June, 2009 – Sprouts! Wins Small Business of the Year Award

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AROUND WELLINGTON STORIES OF THE MONTH

SPROUTS! WINS NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Eco Conscious Company Manufactures Recycled Seeded Paper Products That Grow Flowers

by Glenn R. Swift

 

Sharon Quercioli, Founder of Sprouts!
Sprouts! offers greeting cards that grow from seeds.

 

Founded five years ago by Sharon Quercioli, a lifelong entrepreneur with over twenty years in the recycle industry, Sprouts products include greeting cards, bookmarks, Blooming Boxes™ and a host of custom marketing pieces − all of which grow flowers when planted. Sprouts products can be purchased directly from the company’s Web site (www.sproutem.com) or custom printed to accommodate various volumes, sizes and print specifications. Instead of being discarded and contributing to landfill waste, Sprouts paper can be planted in the earth…and a beautiful garden will grow.

Quercioli believes it is her duty to give back to the community as well as the planet. Since its inception five years ago, Sprouts has assisted and partnered with a number of charitable organizations to help raise funds and awareness. These organizations include: The Office Depot Foundation, ArtiGras, ArtFest, Hospice of Palm Beach County, African Rain Forest Conservancy, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, The American Lung Association, Palm Beach Community College, Race for the Cure, Wheel Chairs for Kids, Quantum House, Florida Resource Center for Women and Children, Resource Depot and Healing Touch Buddies. In addition to these efforts, Quercioli serves on the Board of Directors for Healing Touch Buddies and the Steering Committee for the Northern Palm Beach County Women in Business Council. She also serves on the Small Business Council for the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce and facilitates its CEO Connection program.

In 2008, Sprouts jumped onto the national stage after launching its “Bee Kind” campaign with the creation of a paper embedded with 100% pollinator-friendly flower seeds. Haagen-Dazs utilized this paper for a marketing piece that was inserted into Newsweek magazine. Recently, a number of large corporations (Publix, Samsung, Virgin Mobile and the Oprah Winfrey Network) have also turned to Sprouts! in a search for high-impact marketing pieces.

Sprouts is blooming in today’s highly competitive and environmentally- conscious world despite the recent economic slowdown, and its corporate clients are reaping wow-factor benefits through significantly increased return on investment. Quercioli attributes her company’s success to “hard work, uncompromising customer service and the ability to create a truly unique product in step with today’s growing eco conscious world.”

 

If you’d like more information about Sprouts!, please call Glenn R. Swift at (772) 323-6925 or e-mail news@sproutem.com.