You are the reason we can give cannabis to patients in need that don’t have the financial resources to purchase what they need. Every time you make a purchase at Flore, we squirrel away a portion to invest in our Compassion Program. It’s that simple – your everyday purchases becoming someone else’s medicine.
Over the next three days, I’ll be sharing three email messages with you that tell the story of compassion in our community. Please take a moment to read them. If you want to know more, write to me at Terrance@TheFloreStore.com.
Happy Holidays! I’ve been outside the store saying this to everyone who passes. For those people I know, we chat and hint at each other’s holiday routines. Every holiday season, especially this one, sets off a complicated set of feelings and emotions for each of us, and each is different. Because of this, I want to offer you a unifying reason to believe in humanity: our program of gifting cannabis called “Compassion.”
In our community, there are many for whom having enough cannabis to make a difference in their health is just too expensive. It gets left out of their daily routine, even though it’s the regular daily intake that can most help those in need. This whole cannabis becoming legal thing – it started right here in our neighborhood, the Castro. It was born in the AIDS crisis that took over 17,000 people way too early from our LGBTQAI+ community, and grew through battles with cancer and childhood seizures. The success of cannabis therapy in their daily lives allowed many to live beyond their “due date” and make new friends while consuming together with their peers.
We got legalization, and after special legislation (thanks Senator Scott Wiener!), the industry can finally give patients the cannabis they need. It’s paid for by you – that’s what our pennies add up to. That’s what compassion looks like in action.
What follows are three emails exchanged between the Sweetleaf Collective – the folks doing most of the work – and myself on behalf of the Flore Dispensary Team. I’ll see you “on the other side.” Terrance, Nate and the Flore Team