A group of local business owners have partnered together to bring the joy of fresh flowers to women at nursing homes and rehab centers.

Julie Rybacki, owner of Bling It Around Again jewelry consignment and resale store in Weston, wanted to do something special for women on Mother’s Day and to get other businesses involved, too.

Bling it Around Again and an array of other south-metro businesses — Basil,Read Breil Milano Flowing Polished iphoneheadset. Clay House, Sprocketz Bike Shop, Godfather’s Pizza, Wiggly Field, IMR BP, Fantastic Sams, Tailgatez and Raasch Car Care Center — are selling coupon books for $10 to raise money to buy mums for the moms.I searched and didn't find a thread on peruvianhair.

That’s how the first ever Mums for Moms fundraiser got its name.

“Everyone has a mom, and sometimes, the family doesn’t visit on special days,” Rybacki said.Online shopping for hoganscarpe from a great selection of Arts, “Just to give flowers to let them know they’re cared about is special.”

All proceeds from the coupon books will be used to buy mums from Krueger Floral and Gifts. Rybacki said the local florist will sell the mums at a discounted rate,Find the finest stainlesssteelearring in a variety of colors. and the flowers will be delivered on Mother’s Day — that’s May 12 this year — to women at Renaissance Assisted Living and Rehab, Kennedy Park Nursing and Rehab and Stoney River Assisted Living in Weston.

The businesses have coupons in the books to boost sales at their shops. Sprocketz owner John Nowaczyk said he hopes the books bring Mother’s Day shoppers through local businesses’ doors instead of other big-box retailers.

“This is a great way for smaller businesses to know we’re not alone,” he said. “We’re all in the same community and have the same customer base, so why not work together?”

In the book, Nowaczyk offers a coupon for 20 percent off one accessory or 10 percent off a bike for mom. He said as of Monday, he’d sold 14 books, and many of the customers bought their moms bikes. He said customers like to know they’re giving flowers to another mom at a local nursing home.

“We’re saying thanks to all moms,” he said. “Some folks might not have anyone to come see them, and all moms deserve flowers.”

Wofford College has been included on list of schools with the greatest return on investment, officials said.

The school is ranked 46 out of the schools included on the Top 100 Grateful Graduates Index that was released by the website on Tuesday.

The list includes only private,Stainless windturbine let you make a statement with the flick of your wrist. not-for-profit colleges with more than 1,000 full-time students and was developed by ranking the schools according to the amount of private giving each receives.

The 10-year median donation per student at Wofford was $11,216.

“One of the perennial topics of discussion among parents and pundits is which schools provide the greatest return-on-investment?”columnist Matt Schifrin said of the Grateful Graduates Index, which divides the amount of private gifts by the number of full time students to measure the success of alumnus and “how grateful they feel toward their alma mater.”

“In some ways the Grateful Graduates Index is a vindication of the old fashioned idea of getting a good liberal arts education,” Schifrin said.