Meet Patricia Gallagher
“It’s time for kindness to bloom worldwide. Never underestimate how much one act of kindness can mean to someone.”
Patricia is just an ordinary woman. But some might say that her random acts of kindness ideas have made a huge difference for many people. She delivers surprise bouquets of fresh flowers, sparkly gold angel pins, food and fans, and a menagerie of endearing stuffed animals to those hurting or lonely in her community and beyond.
Patricia is the founder of four kindness projects. The Happy Flower Day Project delivered donations of 65,000 day-old bouquets to senior communities, hospitals, hospices, and people on the street. The Stuffed Animals for Seniors Project gave 11,000 new and gently-used stuffed animals to nursing home residents. The Send a Team of Angels to Help Movement gave 20,000 angel pins to our United States Armed Forces and thousands more to hospitals, shelters, support groups, and hospices. The Love Thy Norristown Neighbor Project is a unique mobile outreach program to bring fans, food, heaters, school supplies, blankets, diapers and clothes to families in need.
PATRICIA’S BOOKS
Kindness is free, contagious, delightful and always in season!
ISBN: 9789522854997
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Patricia spreads joy to people who need it most. You can sprout smiles in your own community, alone or with the help of volunteers.
ISBN: 9781975956929
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“I bring in stuffed animals for residents to select and then ask them why they chose that particular stuffed animal. ‘This bear is similar to one I had when I was in foster care.’ ‘ I love the expression on his face.’ ‘I just want this one to cuddle with at night.’
ISBN: 9781796408218
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How to Start a Free Community Outreach Project with Stuffed Animals - How and Why I Collected More than 11,000 New and Gently-Used Stuffed Animals to Comfort People in Nursing Homes
Behold the Healing Power of Free Flowers! Any time is a good time to do flowery acts of kindness. Take free blooms to hospitals, shelters, nursing homes, group homes, cancer treatment centers, doctors’ offices, police and fire stations, retirement communities. You can make days brighter, one bouquet at a time.
ISBN: 9798606421466
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Free flowers - 100 percent chance of blooming smiles
ISBN: 9798561848650
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Nobody is more surprised than Patricia that over 125,000 people now have her Team of Angels lapel pin and colorful bookmark bearing her poems.
ISBN: 9781537165325
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When the kids shout, “But there’s nothing to do!” you know that it is time to start cutting, pasting,, coloring , painting, and gluing, and have the kids create nifty craft projects.
ISBN: 9798637938452
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Try a few of the simple ideas in this book. And guess who will feel better after doing a random act of kindness - YOU!
ISBN: 9798419900431
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The book is loaded with advice from the experts (meaning parents just like you who are living on a budget and doing their best to make it stretch). Out of print. Updating in 2023.
ISBN: 9781558702714
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On a weekly basis, Patricia distributes three car-loads of food/essentials - donated by food pantries and her friends. She drives to the neighborhoods where people are in need, opens the side doors and the trunk of her car, and invites people to take what they need.
ISBN: 9798465513418
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High morale is contagious! Patricia offers inexpensive ways to renew energy, improve group cohesion, and impact job satisfaction. When people feel their best, everyone benefits.
ISBN: 9798488227941
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HOW TO REACH PATRICIA
Contact information
Patricia Gallagher BA, MBA
thehappyflowerdaylady@gmail.com
267-939-0365
Box 561, Worcester, PA 19490
Philadelphia suburb
www.creativelivingwithpatricia.com
Let her get your clients or audience excited about Kindness.
Patricia is available to bloom smiles on Kindness-related marketing projects and campaigns as a spokesperson and family fun advocate. She has worked on projects with Lysol, Holiday Inn, Off Skintastic, Resolve Carpet Cleaner, Stouffers Frozen Lasagna, Diaper Manufacturers of America, Williams Scotsman Portable Classrooms, Environments, Inc. Curriculum Supplies, and Johnson & Johnson First Aid to Go Travel Kit. The RV Industry Association asked the Gallagher family to promote “First Time RV Campers” with a summer-sponsored tour. They were not able to accept that opportunity. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Restaurants provided gift cards for meals for Patricia’s third promotional tour. Lively guest, colorful props, suggested interview questions available. (Burson-Marsteller, Gilbert, Whitney & Johns, Ruder Finn, Deborah Durham at Spokespersons Plus.)
