Roses 4 Nurses: 4th Annual Valentines Appreciation Roses & Notes

4th Annual Roses 4 Nurses 🌹

A Valentines Gift of Gratitude for Nurses 💝
🌐 Roses4Nurses.Eventbrite.com
Volunteer on 2/13 or Pick Up & Deliver on 2/14 ✅

HOUSTON, TX — Houston Millennials proudly presents the 4th Annual Roses initiative, a community tradition centered on gratitude, service, and intentional appreciation.

Each year, the Houston Millennials committee votes on who the roses are dedicated to, based on where gratitude is most needed in our city. For the first time in our four year history, the committee unanimously voted to dedicate this year’s roses to nurses.

Nurses show up for Houston every single day carrying the weight of long shifts, emotional strain, and life-or-death responsibility. They care for strangers at their most vulnerable moments, often placing their own exhaustion, fear, and family time second. This initiative exists to slow the city down long enough to truly see that sacrifice, honor it, and say thank you in a way that is calm, personal, and deeply human.

Over two days, the community will turn gratitude into action. Roses will be carefully prepared by volunteers, de-throned to remove thorns, lined up, and individually worked by hand. Volunteers and participating students will write handwritten thank-you notes, which are then attached to every single rose with intention and care. On February 14, those roses are personally delivered to nurses across Houston as a quiet, respectful gesture of appreciation.

This is not a drop-in event.
Every rose has a destination.

⚠️ EVENT DETAILS

WHO: The Houston Community
WHAT: 4th Annual Roses 4 Nurses
WHEN:
• February 13 Volunteer to prep the flowers
• February 14 Pick up and deliver an appreciation flower

WHERE:
📍 Bayland Community Center
6400 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX

POC:
Ivan Sanchez
832 713 4577

⚠️ HOW IT WORKS

🌹 DAY ONE | FEBRUARY 13

VOLUNTEER TO PREP THE FLOWERS

Community members are invited to volunteer and help prepare appreciation roses.

Volunteers will
• Prepare roses
• Attach handwritten thank you notes
• Bundle flowers by hospital or confirmed delivery plan

This day is focused on service and preparation.
No program. No ceremony.

🌹 DAY TWO | FEBRUARY 14

PICK UP & DELIVER AN APPRECIATION FLOWER

Participants may pick up a rose only with a delivery plan.

• Roses are prioritized for hospital and healthcare facility deliveries
• If you personally know a nurse, you may participate with a hard RSVP, including the nurse’s name or facility
• Deliveries should be quiet, respectful, and non disruptive

The purpose is simple
Personally hand the rose to a nurse and say thank you.

⚠️ EVENT FAQs

• Each RSVP represents one appreciation rose
• Roses are limited based on availability
• All participants are expected to know where their rose is going
• This is a rain or shine event, as preparation and pickup are indoors

⚠️ FOUNDING CONTRIBUTORS

The following founding contributors helped launch this year’s Roses 4 Nurses initiative by committing the equivalent of 300 roses of appreciation each.

• Houston Millennials, Ivan Sanchez — 300 roses donated

• Perla Rodriguez, Hearts of Grace — 300 roses donated

• Juanita Golden, RN, Community Advocate — 300 roses donated

Additional contributing members and partners to be announced.

⚠️ HOW CONTRIBUTIONS WORK

Every rose represents a direct act of appreciation.

$1 = 1 Appreciation Rose

All contributions go directly toward purchasing roses and materials used for preparation and delivery.

⚠️ CONTRIBUTOR RECOGNITION

We believe in recognizing those who step up.

• Donate 100 or more roses of appreciation
• You will be officially showcased as a contributing supporter
• You will receive a custom appreciation flyer created by our team
• You will be listed among organizing members and partners

This is not sponsorship.
This is acknowledgment.

⚠️ MEDIA

Media partners are welcome to coordinate coverage of this initiative.
Please use hashtag #Roses4Nurses

⚠️ ORGANIZING MEMBERS & PARTNERS

Houston Millennials
Together 4 Texas
Hearts of Grace
MCV Foundation Non Profit (Manos Con Vida)

FINAL NOTE

This initiative happens every year, but the focus changes based on where gratitude is needed most. This year, the roses are for nurses.

If you’re here, you’re part of it.