I think sending a card or flowers, and providing financial assistance, are two very different kettles of fish. If you want to do the former, just go ahead and

I think sending a card or flowers, and providing financial assistance, are two very different kettles of fish. If you want to do the former, just go ahead and do so. If they're sent personally it will mean more than if they've come from an organisation whose remit is to send cards and flowers. If you want to provide meaningful financial assistance, IMO that's a good and noble socialist goal, but involves a really large amount of work and politics. It would be great if you could make it work though.