Treetops Collective Blog

Mar 07, 2019

#LeadLikeHer: Celebrating the Women Leaders of Today (and Tomorrow)

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....

Dec 17, 2018

How to Create Cozy Spaces of Belonging

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...

Nov 18, 2018

Who We're Grateful for this Thanksgiving

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...

Nov 09, 2018

Spreading Welcome from West Michigan to South Africa

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...

Nov 09, 2018

How Children Can Learn to Welcome

Dana and I founded Treetops in the midst of a busy season of motherhood. With toddlers and babies in tow, we scribbled ideas on post-its, gathered the community for listening sessions, and took baby steps, and a couple of bold...