{"id":3133,"date":"2023-02-23T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afe.epicenter1.com\/news\/uplifting-arizona-florists-through-continued-education"},"modified":"2024-03-15T21:36:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:36:50","slug":"uplifting-arizona-florists-through-continued-education","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/uplifting-arizona-florists-through-continued-education","title":{"rendered":"Uplifting Arizona Florists Through Continued Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16084 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/BBFB43F1-D260-499E-96BE-AAEA98278946-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"284\">We are thrilled to announce the recipient of AFE\u2019s 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/arizona-travel-grant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona Retail Florist Education Travel Grant<\/a> \u2013 <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Renee\u2019 Potter AIFD from Fred\u2019s Flowers in Tempe, Arizona!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI am so excited to receive the Arizona Retail Florist Travel Grant! What a great opportunity AFE is providing for AZ florists to continue learning,\u201d Renee\u2019 said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The grant was established in 2017 to help give owners, managers, and employees of retail florists located in Arizona the opportunity to pursue continued education through national industry events. Funding for this grant originated from the defunct FTD District 8K with additional initial funding requirements coming from an Arizona floral industry member.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Each year, AFE\u2019s Education Committee selects a recipient to receive a grant of up to $1,000 to help cover the costs of attending an out-of-state educational industry event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u201cWhat a great opportunity AFE is providing for Arizona florists to continue learning,\u201d<\/strong> <\/span>Renee\u2019 said. \u201cI will be using this grant money to help fund my travels to Chicago for the AIFD Symposium in July 2023. Symposium is one of the best networking, social and educational gatherings of floral professionals. Never stop learning!\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15510 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Unknown-3-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"273\"><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/az-travel-grant-recipient2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last year\u2019s Arizona Retail Florist Education Travel Grant Recipient<\/a>, Patti Klawans, also used her grant to travel to AIFD Symposium. Patti was able to learn from skilled designers volunteering in the flower room last July in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a year of postponing travel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u201cWhat an exhilarating rejuvenation to my floral education\u2026<\/strong><\/span>The best education for any advanced or first-time designer is to work in the flower room with the designers doing anything they ask you to do. If you listen and tackle any task they give you, it will be the best education you\u2019ll ever get, \u201c Patti said about her experience in Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>To learn more about the eligible events and apply for the Grant by October 1st, 2023, head to<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/arizona-travel-grant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/endowment.org\/arizona-travel-grant\/<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","news-categories":[31,29,41],"class_list":["post-3133","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-categories-latest-news","news-categories-news","news-categories-florist-event"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uplifting Arizona Florists Through Continued Education - American Floral Endowment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/uplifting-arizona-florists-through-continued-education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uplifting Arizona Florists Through Continued Education - American Floral Endowment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are thrilled to announce the recipient of AFE\u2019s 2023 Arizona Retail Florist Education Travel Grant \u2013 Renee\u2019 Potter AIFD from Fred\u2019s Flowers in Tempe, Arizona!\u00a0 \u201cI am so excited to receive the Arizona Retail Florist Travel Grant! 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