Roses for this year’s Valentine’s Day grams

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Interact is selling Valentine grams. This year, as opposed to past years, instead of candy or balloons, each gram will include a rose.

“It’s not just for people who are in a relationship, but also for people who just want to give them to people as friends. It’s something more cute than a piece of chocolate,” president senior Tiffany Yung said.

The club chose roses for a variety of reasons, but most importantly because of their symbolism of Valentine’s Day. The history of Valentine’s Day roses comes from an old custom of sending a bouquet of flowers to a person, each flower having its own meaning would allow people to send non-verbal messages.

“I think roses are really a symbol of friendship and Valentine’s Day as a whole,” Yung said.

The money received from selling Valentine’s Day grams will be going to the club’s international project, Room to Read, which provides education in Bangladesh.