Herbs for Noah | West Syndrome Fund
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We are asking for your support for our small business, so that we can, in turn, contribute to the West Syndrome Center of Excellence at UTHealth in Houston, TX.
Our Story
Herbs for Noah is a small, home-based business. The business was started by certified herbalist Jenny Ribbans after her son, Noah was diagnosed , at just 6 months, with a potentially devastating neurological condition called West Syndrome, a rare, and difficult to treat, form of childhood epilepsy. (see more below)
Jenny started making a natural, herbal and flower based spray to help Noah (and her) sleep under the great stress and side effects of the heavy medication. After selling the product online (HerbsForNoah.com), and donating 10% of profits to the West Syndrome Center of Excellence , we have been asked by two major retailers to become vendors.
This is where we need your help!
In order for us to become a supplier to major retailers we need some seed capital to help us pay for setting up the business; buying (very expensive) liability insurance; and the supplies, packaging and equipment needed to fulfill large orders.
WE WILL ALSO DONATE AN ADDITIONAL 5% OF THE FIRST $50,000 IN PROFITS WE MAKE FROM HERBS FOR NOAH THROUGH THESE RETAILERS.
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How we will use the donations
Insurance Policy: $1,000
Business Setup, Legal etc.: $1,000
Raw Materials (Essential Oils, Herbs etc.): $1,000
Packaging and Shipping: $500
Equipment and Setup: $1,500
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How Your Support Will Help
Donations to the UTHealth Center of Excellence for West Syndrome Research will help more patients get the diagnosis and help that they need.
We, and the hundreds of people who have used Herbs for Noah Dandelion Dreams Spray Mist, really believe in the product and its ability to help anyone, but especially small children, transition into a peaceful sleep. We hope we can bring this to more and more people through having the opportunity to work with these, and more, retailers.
Jenny is a single Mom caring for Noah and this small business will help support her and her family, as a small, independent business.
Herbs for Noah - In The News
We were recently featured on KPRC News in Houston
More About Herbs for Noah
When Noah was just six months old he began exhibiting some, seemingly benign, hiccup like movements, often mistaken for reflux. Jenny Ribbans, his mother, asked her pediatrician if she should be concerned.
Her pediatrician, like many others in the field, had not seen many cases of West Syndrome, and didn’t immediately recognize that young Noah was just one of one-in-twenty-five-hundred-to-three-thousand children in the United States who suffer from this rare form of Infantile Spasms (IS). West
Syndrome sufferers often experience more than 100 seizures per day, which can have a devastating effect on a young child’s development, and can go on to have other kinds of seizures in later childhood including an epilepsy syndrome called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Most children also have learning difficulties that may be mild or severe.
Early recognition of the condition can have a beneficial effect on treatment and outcomes. When Jenny Ribbans finally received the diagnosis for her son that meant she could begin a course of, difficult, and often distressing treatments, she was determined to help other parents going through the process.
The multiple weekly appointments, and the course of medications left Noah, and his Mom, often exhausted, but they both struggled to find sleep. Jenny, a certified herbalist, created a water-based spray infused with flower and herb essences and sprayed it on Noah’s crib and blankets. The result was quite remarkable and soon Jenny was sharing her story with other care-givers on a Facebook page dedicated to supporting parent of IS suffering infants. Her stories of how Noah would be able to relax and transition into a deeper more restful sleep, inspired other parents who asked her to make some of the spray mist for them.
She started off making individual bottles but was soon making Dandelion Dreams, the name she chose for the spray, in batches of 100. She received orders from all over the country and started charging a small fee and donating a portion of all profits from sales to causes that promote awareness, particularly amongst the pediatric care sector.
Twelve months since Noah first started showing signs of IS, Herbs for Noah, a new small business, owned by Jenny and her mother-in-law Kim Ribbans, has started selling Dandelion Dreams, the spray mist sleep aid, online. They are also in the process of being carried by two major retailers.
And baby Noah? After being on several different medication regimes, Noah is one of the rare, fortunate, children to have achieved seizure control and, although the illness has delayed his development a little, he is very quickly catching up to other children in his age group.
Herbs for Noah sell Dandelion Dreams through its web site, herbsfornoah.com, and on other online marketplaces, including Amazon and eBay. We also donate to, and work with, the new UTHealth Center of Excellence for West Syndrome Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), to promote one of their goals in improving physician awareness.
