Our great grandfather, Jack McDonald just lost his battle to cancer. He was an amazing man, serving his whole life in the military, as a teacher and of course as a devoted husband, father and grandfather. Here is a link to his obituary if you would like to learn more about him and his inspirational life's journey. Our family asks that in lieu of flowers, that donations be made to Hives for Lives. We will be sure that your donations are used for research so that eventually no on else has to lose a loved one to this terrible disease.
NEW!!! Check out the H4L segment (2 parts) on "The Greater Goods." Its a TV show on what companies are doing to be more socially and environmentally conscious (like recycling and giving back to the community). Our episode features H4L, Me to We Style (a company that sells T-shirts with positive messages that are manufactured in an ethical manner out of pesticide-free, renewable materials), and FareStart (a culinary institute and restaurant in Seattle that trains homeless and disadvantaged people to work in the food industry). Halogen TV shows in over 12 million homes.
Hi! We are Molly and Carly and we are now 18 and 16. Six years ago our grandfather died from esophogeal cancer. We wanted to do something to remember him and to make sure that others would not get sick and die like he did. We have been beekeepers since we were little, and we figured out that we could actually sell our honey and donate all the money to the help beat cancer. We call our company Hives for Lives, and it is now six years old.
In total we have donated over $170,000 to cancer research with our Local Honey Local Money program. Profits from our sales have gone to the American Cancer Society, the Penn Abramson Cancer Center, the Fox Chase Center, Stanford Hospital, St Jude's, MD Anderson, the Mayo Clinic, Hunstman, Dana Farber, Sloan Kettering and the Susan G Koman for a Cure foundation. We now have over twenty hives of our own hives and many more partner hives. We have been in nine regions in Whole Foods Markets. We are recruiting other kids to sell and raise bees along with us as HELPER BEES. We have sold in more than 30 states! So -- if you love honey, let us know if you want to help!
Check us out on Channelone, a NBC News channel that plays to over 6 million kids at school everyday. It also is on the NBC Nightly News website.
NEWS FLASHES:
We are so happy that Carly was just honored as a Kohl's Kids Who Care Finalist. She was also just named an Ashoka Youth Ambassador. This fall, we will receive the Caring Award in Texas. We were honored with the Guardian Life Girls Going Places Award for entrepreneurism. We also were recognized as Finalists in the Build A Bear Huggable Heroes Contest! We were 2 of 100 ServiceNation Young Leaders and were able to go to NYC to meet some of our nation's most prominent politicians, activists and thought leaders who are concerned with Service.
Last year we were interviewed on CNN as two Young People Who Rock. Check it out here.
We have been honored with the President's Call to Service Award! This award is given out by the President of the US to Volunteers who have done outstanding work to help change lives. We even met President Bush in person! Click here for pics!
We were environmental recipients for the TA Barron Prize. We are so psyched to be named with 9 of our nations most dedicated social and environmental youth entrepreneurs. Read more about this here!
We were also honored to have been selected as the middle school and high school representatives for Pennsylvania for the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, the United States' largest youth recognition program based solely on volunteering! To see more about the awards click here. To see our press release click here.
WHOLE FOODS Vision Day: We spoke at the 2008 Whole Foods Pow Wow Day in Austin, TX. We even got to meet Mr. Mackey. Look for us in all the Whole Foods stores in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, North Atlantic, South, Southern and Northern California and Rocky Mountains.
We are being featured on the most visited Kids and Teen Health Site in the US.
Check out Carly's article in the Kids Health section and Molly's article in the Teens Health section!
Also, check out the really cool slideshow on the site too, just click on the window with the star and our picture!
