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| OUR FOUNDERS ELISSA DAVEY & DR. PASTOR NETREIA CARROLL PhD. |
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| Dominic Carnevale, Vice President |
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Our Officers and Volunteers
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Garden of Innocence was founded by a wonderful group of people in San Diego, California in 1998. Elissa Davey's compassionate vision began to unfold. After reading an article about a baby boy who was found in a trash can on a local college campus in Chula Vista, California. Elissa decided to take action and do something about it. Many times, too often, we run across stories like these, only to think about it for a short time and eventually forget and move on with our daily lives.
This little baby constantly pricked the heart of Elissa for over a month, not allowing her to "forget". Finally she called the San Diego County Medical Examiner to obtain more information about the status of the little baby she had read about. She was politely informed that the little baby boy was still there waiting to be claimed. She was told If no one comes to claim him he would go into an unmarked grave at Mt. Hope Cemetery?. Elissa asked the San Diego County Medical Examiner to explain to her the proper procedures on claiming an abandoned baby? He said, "Show me you have a dignified place to put him!"
Approximately one year later, a "Dignified Place" was established. Since that time every baby declared abandoned or unidentified in the San Diego County has been released to Garden of Innocence. Garden of Innocence/San Diego is our first garden, leading the way to start other gardens so no other infant is sent home without someone who cared.
Dr. Pastor Netreia Carroll, (known as Mother Theresa of San Diego) has partnered with Elissa Davey to set the grounds for Gardens in every state and around the world. Her insight and care for the underprivileged has given her a great compassion to do what is right. Her mission is to bury the dead, serve the sick, feeds the poor, and aid those who are in need - worldwide. She has a positive outlook on everything God has created and she reaches out to those, through her ministry, that need it most of all.
Dr. Carroll pastors the Shabach House Ministries in San Diego, and also is the founder and president of three non-profit 501©3 organizations. Shaback Inc, Mother Theresa San Diego Inc, and Shabach International Ministries (www.shabach.org). Dr Carroll owns two businesses, Affordable Publishing (A full service Christian book publishing company), and Crown and Glory (Hair and Nail salon). She holds a bachelor degree in Science and doctorate in Religious Arts and Biblical Studies. Pastor Carroll has two adult biological children, one adopted adult Eritrean daughter, and her two added ?heartbeats?, as she
calls them; twin boys. She is a television station channel 10 leadership award recipient, Ms Southern California 1998, and is being honored by the City of San Diego with a proclamation honoring a day in her name in remembrance for all her hard work serving the community.
Pastor Dr. Netreia Carroll PhD.
(760) 415-5724
Elissa Davey is a Realtor for Real Living Lifestyles Real Estate and sells homes in the San Diego area. She does more then sell the home. She makes each client her friend. She helps them paint, pack and move in. She offers her home to those in transition and moves them in with her until their home is ready. She goes the extra mile. She is also a Practitioner with Church of Religious Science and is an ordained non denominational minister. She doesn't want to be a minister with a church, she just wants to marry, bury and mentor.
She has two sons Michael & Dominic and two grandsons. She loves to spend her free time doing genealogy and helping others trace their own roots. She recently completed her dream of going to England to "Walk Where They Walked". She has felt a connection with England since she was young and now realizes that her Cornish roots run deeper into her soul then she had expected. She felt like she had come home.
She also works as a volunteer with RAOGK.com (Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness). Here she helps people find their family connections as her act of kindness.
She assists Dr. Carroll in many of her community outreach programs, especially when it is giving food and other needed items to the less fortunate.
She likes to work on her little house to make it feel like a welcoming place to come.
Every summer she takes her two grandsons, Mikey and Sam on a "Grandma and Us Adventure" and teaches them about camping and the history of California. This is her favorite part of the summer. She also is an active member of the Kiwanis of Oceanside and participates in many causes that benefit children and the community. She started an Annual Car Show during Oceanside Harbor Days each September to raise money to benefit children's charities.
Elissa Davey
760-415-9018
edavey@cox.net
www.Iwantabuyahome.com
Both of these women are focused on helping others and especially those babies who are now lying in the Garden and those who will one day need a place to rest. We welcome you to open your arms and welcome a Garden of Innocence in the city you live in. Please feel free to give us a call or send us an email at the numbers below, so that we can help you get started with a Garden of Innocence National in your area.
Dominic Carnevale has been an ongoing supporter of Garden of Innocence San Diego and was excited to join the volunteers for Garden of Innocence National. He has brought great insight into the group and is a great asset to the team.
Dominic is a is Vice President of Dynamik Inc. in San Diego and also holds a real estate brokers license, as well as an entrepreneur in his own right.
He recently attended a film festival in Palo Alto with Elissa Davey to view a documentary that was made by Documentary film student, Carolina Kondo for her Masters Degree on Elissa and her walk through this mission.
Many thanks to the following people, who were instrumental in helping start Garden of Innocence/San Diego, which lead to the need for a garden in every state. I know I got most of the credit for starting the garden, but you were there the first day and deserved as much credit as me. Together, we started Garden of Innocence and we are blessed with the growth of National because of people like you that stepped forward to do what was right.
Elissa
Sandra Scott
Tony Cannon
Susan Cannon
Rebecca Melendez
Kelly Paradise
Martha Holloway
Ken Holloway
Thank you all so very much
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