Welcome to The Giving Tree.
The Giving Tree is a program offered by Joy The Village Doula LLC to make postpartum support accessible to marginalized families. The Giving Tree is essentially postpartum support services funded by the village for the village due to financial gifts. All postpartum support services through the Giving Tree program are provided by Joy the Village Doula. If you wish to nominate yourself or someone you know to receive postpartum support services at no cost or low cost please complete The Giving Tree nomination contact form. Recipients will be chosen on a first come first served basis. Contact Joy directly if you wish to give a financial gift to support The Giving Tree program.
UPDATE: Thanks to a very generous donation, The Giving Tree is currently able to offer postpartum support to three families at NO COST!
Families Must:
Reside in the Twin Cities area
Due date: July, August, September, October 2022
Support service dates must begin within 3 weeks post birth.
Have a kitchen with all major appliances fully functional (ie oven, stove refrigerator and freezer)
*Covid/ Influenza symptom free prior to and during support service dates
Families will receive:
15 hours of daytime in person postpartum support services
Groceries
Meals prepared and served in home
Herbal tea bath
Custom blend of herbal tea to drink
Emotional support
Infant care education
Postpartum healing education
Assistance with infant feeding
Facilitation of rest
*Nominees that become ill or do not have fully functional major appliances in home will not be denied service but will instead receive 15 hours of the Attune package virtual support.
"Postpartum support is NOT a luxury reserved for the rich, for BIPOC folks postpartum support is a birthright."
— Joy McAfee