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It’s been nearly seven years since a group of volunteers from a nonprofit organization What Cheer Flower Farm broke ground at a flower farm in Providence, Rhode Island. They only have one simple _________: to get flowers into the hands of anyone _________ a pick-me-up. Best of all, each one of the tens of thousands of flowers that What Cheer Flower Farm grows and _________ are completely free of charge. “We want to _________ the state with flowers and create happiness and joy,” says Erin Achenbach, What Cheer Flower Farm’s head florist.

What Cheer Flower Farm _________ brings blooming joy to people at local hospitals, food banks, senior centers, recovery centers and more—including AIDS Care Ocean State. “Seeing the _________ on people’s faces who weren’t _________ it—they just came in to inquire about the programs—is pleasant,” says Stephen Hogan Jr. from AIDS Care Ocean State.

Located in Providence’s rusted (锈迹斑斑的)_________ Olneyville neighborhood, What Cheer Flower Farm’s flower beds lie on 2.7 acres that once _________ a knife factory. In May, the organization was __________ a record-high $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for its continued revitalization (振兴) of a brownfield site, a __________ land because of industrial pollution.

“Not only do we revive this space, which was quite literally __________,” says Achenbach, “but also this is an eco-landing spot with the ability to __________ local insects and birds. That’ll have a win-win outcome:__________ people’s lives and supporting the local ecosystem.” What cheer, indeed! “What’s good about flowers is that they don’t need anything else. People’s only job is to __________ them when someone gives them flowers.”