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Veldkamp's Flowers Veldkamp's Flowers offers same day delivery to Children's Hospital Colorado. In the late 1800s, parents of kids with medical needs went to Colorado hoping to find a cure in the fresh air and sunshine that were plentiful in our state. To accommodate that need, a group of volunteers established the Babies Summer Hospital in City Park in 1897, which actually amounted to several tents that housed patients who were treated by six medical staff and volunteer nurses. As demand for the fledgling hospital’s services increased, the volunteers recognized that there was a need for a "permanent" hospital that would "care for sick, injured and crippled children from birth to 16 years of age, irrespective of sex, creed, color, nationality or place of birth" that would be supported mainly by volunteer contributions. With that lofty goal to guide them, Children's Hospital Colorado officially incorporated on May 9, 1908. In 1909, Children's Colorado converted a former