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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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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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There’s A Need

Some people listen to Matthew and Melinda Hanley recount their story with Grayson* and Stella*, the two children in their care through Jonah’s Journey, and just shake their heads. “I could never do it,” they say. “Are you kidding me?” “Will you get to adopt them?” “They just don’t get it,” says Matthew. “But it […]

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The Herren Family Story

Lisa Herren is mother to three, including her youngest, Maddie Grace, who joined the family through the ministry that has long since captured Lisa’s heart. Lisa recognizes that she grew up in what she calls “a Jonah’s Journey family” even though she didn’t realize it at the time. She was an only child for 10 years. […]

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Pressing Into The Unknown

It’s a Monday morning. Your mug of coffee has long since gone cold but remains cradled in the palms of your hands. For a year, you’ve been asking God: “Am I really hearing this from you?” Your eyes are fixed upon the open Bible propped up against your knees. You seem to have tunnel vision. All […]

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