For months, children at Palmer Home have practiced for Palmer Home’s Third Annual Horse Show, held each year in late September. This year, forty-two children from the age of two to seventeen participated in the horse show. The youngest participants started the day off with a costume contest, while the most advanced riders participated in […]
High Definition Salon and Spa owner Holly Davis, along with stylists Misty Rivera and Heather Howell, have cut hair for the children of Palmer Home’s Hernando campus for many years. When they opened High Definitions Salon and Spa in March of this year, they all knew they wanted to do even more to help the […]
Bright red poinsettias are as much a part of Christmas as the Christmas tree. Each year over 63 million pots of poinsettias will be sold in the United States, a small portion of them from Palmer Home’s Hope Grows greenhouses. Palmer Home children plant the poinsettias during the last few months of summer—usually July or […]
For Lynne Mendrop and her family, the hardest part of being a Palmer Home sponsor family is not getting to see the children they sponsor often enough. “I hate we don’t live closer,” Lynne said, “I wish we could spend more time with them.” She believes people often misunderstand what the sponsorship program is. It’s […]
After just two distribution periods, Palmer Home Thrift Stores announces a 400% increase in their Corners of Your Field initiative. Corners of Your Field, launched earlier this year, allows churches to earn gift cards to Palmer Thrift Stores based on donations to the thrift store from members of the congregation. Churches earn a credit of […]
Every year, over 22,000 young people age out of state-run foster care programs across America. Statistics tell a grim story about the future of these 18-20 year olds as they leave the system and begin life on their own. Studies show that 6.5% of these young people will face jail time and/or homelessness within their […]
Everyone has a story. At Palmer Home for Children, our story has many parts. It spans more than 120 years of compassionate care for “the least of these” in response to the words of Christ recorded in Matthew 25. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” […]
Schools across the South started back over the last couple of weeks with schools across the country soon to follow. The start of school brings with it the excitement of seeing friends again and the stability of a daily routine. However, school isn’t always an exciting time for all students. We recently caught up with […]
In 2013, Palmer Home for Children formed a plan to address the specific educational needs of a few of their children. Out of this plan was born the Palmer Home School on their Columbus, Mississippi Campus. In their first year, the school served 6 students who benefitted from the small size and one-on-one nature of […]
For years, research has shown students’ reading skills regress during the summer months. Often, Palmer Home children arrive already behind from years of frequent moves and inconsistent school attendance. Our children can’t afford to get any further behind. Last year, we opened the Palmer Home School (you can read about it in the Fall 2015 […]
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