Treetops Collective Blog

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...

Oct 08, 2018

Why We're Raising 100K in 100 Days

Just over a week ago, we gathered with 360 friends and neighbors to celebrate the welcoming work of the Treetops Collective community.It was a joy to share a delicious meal, hear stories from the women in our community, watch a...

Jun 19, 2018

This World Refugee Day, Will You Join the Story?

By Ellie Hutchison, a member of the Collective It took Sylvia’s family 17 years to be resettled. That meant 17 years of uncertainty. 17 years of struggling to live an ordinary, stable life—to find jobs, go to school, and create...