Apr 10, 2019
By: Kara Hoholik The weather is warming up here in West Michigan which means muddy boots, pink cheeks, and spring cleaning. I’m not sure what it is about the sunshine and open windows, but it puts me into an organizing frenzy. In...
Throughout March, we celebrated some of the brave, compassionate, and creative women who inspire us to lead. In honor of March being Women's History Month, and March 8th being International Women's Day, we felt compelled to highlight women in our community who are...
By: Katie Brubaker It was another school snow day and my eight-year-old daughter and two neighborhood friends were running around the house. I watched them zip from basketball, to baking, to writing, directing, and then starring in their own play. They...
Dec 17, 2018
By: Amber Brandt, the Coziness Consultant You’ve heard the saying, “good fences make good neighbors,” but I actually think people who say “you belong with me" make the best neighbors. As part of a volunteer training I took a few years ago, our...
Nov 18, 2018
By: Ellie Hutchison The holiday season is a season of gathering. We come together around candle-lit tables to share meals and conversation. We reunite with family and friends and pause to give thanks for the blessings in our lives. In other words,...
Rewind one year: It’s October 2017, and I’m beginning my Communications Internship at Treetops Collective. It has been four months since I graduated college, four months of being a “real adult,” free of due dates and sleepy-eyed studying. In one hand I'm...
