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Our friends Seagate Studio have been very involved with the Travis Roy Foundation for years, and we're honored to donate a set of three Hand-Etched Birch Snowflake Ornaments for their upcoming Instagram Auction to benefit this very worthy cause.
“The Travis Roy Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to enhancing the life of spinal cord injury survivors and their families by providing special adaptive equipment grants and funding research.
It is an organization that is near and dear to my heart and one that I have been heavily involved with for over 10 years. Travis Roy (a native Mainer), is my husband’s cousin and also my close friend. In 1995, Travis was a highly recruited Division I hockey player starting his collegiate career at Boston University. Eleven seconds into his first shift of his first game playing for the BU Terriers, he slid head first, awkwardly into the boards, cracking his 4th and 5th vertebra and leaving him a quadriplegic. His story could have stopped right there, but instead he has dedicated his life to helping other spinal cord injury survivors and inspiring all who meet him through his motivational speaking career. He graduated from Boston University, taking just an extra year and started the Travis Roy Foundation while he was still a student. Since its inception, the TRF has raised over $9 million, consistently raising over $1 million per year in its most recent years.
The biggest fundraiser event for the TRF is not some glamorous gala that only the elite can afford to attend, but rather a summer back yard Wiffle Ball tournament that takes place every year up in rural Jericho, Vermont. This tournament which hosts over 24 teams from across New England is played on 3 fields that are modeled after major league ball parks and a field from a popular baseball movie, aptly named Little Wrigley, Little Fenway, and Little Field of Dreams. It is an incredibly moving and magical weekend and by far my favorite of the whole year. And THIS is what I am fundraising for.”
— Samantha from Seagate Studio
The Auction will take place on Seagate Studio's Instagram (@seagate.studio) from July 31st - August 3rd, 2017. Please check their feed frequently during this time and consider bidding on one of the many great items that have been donated.
If you would like to learn more about the Travis Roy Foundation or donate directly, please see their webpage HERE.
Just made good on our promise to donate a percentage of yearly profits to charity. In addition to the donation we made to Susan G. Komen, we also made donations to Amazima Ministries (who provides desperately needed medical care, food, and water alongside ministry work in Uganda) and Disabled American Veterans (which provides services and support for disabled and wounded veterans and their families).
Giving back more is something I want to continue and grow, and I'm looking forward to being able to do more in 2017.
Just a quick reminder that today is Giving Tuesday - a great day to remember to give back to charities and community, not only today but everyday. Earlier this year, I decided that I wanted to make the effort to give back more too - after all, every little bit helps and we want to be a part of it!
Starting this year, we will be donating a percentage of our profits at year-end to charity(ies) of our choice. The charities will be chosen at the end of each year. We all need to remember (myself included) to give back more when we can, and I hope we can inspire other businesses and individuals to do the same.
More information about how we plan to give back can be found here.
About a month ago I decided to start something new for Birch Landing Home - after all, every little bit helps and we want to be a part of it!
Starting this year, we will be donating a percentage of our profits at year-end to charity(ies) of our choice. The charities will be chosen at the end of each year.
We all need to remember (myself included) to give back more when we can, and I hope we can inspire other businesses and individuals to do the same.
More information about how we plan to give back can be found here.
Just a little reminder to give back when you are able, even if it's something small.
Over the course of the summer we've been blessed with a lot of produce from our garden - we enjoyed it, shared with family and friends, and froze quite a bit for future use. Last week we picked the last of the veggies and pulled out the rest of our vining plants to get ready for winter. We ended up with quite a few squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes and rather than try to squeeze them into the freezer we opted to bring them to our local food pantry where we know the donation will be greatly appreciated.
Giving back doesn't always have to mean volunteering a day of your time or making a large monetary donation - it can be giving back in small ways everyday to help your neighbor and those around you. We all need to remember this more (myself included), and next year we'll make a point to share even more of our produce with the food pantry all summer long.