Books and Licensing
For information about Patricia's books, Team of Angels pins and poems, campaigns, quantity discounts, special events, interviews, speaking engagements, product customization for corporate or organizational needs: thehappyflowerdaylady@gmail.com
Media
She is the author of 30 books. She has been invited to be a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show (two times), QVC (two times), The Today Show with Hoda & Jenna, The CBS Early Show, CBS News, CNN (two times), Maury Povich (three times), Lifetime, Sally Jessy Raphael (two times), The 700 Club (two times) Financial News Network, Family Feud, CNBC, NTD News, and many other broadcasts. Some print media includes: Woman’s World, Family Circle Magazine, Guideposts, Epoch Times, Angels on Earth Magazine, Stars and Stripes, National Enquirer, Catholic News Service, UPI, Gannett News Organization, Associated Press, Scripps Howard, Parents Magazine, and Womans Day Magazine. She was contacted by People Magazine and The Dr. Phil Show but was not able to accept that opportunity. One of her books received front and back cover endorsements from author Dr. John Gray, "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" as well as actress Patty Duke, singer Judy Collins, and actor Joe Pantoliano of "The Sopranos." She holds a BA from Villanova University and an MBA from Saint Joseph’s University. Professions: corporate sales representative for XEROX and AT&T, speaker, author, entrepreneur, elementary school teacher, day care owner, counselor for "New Choices, New Options Program for Women in Transition" and part-time instructor at local colleges related to small business, publishing and child care.
MY FAMILY
John and Patricia are the parents of Robin, Katelyn, Kristen and Ryan, and grandparents of Bridget, Greta and George, ages 7, 4, and 1.
HOLIDAY INN SPONSORSHIP (1995)
“I was going on the road to promote one of my books, Raising Happy Kids on a Reasonable Budget. I contacted Holiday Inn and asked if they wanted to sponsor our trip. I explained that I was going to be speaking about Traveling with Kids as it related to the money-saving ideas in my book.
Since I was going to be interviewed by the media about Low–cost Family Vacation Ideas and General Tips for Traveling with Kids, Holiday Inn saw the merit of providing free hotel rooms for our trip.
The PR department sent us all kinds of Holiday Inn promotional items such as colorful visor hats, T-Shirts with the Holiday Inn logo and a magnetic sign for our van that said Kids Stay Free and Eat Free at Holiday Inn.
We actually did this two different times. We had a blast at the Sun Spree Resorts, Express and the Crown Plaza properties. My husband and I traveled to Scottsdale, Arizona to speak at the Innkeepers annual conference. We shared our experiences and what we observed, positive and negative, during our Holiday Inn stays.”
MY FIRST MEDIA BOOK TOUR (1989)
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY FULL PAGE FEATURE
MY DAUGHTER’S LETTER - OPRAH SHOW
MY SECOND BOOK
“I ran a Mother’s Day Out program in my home to supplement my husband’s salary. After I had my third child, I decided I could either try to make more money or save money. I went to the McDonald and Burger King play areas and talked to other moms. I had my yellow pad and pen and asked them about all of the ways they saved money. I wrote all of their tips on my lined notebook and then found a publisher for my manuscript. Thus, my book Raising Happy Kids on a Reasonable Budget came about.” (Updated publication, 2023, option available for corporate sponsorship, customized for corporate need.)
FAMILY FEUD SHOW
NOTE FROM OPRAH PRODUCER
June 13, 1989. First of two appearances on The Oprah Show.
ON OUR WAY TO HARPO STUDIO
“My daughter, Katelyn, who was in 4th grade, landed our family a slot on the Oprah Show!”
Katelyn and I enroute to The Oprah Winfrey Show.
CELEBRATION OF HEROES AWARD - 2022
“Celebration of Heroes Event, April 30, 2022, Anaheim, California.” The event honored the distinguished men and women who developed the COVID vaccine, healthcare workers who protected and healed us, and everyday people like teachers, grocery clerks, senior community employees and “The Flower Lady” Patricia Gallagher who made sacrifices to be of service.
Wells Fargo Second Half Champion Award
Wells Fargo Advisors conducted a nationwide search for individuals age 50 and over who have made significant contributions to society, achieved remarkable goals and whose second half of life has taken on a completely different purpose than the first half. Patricia was awarded the Second Half Champion Award in 2010. (Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA)
MARKETING IDEA - EASTWIND AIRLINES
“I wrote a book titled Raising Happy Kids on a Reasonable Budget. My four kids were 6, 8, 11 and 14. They all wanted to go to Disney and I wanted to go, too. The airfare was pretty high – Philadelphia to Orlando. I contacted a bunch of airlines and asked if they wanted to “trade” 6 round trip airline tickets in exchange for copies of my book. I figured that they could put them in the pockets of the airline seats where they put the safety instructions. I had no takers. There was a small airline in NJ that wasn’t too far from my house so I drove there. I spoke to the marketing director and he wasn’t interested in the books. I said, “How about if I make an activity placemat for kids, like the kind they have at restaurants such as Denny’s and Friendly’s?” I designed a colorful, 2 -sided, 11 by 17 laminated placemat. The deal worked! We had airline fare covered, Holiday Inn Sun Spree Resort covered, and even managed to get free Disney World Day Hopper passes to four theme parks. (I bartered a few years later for a free family trip with Southwest Airlines.)
