Four-O'Clock Flowers Around the World Cancer Memorial

Providing Free Four-o'clock Flower Seeds as a Living Symbol of Hope
to Plant in Gardens Across America and Around the World

New Orleans, Louisiana Since 1994

 This is a cluster of white four-o'clock flowers in full bloom under a Southern afternoon sun in Louisiana. Four-o'clock flowers are trumpet-shaped flowers which bloom in the late afternoon after 4 p.m., hence their name. Four-o'clock flowers come in several colors, including yellow, pink, magenta, white, and mixtures of those colors. www.symbolofhope.com.
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This is a picture of the front page of the Tulane University school newspaper - The Tulane Hullabaloo showing Kevin Donahoe holding an American flag in his right hand and a sign stating, Thank you, America, in his left hand. The sign was in appreciation for what Americans have done to help New Orleans in its recovery from Hurricane Katrina. The picture was taken at a parade on Poydras Street in downtown New Orleans during a parade on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Http://www.symbolofhope.com

 

 

 

Thank you, America!!!!

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina roared ashore on the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf coasts dessimating hundreds of thousands of homes, businesses, schools, and houses of worship. The streets of New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, and parts of Jefferson Parish suffered severe flooding leaving thousands of persons homeless. Thousands of persons lost their lives in the storm and its aftermath. Hurricane Katrina was, by far, the most devastating natural disaster ever in the United States.

When the flood waters subsided Americans stepped in to provide help of every imaginable type- building, monetary, clothing, spiritual, and most of all, LOVE!! Church organizations, fraternal groups, nonprofit agencies, towns, counties, states, schools, and every other organization rallied to bring New Orleans and the region back from the depths of dispair. Persons have paid to come to New Orleans on their vacations to help rebuild the area. We will always be grateful to everyone who assisted in the rebuilding of a jewel in the crown of America.

Thank you, Marshall, Texas

When we evacuated for Hurricane Katrina, we went to Marshall, Texas, in the Northeast part of the state. We watched as the storm ravaged the region from a motel room. We had no idea as to where our family was nor how long before we would return to New Orleans. We visited the Marshall Civic Center almost every day where the American Red Cross and the citizens of Marshall welcomed us with open arms. The citizens of Marshall mobilized to help the persons from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama who evacuated to their city. Churches, schools, fraternal and social organizations provided three meals a day for all of the evacuees, clothing, medical care, and personal care products. These persons went out of their way for us. We were not strangers to the citizens of Marshall, Texas... we were Americans! We will always be grateful to the citizens of Marshall for all they did for us after Katrina.

We were very grateful a woman- Beverly - from Marshall opened her home and her heart for us to stay with her through the duration of the emergency in New Orleans. Beverly went out of her way for us for several weeks. Thank you, Beverly.

Last, but far from least, this project would not have been possible since Hurricane Katrina without the help of Bill and Mary in Heber Springs, Arkansas who pain stakingly harvested four-o'clock flower seeds and sent them to me in order for free seeds to be distributed throughout the country. Thank you, Bill and Mary, for all of your kindness since Hurricane Katrina!