04/10/2019
Did you know that 10% of every dollar made through Oliveâs Traveling Bouteaâque is given to an amazing nonprofit called Samuelâs Trees. This nonprofit is very special to us because it was started by our dear friends, Dan and Kelly Parkins. For more info and to see how you can give more please visit samuelstrees.com.
So, not only can you experience our tea parties but you can help change lives! We canât wait to hear from you! Book now. Link in bio.
*Samuelâs Trees is a non-profit charity organization centered around encouraging and loving babies and families in the Neo-Natal Intensive Critical Care Units of surrounding hospitals. In 2012 they began giving three-foot artificial Christmas trees filled with $300 worth of gift cards and notes of love to a family at Childrenâs Hospital Los Angeles. By 2018, they had given over 350 families Christmas trees in six different hospital NICUâs.
Samuelâs Trees founders, Daniel and Kelly Parkins, lost their son Samuel on December 24th, 2010 due to Congenial Diaphragmatic Hernia complications. During their time spent at CHLA, a group of strangers gave a similar tree to the Parkins while they were there and helped change their lives. Now, each year they have multiplied this effort and now reach into hundreds of lives.
After our son passed away on December 24th, 2010, we felt a great and terrible pain in our lives. During our time at the hospital living in the NICU, we were given a tree filled with hundreds of dollars of gift cards. This simple act of love from complete strangers (who eventually became board m.....