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| WELCOME BABY TROY AND BABY ERICA TO GARDEN OF INNOCENCE / BAY AREA |
We are looking for volunteers from all nine counties surrounding the bay area.
Please let us know if you would like to be the volunteer from your county.
Troy's Poem
You are a stone skipping across the sea
which came to rest too soon upon the sand.
But you changed the earth; you changed the sky.
You changed the grip and the skin of the hand
that threw you. You shaped water into rings,
caused sunlight to dance into that last spray
as you came to rest in the surf you found.
In your still, your quiet, you shift the way
that we look at the water, watch the tide,
watch the moon wait, watch the waves abide.
Erica's Poem
I say hello and goodbye in the same breath
with comfort of knowing that you'll have eternal rest.
An Angel born, not to stay, yet your spirit is felt every day.
I'm glad God placed your path where you came my way.
Remember there are those who loved you from the start that is
why with our connection, we will never part.
Travel with ease little angel to your new heavenly home.
I know I'll see you one day and hold you because you are one of my own.
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| Neptune Society Collumbarium in San Francisco |
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To write us or send a donation:
Garden of Innocence / Bay Area
P.O. Box 320292 San Francisco, CA 94132
or via email to GOIbayarea@gmail.com
Volunteer positions available!
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| Garden of Innocence / Bay Area includes: San Francisco, Solano, Sonoma, San Mateo, Napa, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin & San Jose Counties |
| Garden of Innocence / Bay Area News |
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| Elissa Davey with Senior Deputy Mike Gunn of the San Francisco Sheriff Department |
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| Interior of Columbarium |
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| Elissa Davey and Neteria Carroll, Founders |
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July 2011
Received second baby from San Francisco County. Her name will be Erica. We are planning a service for July 8th for both Troy and Erica. The public is welcome to attend and participate.
We have many volunteer positions available. We also need one volunteer from each of the counties. Please contact Mike Gunn at goibayarea@gmail.com or Elissa Davey at goinational@hotmail.com
May 2011
We received our first baby this week and will be planning a service in June. His name will be Troy and we are very excited that Alameda County is our first county to trust us with this little one. We are going to take our time and make sure the service is perfect as we want to invite all the counties to come to see what we do so that they can see how well we take care of their little ones.
Please write us if you have any questions as we would love to hear from you. We are also in need of donations as these cremations are more expensive for us as each service will cost us about $300.00. Please consider supporting Garden of Innocence / Bay Area and come to our services to make sure no child leaves this earth without someone who cares. We will post notices as soon as we know the date of the service.
November 2010
We spent four days in the Bay Area visiting with coroners and public administrators asking them if they will consider us as part of their team when a child is found abandoned in their counties. We were so grateful that we received positive responses and that they were very interested in learning more about us and that we were willing to take on this task at no charge to the county.
Our best find in San Francisco was Senior Deputy Michael Gunn of the San Francisco Sheriff's Department. Mike volunteered to be our point of contact for all the counties in the Bay Area and head up Garden Of Innocence / Bay Area. Mike is hoping that he can get some of his fellow officers to join him in this endeavor. Michael, we thank you so much for sticking with us over the last two years and being so caring about this mission.
The other counties we met with were Contra Costa, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, San Mateo and Alameda. We left our documents at the all the offices for them to review if we were not able to meet them. The entire trip was worth the scary effort it was to drive in San Francisco. Thank you so much to Mary Nardella, who came with me from San Diego to be my navigator. She saved me from a few mishaps that would have been very scary if Mary wasn't in the car.
Thank you so much to Kenny and Susan Grant of Petaluma, CA who have volunteered to be the point of contact for the county of Sonoma. We are so grateful to be able to have a volunteer in each county to help us. If you are interested, please write us at goibayarea@gmail.com
Last year, we were informed that there was a child found in the trash in Union City and that we might receive this child in Garden of Innocence / Bay Area, but the police department was able to raise funds and bury the child within their city.
That is great news as our only point is to make sure that no child leaves this earth without someone there that cared. Our hats are off to Union City
Please send your prayers toward one of our volunteers, Christine Douglas, those child has fallen ill and is in a serious condition. We send her our support to her and our hope that her child regains health quickly.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Our NEW GARDEN OF INNOCENCE/SAN FRANCISCO is breaking ground on Thursday October 2nd at the Neptune Society Columbarium located at One Lorraine Court in the Richmond District of San Francisco.
We need volunteers from the community to help run the garden and make sure that no child leaves this earth unnoticed.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ARE
Volunteer Coordinator
A person to oversee all volunteers and make sure that the service coordinator is completing their tasks. This person will be the direct contact between the public administrator and the Neptune Society. This person will notify the service coordinator that we have a baby to care for.
Service Coordinator
This person oversees all the positions below and makes sure that everyone has completed their task and that the service runs smoothly.
Positions under service coordinator are:
Clergy Officiant
This person is in charge of finding various clergy from all faiths to give the message at the service.
