A key component of Whole Child Initiative is the Whole Child Review, a meeting that brings together each person who serves the child. The Whole Child Review identifies a child’s strengths and needs. If a child is struggling, team members brainstorm about ways to address their underlying needs to help the child learn and grow. “Instead […]
Throughout the year, mission teams assist Palmer Home with maintenance and beautification work around both the Columbus and Hernando campuses. Their dedication allows us to offer children who come to our campus a beautiful, safe space while focusing more of our resources on the children’s needs. Mission teams and Palmer Partners, like Chad Robertson, owner […]
The Big Payback annual giving day is returning on Wednesday, May 2, and Palmer Home Family Care 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 […]
Spring is here and the promise of new life is evident in fresh and tangible ways. Outside we see birds building nests to give shelter to their delicate eggs, flower buds popping up ready to flood the landscape with vibrant colors and scents, and even determined blades of grass pushing up through cracks in the […]
Crawfish, music, and spring mean it’s time for Palmer Home’s annual MudBug Bash in Hernando, Mississippi. Voted the #1 charity event by Desoto’s Best, MudBug kicks off Desoto’s spring party season on Saturday, April 14, 2018. The Mudbug Bash is a festive Southern-styled outdoor event filled with great food, libations, live music and the spirit […]
An education is one of the most valuable tools we have to offer the children who come to Palmer Home. It has the power to create generations of change within families, taking a bleak past and changing it to a future full of hope and possibility. For siblings Lindsay, Jessica, and Jake*, this exciting future […]
As winter wanes and spring approaches, event season is underway at Palmer Home for Children! It’s a particularly exciting time of year for friends of Palmer Home all over north Mississippi, as long-anticipated celebrations take place. On March 29th, from 6:30 to 10 p.m., the sixth annual Southern Soirée will debut new elements that are […]
“Oh, for a nook and a storybook With tales both new and old. For a jolly good book whereon to look Is better to me than gold.” — Old English Song. Poets, teachers and academics have long stressed the importance of reading as a formative component of young minds. At the Palmer School, teachers encourage […]
Meet Allyson Greene, Family Care Caseworker. Allyson officially joined the Family Care staff in 2014, but Family Care 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, […]
Ask any houseparent at Palmer Home for Children how they discovered the job, and you’ll hear a multitude of answers. For the Conners family, a flyer on the bulletin board outside Southaven Public Library did the trick. “We are from this area, so I had heard about the construction of a campus in Hernando. However, […]
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