young boy in a remote village of Mexico knelt in the snow outside a church to pray for a gift suitable to leave before the crèche. As he rose, a beautiful plant full of red blossoms rose in the place were he had knelt. The plant was brought was brought back to the United States by Dr. J.R. Poinsett around the year 1835.

There are several misconceptions about this wonderful plant. First of all, POINSETTIAS ARE NOT POISONOUS! This folktale has hounded poinsettias for almost 75 years. While these plants are not meant to be eaten, extensive studies have proven that they are not poisonous to humans or animals.

Maximum fundraising credit cannot exceed the cost of your trip. Any credit above the cost of your trip will be added to the AYM Mission Trip General Fund.