Poem
This person will be enlisting & setting up a list of volunteers from the community to write a poem for each child. Our only guidelines is that you never mention the word abandoned, death, oh, what an aweful mom or anything to do with yesterday...today is a new day and this baby is going home with this wonderful memorial service. Poems will be put in numerical order of when received. When your poem comes up, we will notify you of the date of the service so that you can attend as well as read your poem during the memorial service. Not to worry if you don't want to read your poem as a volunteer will be chosen to read it for you.
Song/Music
This person will be enlisting local musicians or singers to sing two songs for the service and provide back up music if necessary. Also this person will be keeping a list of future volunteers.
Flowers
This person will be obtaining donations from the local community or a florist to donate flowers for each service.
Toys
Each baby receives a beanie baby size toy. Obtaining donations from the community for these toys.
Cemetery
This Person to notify the cemetery that we have a new baby coming and to obtain the dates for the next available Saturday service. We usually book two weeks out.
Knight of Columbus: FILLED
Tis person will be working directly with the Knights to notify them of pending services. If you are a Knight and would like to be included on the list to be notified of a service please email Romeo Queveda at romeoquevedo@sbcglobal.net
Record Keeper: Filled by Mike Gunn
This person will maintain all records for the garden as well as a file for each baby coming into the Garden of Innocence.
Fund Raiser Chairman
This person will work on projects that will help raise the funds needed for each service.
Media Representative
This person is responsible for knowing the story of the garden, meeting with the media and also giving speeches when ever needed as well as contacting organizations and ask to give speech. Qualified person must be knowledgable of our story and bring community awareness to the garden.
Email and marketing coordinator
This person is in charge of sending out a mass emailing to notify everyone interested in coming to a service of a pending service date. They will also work directly with the media representative to gain community awareness.
If you would like to be added to our emailing list please send an email to Mike Gunn at goibayarea@gmail.com
Please tell him that you would like to be added to the mailing list for Garden of Innocence/Bay Area
We also need one volunteer from each county. This position will be the direct contact person between the county and GOI/Bay area. You will be the person that your county coroner, sheriffs coroner or public administrator will call to say they have a baby for us. You will gather the information and then call Mike Gunn at the GOI/Bay area and pass the information on to him. This needs to be done on a timely manner as soon as you get the call from your county. This does not have to do with any travel or direct contact with the coroners office, all it involves is making sure that the information that the coroner gives you about a child is passed on to GOI/Bay area for quick set up.
The following positions need to be filled:
Sonoma County: FILLED Kenneth Grant
Santa Clara County:
Solona County:
Napa County:
Alameda County:
San Francisco County: FILLED Mike Gunn goibayarea@gmail.com
San Mateo:
Marin County:
Contra Costa:
Please notify Mike Gunn at goibayarea@gmail.com if you would like to be considered for any position.
There are many more positions that need to be met as well as setting up the organization of the garden administration. Working directly with Garden of Innocence National so that all runs smoothly and with the least amount of issues.
If you would like more information please email us at goibayarea@gmail.com or call our toll free number 888-535-4772. We appreciate all of you for your kind hearts and believing that all children need to be cared for even in this final hour.
Elissa Davey, Founder/CEO
We do not participate in any legislation or comment on any social issues.
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| No caskets will be needed in SF. We will need to design a box to place this plastic liner in to protect the cremains. The box measures 6 1/4 inches long by 2 5/8 inches on each side. If interested in helping us design a box, please write or call us at the numbers below. 888-535-4772 or goisanfrancisco@hotmail.com |
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Great News!
We have confirmed with the County Medical Examiners, Indigent affairs office that we have been given the go ahead to start a Garden of Innocence in Bay Area.
October 2, 2008, Pastor Netreia Carroll and Elissa Davey will be going to San Francisco to meet the people at the Neptune Society and tour the Collumbarium.
Dedicated in 1898, the Neptune Society Columbarium is one of San Francisco's most prized architectual treasures. After a 1930's era edict from the city of San Francisco mandated the closure and removal of all of its cemeteries. The Columbarium was the sole surviving cemetery property available to people of all faiths. Located in the Richmond District, the Columbarium and the adjacent Franciscan Room and Fountain Court are still the only active non-denominational cemetery properties in the City of San Francisco.
In the 1980's, the Neptune Society of Northern California took stewardship of this historical treasure. After extensive renovation, the Columbarium is once again a gleaming example of neo-classical splendor. Long established as the final resting place of choice for the city’s elite, walking through the Columbarium is like reading an epic historical novel with each personalized niche a unique chapter.
If you are interested in being involved in this Garden, please write us at goibayarea@live.com or goisanfrancisco@hotmail.com
We are looking for a designer to design small boxes that are uniformed in size for cremains for our niche at the collumbarium.
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| Elissa Davey, Founder and Dr. Neteria Carroll, Director |
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DONATE TODAY AT:
GARDEN OF INNOCENCE BAY AREA
P.O. BOX 320292 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132
EMAIL US TODAY AT
goibayarea@live.com
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| CURRENT GARDEN REPRESENTATIVES |
Director and Records Coordinator:
Mike Gun
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COORDINATOR:
ROMY Queveda MASTER KNIGHT FROM ST. JOHNS
Email & Mass Mailing Coordinator:
CHRISTINE DOUGLAS nightbrd@yahoo.com
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