Zizalele Ikusasa Lakho kanye ne I-Society of American Florists (SAF) baye bamemezela uhlelo lokuhlanganisa amandla ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuqwashisa okwengeziwe nge-horticulture kanye ne-floriculture futhi bakhuthaze abantu abaningi ukuba baphishekele imisebenzi esebenza ngezimbali nezitshalo. Becaphuna ukuqondanisa kwabo okusondelene kwemishini kanye nesifiso esihlanganyelwe sokuhlanganisa nokubeka phambili izinsiza zokuqinisa imboni nokuqinisekisa ipayipi lesikhathi eside labachwepheshe bekhola eluhlaza, ubuholi bazo zombili izinhlangano buvume ngentshiseko ukubambisana.
I-SAF yaqokwa yisenzo seCongress ngo-1884 futhi inomlando ofakazelwe wokwandisa ukwesekwa kwe-floriculture ngokwandisa ukuqwashisa kwabathengi ngamandla ezimbali ukuthuthukisa izimpilo, kanye nokuqinisa ukuhweba ngokusekela abalimi, abathengisi bezitolo, abasabalalisi, abakhiqizi, kanye nabathengisi. Inhlangano yeSeed Your Future (SYF) yasungulwa ngo-2016 futhi isikhule yaba umfelandawonye wabalingani abangaphezu kuka-200, okuhlanganisa izinkampani ze-horticulture, izinhlangano zengadi, izikole, amakolishi, amanyuvesi, izingadi zomphakathi, izinhlangano zentsha, izinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo, kanye nabameli ngabanye babumbene. emsebenzini wabo wokukhuthaza ukulima kwezitshalo kanye nemisebenzi esebenza nezitshalo.
"Siqale inhlangano ye-Seed Your Future ukuze sibhekane nenkinga ebucayi kulo lonke imboni yezokulima," kusho u-Anna Ball, oyi-CEO kanye noSihlalo weBhodi le-Ball Horticultural Company kanye nosihlalo obambisene naye we-SYF. “Akukaze kube namathuba amaningi kangaka emisebenzi kwezokulima, nokho ukuqwashisa ngala mathuba bekusezingeni eliphansi kakhulu.”
I-SYF isheshe yazuza imiphumela emangalisayo okuhlanganisa nokuthuthukiswa kwe- iwebhusayithi ewina imiklomelo ngezinsiza zothisha, abazali, nabafundi, bevula amehlo abo ezinhlobonhlobo zemisebenzi kuwo wonke ubuciko, isayensi, ubuchwepheshe, imfundo, kanye nebhizinisi lezitshalo. Futhi, ngokubambisana ne-Scholastic, inkampani yomhlaba wonke yokushicilela, imfundo, nemidiya yezingane, i-SYF egxile entsheni ye-BLOOM! Uhlelo selufinyelele kubafundi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-4.5 kanye nothisha abangu-700,000 ngokuqukethwe kwabo kwamahhala okudonsa amehlo, okusekelwe eqinisweni okuhlanganisa amavidiyo afundisayo najabulisayo, izinhlelo zezifundo nemisebenzi yabafundi, imidlalo egxile ezitshalweni, kanye nemojula yokufunda ye-inthanethi esebenzisanayo.
“Njengenhlangano yokuqala, i-Seed Your Future igcinwe ngaphansi kwe-ejensi yezimali esekelayo yaseLongwood Gardens,” kusho uSusan E. Yoder, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Seed Your Future. “Njengoba sikhula futhi sandisa ukufinyelela kwethu, besilokhu sihlola ikhaya elihlala njalo lomsebenzi wethu. Ukuhlanganisa amandla nokudala ibhizinisi elisha le-501(c)3 ngaphansi kobuholi be-SAF wubambiswano oluphelele lokufinyelela izinjongo zethu zesikhathi eside zokuvula amehlo engeziwe emandleni ezitshalo nezimbali kanye nemivuzo yomsebenzi wokwenza umsebenzi oluhlaza.”
I-SAF ijabule ngendlela efanayo mayelana nethuba lobambiswano oluzoba nalo emsebenzini wayo.
"Ngo-2019, sasungula ukuthuthukiswa kwemisebenzi kanye nabasebenzi njengento ehamba phambili yohlelo lwethu lwamasu," kusho uChris Drummond, uMongameli we-SAF nomnikazi we-Penny's by Plaza Flowers e-Philadelphia. “Saqalaza sifuna ukubona ukuthi abanye sebenzani kule ndawo, sahlabeka umxhwele wumfutho weSeed Your Future. Esikhundleni sokwenza uhlelo olusha lwe-SAF, isinqumo esibe nomthelela omkhulu kwaba ukuhlanganisa amandla nokusebenzisana ukuze kwakhiwe isasasa emisebenzini yokulima izimbali nezimbali.”
Izinguquko zokusebenza nezokuphatha zizokwenzeka unyaka wonke, ngenhloso yokuphela kuka-2021 ukuze kuphothulwe ubudlelwano. Okwamanje, zombili izinhlangano zizosebenza ngokushesha okukhulu ezinhlelweni zazo zika-2021. OkweSeed Your Future, lokho kusho ukwakhiwa kwamavidiyo amasha nezinsiza zentsha, imindeni, nabafundisi; kanye nokuqhubeka kwemikhankaso yayo ethi #YearOfPlantPower kanye ne-#NatureNeverCloses ukukhombisa ukuthi - ikakhulukazi ngalezi zikhathi zenselele yezempilo yomhlaba wonke - izitshalo nezimbali zinamandla okuzolisa, ukuthoba, ukuphulukisa, ukondla, kanye nokukhuthaza. Ku-SAF, imayelana nokumela izintshisekelo zemboni e-Washington, DC, kanye nokuthola imfundo, ukuqeqeshwa, kanye nezinsiza zokumaketha emphakathini wezimbali ukuze imboni inikeze ulwazi oluvelele lokuthenga izimbali nezitshalo.