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Mississippi Pilot Program Offers Driver’s Education for Foster-Care Students

Sunnybrook Children’s Home offers a driver’s education course for its residents. Through a grant from the Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services, Sunnybrook is now expanding the program.

A Christmas Wish List for Transitional-Age Youth: What They Really Need

December often brings on a time of reflection and gratitude. It brings days like Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving that helps kick off the giving season, time with family and friends, shorter days and colder nights, gift-giving, and Christmas. As you gather with...

Giving the Gift of Education and Career Dreams this Christmas

Did you know 3% of foster youth earn a college degree by the age of 26, compared to 30% of their peers who are not in foster care? (Source: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago) That is a large gap considering there are about 369,000 children in foster care...
Trauma’s Traffic

Trauma’s Traffic

Driving in a foreign country can be a daunting task.  No matter how much you prepare before going, once you’re behind the wheel traveling in an unfamiliar environment, you know the rules have changed.  Although you’re legally allowed to drive and can easily...

A Place to Call Home

A Place to Call Home

Andrew stepped in to Emily’s Sunnybrook bedroom to take photos for the magazine shoot. Joyful shouts of the girls playing in the living room echoed throughout the house as he worked to get the perfect shots to tell Sunnybrook’s story. Almost everything in 11 year old...

Stories From the Hill: The Sanks Family

Stories From the Hill: The Sanks Family

Sunset Hill is the hospitality home of Sunnybrook Cares, a ministry supporting foster families.  Michael and Meg Sanks live with their five children in Fort Worth, Texas. Four of their children are biological and one child is adopted through the foster care...

Stories From the Hill: The Walker Family

Stories From the Hill: The Walker Family

Sunset Hill is the hospitality home of Sunnybrook Cares, a ministry supporting foster families.  By Suzanne Walker Lee and I became foster parents in 2015, while we still lived in Clinton, MS. We had one biological daughter, Esther. I worked part-time from home,...

A Sunnybrook Christmas

A Sunnybrook Christmas

As the holiday season rolls in and we make plans for our children, we are continually reminded of what Christmas is all about. We desire for Christmas to be a celebration of God’s gift to the world- Jesus- while also providing practical and special...

CPS Adoption Day Celebration 2019

CPS Adoption Day Celebration 2019

The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services came to Sunnybrook Children's Home to celebrate a record year of adoptions in the state of Mississippi on Saturday, August 24, 2019. Mississippi finalized 657 adoptions this year. The event included food, bounce...

2019 Champions for Children Dinner

2019 Champions for Children Dinner

We hope that you will join us on September 26, 2019 for our 4th Annual Champions for Children Dinner!  This night at The Country Club of Jackson with Guest Speaker Deborah Bryant will feature a silent auction and a dinner celebrating what God has done in the past...

2019 Summer Program

2019 Summer Program

Mr. C.J. Stewart's "Leaders + Followers Class" (part of the Servant Leadership minor within the Education Department at Mississippi College) recently held a fundraiser to raise money plus awareness for kids in the foster care system.  The class eventually voted...

Spring for Sunnybrook

Spring for Sunnybrook

April 11, 2019 from 4:00-8:00 P.M. Support foster families by attending Spring for Sunnybrook, a night at Sunset Hill in Flora, MS. Join us for delicious catering by The Gathering + a silent auction of hot ticket items that you will not want to miss! Bidding closes at...

2018 Champions – Join Us

2018 Champions – Join Us

Join us for our 3rd Annual Champions for Children Dinner on August 11th, 2018 at 6:30 P.M. with guest speaker Congressman Gregg Harper.  Please join us for dinner by Fresh Cut Catering, a jazz trio, and silent auction on our campus at 222 Sunnybrook...

POPS for Sunnybrook

POPS for Sunnybrook

We are often asked, “What can my kids do to help at Sunnybrook?” With Spring Break around the corner, we invite you to participate in the “POPS for Sunnybrook" Project. Our legacy is built by the generosity of friends and families. Perhaps this project will be a...

Jill Freeze at 2017 Champions for Children

Jill Freeze at 2017 Champions for Children

We were honored to have Jill Freeze, a champion for children in various parts of the world, as our guest speaker on Saturday night. Our 2nd Annual Champions for Children was a time of celebration and vision for this upcoming year at Sunnybrook Children's Home. Be sure...

2017 Champions – Join Us

2017 Champions – Join Us

Sunnybrook Children's Home will host its 2nd Annual Champions for Children Dinner on August 12, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. Houseparents and local foster-parents will be honored by the Sunnybrook Family.    Dinner tickets are $75 each. To purchase, simply click...

Sunnybrook Cares

Sunnybrook Cares

With over 6,000 children in Mississippi's foster care system, the need for supporting current foster families is critical. Sunnybrook Cares seeks to create and train church congregations to raise up support systems for foster parents in their given church families....

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