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Haize Hawke is a Certified Doula and a Student Midwife. She is also a Spiritual Counselor and Community Leader. Like many birth professionals during a pandemic, she is serving those who generally don't have access to resources, finding them food, supplies, and at times, shelter- known as full spectrum care.  We are raising money so that Haize can continue to provide these resources for her community as well a complete her own midwifery training, and pay for the board exams and certifications.  -------- More about Haize: As an advanced Doula, she honors birth as a sacred Rite of Passage and the womb as its Temple. Haize supports the belief that pregnancy is a spiritual, emotional, mental and physical journey where the Family’s thoughts and emotions, the emotional changes witnessed by the Partner and the physical/emotional changes the Expectant Mother feels within her body, all impact how a woman chooses to birth her baby. Haize provides mothers with a safe haven where they can ask questions, speak freely, and gain advice and support - a sacred counsel for women in their journey at this most sacred time of life, giving guidance through the emotional aspect of pregnancy and labor. She also offers counseling for birth related issues, including fear in labor, birth traumas throughout the matrilineal ancestry, and postpartum concerns. She is dedicated to preserving the ancestral knowledge of granny midwifery. She returned to Ghana as one of the pieces of her ancestral training, and is a community resource and elder.  See her talking about Being with the Uncomfortable here:  <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdsVD9A6Y8/" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdsVD9A6Y8/</a> or about Love, the Fierce Kind <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbAywtAVcR/" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbAywtAVcR/</a>

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Hi everyone! Scott is doing great with his new kidney! And I have a sweet message from his amazing mom who was here with him for the surgery and after. Deep gratitude to her and all of you! xoL To all the wonderful Donors and Support Group for Scott’s journey from the beginning through to the kidney transplant, Your generosity and love is amazing!  I am honored to be a small part of this group. I am so grateful for this loving circle of friends that surround Scott.  May God bless each of you in the coming years for your loving hearts. Thank you all so much. Sincerely, Sheila Picard, Scott’s mother As many of you know Scott found out in May of this year that he has chronic kidney disease. His diagnosis is very serious. He has been on dialysis since then to stay alive while starting the process to look for a donor. While the 14 hour of daily dialysis is saving his life it is also very hard on his body with potential irreversible long term side effects. His latest diagnosis is that his kidneys are further deteriorating and his overall health is being greatly affected. Therefore the need for him to have a kidney transplant has increased in urgency. We all know Scott to be a very strong man. His strength of heart is one of his inherent qualities that we all have experienced time after time through all the ways he gives to all of us who know him. He cannot help to show up in life with courage and an immense capacity to make a difference in the lives of those he encounters. His love for life always finds expression in one way or another in his unique way to empower others, and to give of himself. It is inevitable that anyone who is challenged with a life threatening disease is brought face to face with confronting their mortality. Scott is doing so with this same courage and with great dignity, but it is clear that he cannot do this alone. It is for this reason that all of us who love him must come together and do what we can to support him.  While he has good insurance that covers most of the cost of a transplant, there are other medical, transplant related and donor related costs.  Bellow is the break down of the funds we need to raise: - $7,000 Insurance deductible as of January 2019 - $3,500 left of 2018 out of pocket medical costs - $6,000 Medication Costs ($500 per month out of pocket medication that are not covered by insurance for the length of one year.) - $9,000 To Support Scott After the Transplant / specialized recovery care and living expenses related to transplant (2 months at $4,500 per month)  - $16,500  Transplant donor costs (Travel costs, medical diagnostics pre-surgery and medical costs post surgery) - $3000 contingency fund and post transplant medication  TOTAL AMOUNT: $45,000 Sharing this on Facebook and helping to spread the word would be greatly appreciated - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/scott.picard.520">Facebook page we created for Scott</a> .  When Scott has his surgery there will be daily updates here so follow along if you would like to see those.    Thank you for your love, contribution and support.

Kidney for Scott

Hi friends and community of Rachel. Many of us are feeling far away from Rachel, Tory, and Camille as they navigate Rachel's care in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The coming days are unknown. Amongst the letters, videos, and messages - if you would like to support them with a financial gift, we've created this collection plate, here.  We love you, Rachel! Note: We are thankful that Rachel's famly (Rick, Patsy, Adrian, Kaylee, Erik, and Jessica Delange) are together with Rachel and Tory now. Adrian Delange has informed us that these funds will assist them with the cost of plane tickets, with medical expenses, and will enable them to plan for the uncertain future. Thank you for joining together to care for our beloved Rachel in this way.

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