Our Story
Herbs for Noah is a small, home-based business. The business was started by certified herbalist Jenny Ribbans after her son, Noah was diagnosed , at just 6 months, with a potentially devastating neurological condition called West Syndrome, a rare, and difficult to treat, form of childhood epilepsy. (see more below)
Jenny started making a natural, herbal and flower based spray to help Noah (and her) sleep under the great stress and side effects of the heavy medication. After selling the product online (HerbsForNoah.com), and donating 10% of profits to the West Syndrome Center of Excellence , we have been asked by two major retailers to become vendors.
This is where we need your help!
In order for us to become a supplier to major retailers we need some seed capital to help us pay for setting up the business; buying (very expensive) liability insurance; and the supplies, packaging and equipment needed to fulfill large orders.
WE WILL ALSO DONATE AN ADDITIONAL 5% OF THE FIRST $50,000 IN PROFITS WE MAKE FROM HERBS FOR NOAH THROUGH THESE RETAILERS.
______________________________________________________
How we will use the donations
Insurance Policy: $1,000
Business Setup, Legal etc.: $1,000
Raw Materials (Essential Oils, Herbs etc.): $1,000
Packaging and Shipping: $500
Equipment and Setup: $1,500
______________________________________________________
How Your Support Will Help
Donations to the UTHealth Center of Excellence for West Syndrome Research will help more patients get the diagnosis and help that they need.
We, and the hundreds of people who have used Herbs for Noah Dandelion Dreams Spray Mist, really believe in the product and its ability to help anyone, but especially small children, transition into a peaceful sleep. We hope we can bring this to more and more people through having the opportunity to work with these, and more, retailers.
Jenny is a single Mom caring for Noah and this small business will help support her and her family, as a small, independent business.
Herbs for Noah - In The News
We were recently featured on KPRC News in Houston
More About Herbs for Noah
When Noah was just six months old he began exhibiting some, seemingly benign, hiccup like movements, often mistaken for reflux. Jenny Ribbans, his mother, asked her pediatrician if she should be concerned.
Her pediatrician, like many others in the field, had not seen many cases of West Syndrome, and didn’t immediately recognize that young Noah was just one of one-in-twenty-five-hundred-to-three-thousand children in the United States who suffer from this rare form of Infantile Spasms (IS). West
Syndrome sufferers often experience more than 100 seizures per day, which can have a devastating effect on a young child’s development, and can go on to have other kinds of seizures in later childhood including an epilepsy syndrome called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Most children also have learning difficulties that may be mild or severe.
Early recognition of the condition can have a beneficial effect on treatment and outcomes. When Jenny Ribbans finally received the diagnosis for her son that meant she could begin a course of, difficult, and often distressing treatments, she was determined to help other parents going through the process.
The multiple weekly appointments, and the course of medications left Noah, and his Mom, often exhausted, but they both struggled to find sleep. Jenny, a certified herbalist, created a water-based spray infused with flower and herb essences and sprayed it on Noah’s crib and blankets. The result was quite remarkable and soon Jenny was sharing her story with other care-givers on a Facebook page dedicated to supporting parent of IS suffering infants. Her stories of how Noah would be able to relax and transition into a deeper more restful sleep, inspired other parents who asked her to make some of the spray mist for them.
She started off making individual bottles but was soon making Dandelion Dreams, the name she chose for the spray, in batches of 100. She received orders from all over the country and started charging a small fee and donating a portion of all profits from sales to causes that promote awareness, particularly amongst the pediatric care sector.
Twelve months since Noah first started showing signs of IS, Herbs for Noah, a new small business, owned by Jenny and her mother-in-law Kim Ribbans, has started selling Dandelion Dreams, the spray mist sleep aid, online. They are also in the process of being carried by two major retailers.
And baby Noah? After being on several different medication regimes, Noah is one of the rare, fortunate, children to have achieved seizure control and, although the illness has delayed his development a little, he is very quickly catching up to other children in his age group.
Herbs for Noah sell Dandelion Dreams through its web site, herbsfornoah.com, and on other online marketplaces, including Amazon and eBay. We also donate to, and work with, the new UTHealth Center of Excellence for West Syndrome Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), to promote one of their goals in improving physician awareness.
Organizer
Kim Ribbans
Organizer
Atlanta, GA
