00:11repeat roses is a sustainable social impact service that gives back to people and planet
00:17we take florals that would otherwise wind up in the trash and we pay it forward and
00:22then we close the loop by picking everything up for composting and recycling
00:48I spent seven years as a wedding and event producer and designer and just weekend after
00:55weekend I saw the amount of waste that the events industry creates so the minute that
00:59the lights go on and the guests go home there's a lot of trash behind behind the scenes and I
01:05just it broke my heart every single time to see all the flowers get thrown out in the trash so
01:10I
01:10finally decided to do something about it today we're going to the dwelling place first and we're
01:15working on 30 larger arrangements to send to them where the first step is deconstructing all of the
01:21previously done arrangements and also all the greenery and then separating it by type and then
01:28we put together these beautiful arrangements we send out and they all get delivered in person which
01:35is really lovely we'll be bringing joy and a little bit of of green and happiness so we're
01:41off to dwelling place and we'll see you when we get there
01:58being homeless is such a trauma and to be able to surround the women with love and care and beauty
02:04I think it's so important to their healing one of the things I do every month or every season is
02:10try to make sure that they're all
02:11that the dining room or the the house is festive and has touches of beauty
02:18Sundays are roses day in this kind of transitional housing you it's not always joyful you know and the flowers
02:30they do something to perk it up and because there's always a different arrangement the women never really know what
02:37they're coming home to but they know they're coming home to something special
02:46being a full-time mom being a full-time single mom is really challenging in and of itself but I
02:52think for me it's easy because I wake up every day and I say how am I going to build
02:56this legacy for my daughter I want her to see that you can do well in the world by doing
03:01good in the world
