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Teleflora Offers Kids the Chance to Celebrate Dad and Give Back To A Worthy Cause

LOS ANGELES, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- On Sunday, June 21, children will honor father figures in their lives and Teleflora, the world's leading flower wire service, is helping them score a home run with its Father's Day product line-up. Adding extra batting power to its line up, Teleflora is teaming up with the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), to help raise awareness for prostate cancer and raise funds for advanced research. A portion of the sales proceeds from Teleflora's new baseball-themed bouquets, Big Hit or Play Ball will go to the organization. Prostate cancer strikes one out of six American men.

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"Every year, kids scratch their heads to figure out what to give dear old dad and a bouquet is a great choice because men don't expect flowers," said Shawn Weidmann, president, Teleflora. "Our design team works hard to create floral gifts that would appeal to men and combining flowers with one of the country's favorite pastimes seemed to be the perfect combination."

Teleflora's Big Hit and Play Ball Bouquets arrive in oversized ceramic baseball mugs with hand-painted stitching. These arrangements arrive with either red carnations or a combination of carnations, delphinium, lilies, and chrysanthemums, and are available online at teleflora.com for $46.95 or through local Teleflora florists. Once the flowers are gone, dads can use the mugs for morning coffee or as a container to hold pens, pencils or even a variety o
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