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🎶 Breaking News: Mustache the Band to Headline the 20th Annual Mudbug Bash 🎶

Get ready to kick up your boots and dance the night away, because Mustache the Band is set to bring the house down at the 20th Annual Mudbug Bash, presented by Sky Lake Construction! This year’s musical lineup just got a whole lot groovier, as the renowned party band takes center stage for an unforgettable […]

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Celebrating Two Decades of Giving: The 20th Annual Mudbug Bash Benefitting Palmer Home for Children

Each year, hundreds gather in downtown Hernando to celebrate Palmer Home for Children and our mission to provide hope and healing to children in need. This year, we’re grateful to celebrate our 20th Annual Mudbug Bash presented once again by Sky Lake Construction. This much-anticipated event will feature great food, great music, great fun, and, […]

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Meet the Team: Abby Gray, Palmer School Teacher

We sat down with Abby Gray, a Palmer School teacher, to learn more about her background in education, her passion for teaching, and what brought her to Palmer Home. Read below to learn more about Abby, Palmer School, and ways you can get involved to support the children and students we serve. Tell us a […]

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Empowering Students with Unique Challenges: The Role of Palmer School in Academic Success

Palmer Home for Children seeks to provide restorative environments for children and young adults who may face challenging circumstances. Children with ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) are significantly more likely to struggle academically due to having unmet needs that shift their focus. At Palmer School, our goal is to create and cultivate a safe and supportive […]

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Unveiling Hope: Palmer Home for Children’s 2024 Calendar Featuring Heartwarming Photos is Here

Introducing the 2024 Palmer Home for Children Calendar Palmer Home for Children is excited to announce the release of our much-anticipated 2024 calendar. This special edition is not just a collection of dates; it’s a celebration of the strength, courage, and joy that define the remarkable children in our care. Each page of the calendar […]

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An Update from Palmer Home: Music Lessons, New Foster Families, & More

Thank you for helping bring hope and healing to the children at Palmer Home through your selfless gifts. Your donations are making real-world differences in the lives of vulnerable children. Here are a few of the highlights we celebrated during this year: We welcomed several new babies and mothers into our Family Care program. Our dedicated […]

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Thanks to You, Emma is Home for the Holidays This Christmas

On Christmas morning, four-year-old Emma will wake up in her own bed, in her own room, in her forever home. She’ll open presents and celebrate Christmas with her family, just as every child should, because you supported Palmer Home. This holiday season, will you help us give the gift of home to more children like […]

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Celebrate Giving Tuesday with Palmer Home

This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking for the generous support of those seeking to make a difference in the lives of children and families in need. Will you join our mission? MAKE A DONATION FOR GIVING TUESDAY   What is Giving Tuesday? If you support or follow a nonprofit organization, chances are that you may see […]

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How to Support Palmer Home This Giving Tuesday

Every year, Giving Tuesday serves as a powerful reminder of the impact we can make in the lives of those less fortunate. This global day of charitable giving, which falls on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is a chance for individuals and organizations to come together and support causes that are close to their hearts. […]

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Give Thanks by Giving Back

Thanks to partners like you, dozens of children will spend this Thanksgiving in a safe, secure home, surrounded by family. I want you to know just how impactful your gifts to Palmer Home are by sharing one child’s story with you – how your gifts have provided Kyle hope and a home this holiday season. […]

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New State Laws Ease Restrictions on Employment for Residents with Criminal Record

The majority of Americans skim over the little black box on employment applications that asks applicants to mark if they have a criminal history. For the nearly one-third of Americans with a criminal record, however, this one question causes hesitation. For a woman anticipating release from the Tennessee Prison for Women and reunification with the […]

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Respite Caregivers Provide Support to Newly Released Mothers, Full-Time Caregivers

Rosie McClurkan laughs as she talks about the disparity between her long-time career as an auditor for the Tennessee Department of Revenue and her weekend work as a respite caregiver for Jonah’s Journey. Despite the vast differences, both areas prove to be fulfilling and fruitful. “If I can do this, anybody can do this,” says […]

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What Happens After Incarceration?

Just as every mother’s path to Jonah’s Journey is different, so is her path when her incarceration ends. Many women leave incarceration with nothing at all – no clothes, home, money, job, or support system. With help from Jonah’s Journey, she will have her most basic needs met, love and support from a team, and […]

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How Jonah’s Journey Brings Hope for Families of Opioid Crisis

If you do a quick internet search of “opioid use and foster care crisis,” you’ll find page after page of articles lamenting the children whose families and safety have become casualties of the rise in opioid addiction that has recently been declared a national crisis. Startling statistics detail the increased need for foster care corresponding […]

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Tidings of Comfort and Joy

God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ our Saviour Was born upon this day, To save us all from Satan’s power When we were gone astray: O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy, O tidings of comfort and joy. You’ve no doubt heard or perhaps even sung the […]

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Meet Christy, Home Study Specialist

Meet Christy Johnston, Jonah’s Journey Home Study Specialist. Christy has been with Jonah’s Journey for 2.5 years.  Having grown up in the Nashville area, she loves being able to serve the community that she knows so well.  Christy resides in Goodlettsville with her husband of 15 years, John, and their son Graycen (10) and daughter […]

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Families in Crisis: How Mothers Find Jonah’s Journey

Susan Moffitt’s phone rings at 9 p.m. on a Tuesday night. Child Protective Services is with a family that includes two children whose mother in need of a drug treatment program. They’ve offered her an opportunity to voluntarily place the children in temporary care instead of state foster care. As Susan gathers the paperwork the […]

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Jonah’s Journey featured by Nashville Sounds

The Nashville Sounds lead the nation in attendance at minor league baseball games this year, and recently the team used their audience to raise awareness for Jonah’s Journey. Each year the Nashville Sounds hold four Faith and Family Fun Nights. They use the nights to share their platform with Nashville area ministries. “Any time we […]

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Tools for Back to School

Crisp, unwrinkled notebook paper, sharp, smooth pencils, brightly colored binders and piles of glue sticks are just a few of the things we love about back to school. The unwritten, newness of a coming school year offers excitement and hope to many students and parents. For foster children who may be entering yet another new […]

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Meet Amber, Jonah’s Journey Caseworker

Meet Amber McClurkan, Jonah’s Journey Caseworker. Amber joined the Jonah’s Journey family in November of 2015 as a bright addition to our staff.  She grew up in Cookeville, just around the corner from our home office, and graduated from Tennessee Tech.  She now lives in East Nashville with her husband David, who is a Nurse […]

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