Personalized Gifting Brand, Personal Creations, Brings Holiday Cheer Early To Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Of Chicago

Online gifting retailer brings ornaments, gifts and hosts a day of crafts with children

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Nov 11, 2015, 02:52 ET

Just in time for World Kindness Day, Hilda Ramirez and her son Adan receive ornaments personalized just for them by hand painters from leading e-commerce gifting retailer Personal Creations at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Photo by Jean Marc Giboux/AP Images for Personal Creations.

WOODRIDGE, Ill., Nov. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- FTD Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FTD) gifting brand Personal Creations delivered early holiday cheer to children and families at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

Employees from Personal Creations, a leading e-commerce retailer of personalized holiday décor and gifts, rolled up their sleeves, organizing arts and crafts and giving ornaments to the children. One of the company's hand-painting artists personalized ornaments with each child's name, using the same technique found on many of the products sold on PersonalCreations.com

Personal Creations also donated over $5,000 in gift certificates as part of the hospital's Partners with Parents program, which helps parents of patients provide a holiday celebration for their families.

"At Personal Creations, we believe in family values, tradition and embracing togetherness. We also support the mission of Lurie Children's, and we hope that bringing a bit of early holiday spirit helped brighten the children's day," said Personal Creations Vice President and General Manager Eric Vratimos. "I know how much it means to our employees and all of us to celebrate the holiday spirit and give back."

"The holidays can be a difficult time for many of our patients and their families," said Lurie Children's Hospital Director of Volunteer Resources & Family Services Business Operations Teri Foster. "The continued support of partners like Personal Creations helps makes the holidays brighter for families here at the hospital."

To learn more about Personal Creations and its personalized gifts, visit www.personalcreations.com. For more information on Lurie Children's, visit www.luriechildrens.org.

About Personal Creations
PersonalCreations.com is an online gifting store that specializes in personalized gifts and offers a wide variety of unique, customizable products. Personal Creations® expertly crafts personalized dates, names, monograms, event names, special messages, photos and other options onto unique gifts for all of life's special occasions. PersonalCreations.com provides convenient and fast delivery, outstanding customer service, and quality gifting service help to simplify the shopping experience.

About Lurie Children's
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is ranked as one of the nation's top children's hospitals in the U.S.News & World Report 2015-2016 Honor Roll rankings. Lurie Children's provides superior pediatric care in a state-of-the-art hospital that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. Located in downtown Chicago on the campus of its academic partner, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Lurie Children's relies on philanthropic support to care for more than 174,000 children each year. Learn more at luriechildrens.org.

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