Flower Project Foundation to reduce bouqets by 50 due to thieves stealing laptop from Brisbane office A CHARITY has been left to pick up the pieces after callous thieves smashed their way into the organisations inner-Brisbane office, stealing a laptop. Volunteers from The Flower Project Foundation - which delivers surprise bouquets of flowers to those facing challenging circumstances or living in isolation - said they have no choice but to reduce the number of bouquets that will be delivered this week, roughly 50, in order to pay for damages. About 8am Tuesday, workshop facilitator Francesca Petherbridge arrived for work to find the Red Hill office littered with glass and the black Toshiba laptop missing. The thief or thieves had smashed a window into the office space and reached through the security bars to steal the computer. Ms Petherbridge said the theft was "disappointing." "It's sad that they are so desperate that they have to steal from a charity that is creating community kindness," she said. We don't make any money, so the cost of getting a glazier to replace a window and replace one of only two laptops is quite a lot, around $1500. Our bouquets of care cost us around $30 each to make and deliver, and that means that is 50 bouquets that we won't be able to deliver because we will have to replace the window and laptop. She said the charity, which boasts 120 volunteers, only moved into the office space in January this year. Groups they deliver bouquets to include carers, parents of special needs children, foster carers and the elderly. You can donate to The Flower Project Foundation at www.theflowerproject.com.au.