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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 […]

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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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We’re celebrating a baptism, new foster families, and more.

Dear Palmer Home supporters, Thank you for bringing hope to the children at Palmer Home through your selfless gifts. Your donations are making real-world differences in the lives of vulnerable children. Here a few of the highlights we celebrated during the last quarter: We recently welcomed a young man into our Transitional Care program, bringing the […]

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We’ve been scouted.

Palmer Home for Children is featured in the latest issue of the Scout Guide of Memphis. Have you heard the news? We’ve been scouted. The Scout Guide Memphis Volume 10 has launched, and we’re honored to have the annual Shotguns & Sunflowers Soiree benefiting Palmer Home featured among so many other esteemed organizations and creators. […]

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Leading Children Through Fearful and Uncertain Situations

How to Speak to Kids about Current Events During the coronavirus pandemic, many children went back to school only to be sent home for virtual learning days later, uncertain when they would get to return in-person. Today, they may be watching the news and trying to make sense of the current situation in the Middle […]

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The Power of People-First Language in Trauma-Informed Organizations

In recent years, there has been a significant shift in the way trauma-informed organizations talk about and approach trauma, and for good reason. The rise of trauma-informed care and practices has led to a greater understanding of how trauma affects individuals and the importance of creating safe and supportive environments for healing. At the heart […]

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2023 Shotguns & Sunflowers Soiree Raises Nearly $325k for Palmer Home

Last week amid an unexpected summer rainstorm, hundreds of Memphians joined us at the exclusive Memphis Hunt & Polo Club for the 2023 Shotguns & Sunflowers Soiree presented by Simmons Bank. While the weather outside may have been dreary, the atmosphere inside was anything but. The venue was decorated beautifully thanks to stunning floral arrangements […]

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Palmer Home is Seeking Mission-Focused, Servant Minded Houseparents

Are you called to serve the vulnerable? Do you have a special place in your heart for children in need? Do you long to serve God’s children through love, service, and family? If these questions resonate with you, we ask you to place these things before the Lord and to consider whether or not you and […]

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Supporter Spotlight: Kerri Sowell Uses Nursing Skills for Jonah’s Journey

Kerri Sowell remembers fondly when Jonah’s Journey was in its beginning stages. As a trusted nurse, she was called to help Jonah when he had a cough. After that moment, Kerri began fielding more phone calls with questions from caregivers and birthmothers. When Jonah’s Journey officially launched in 2008, Kerri fondly remembers sitting in a […]

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Soaring Nashville Housing Market Leaves Crisis for Women with Criminal Record

For homeowners in Nashville, Tennessee, the current housing market offers an incredible return on their investment. For mothers in Nashville who placed a child with Jonah’s Journey while they completed a prison sentence, the market offers a major barrier to creating a stable life with their child. In 2017, Zillow ranked Nashville as the #1 […]

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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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Jonah’s Journey is Participating in The Big Payback

The Big Payback annual giving day is returning on Wednesday, May 2, and Jonah’s Journey is excited to take part in this monumental event. The Big Payback, hosted by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, is a community-wide giving day that celebrates Middle Tennessee’s spirit of generosity and supports the life-changing work of area nonprofits. Kicking […]

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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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Meet Allyson, Jonah’s Journey Caseworker.

Meet Allyson Greene, Jonah’s Journey Caseworker. Allyson officially joined the Jonah’s Journey staff in 2014, but Jonah’s Journey has been a part of her own story for many years.  When she was a teen, her family became among the first to get involved with the ministry as voluntary caregivers to children in need. As such, […]

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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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