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Fostering Hope 5K Unites Community to Support Mississippi’s Foster Youth

A Community United for Mississippi’s Foster Youth On a bright, sun-filled morning in Ridgeland, Mississippi, our community came together for a powerful cause — the inaugural Fostering Hope 5K Run/Walk. Over 100 participants of all ages and abilities laced up their...

Sunnybrook Announces Leadership Transition

Dear Friends of Sunnybrook, We’re writing to share some important news regarding a leadership transition at Sunnybrook. After more than six years of dedicated and effective service as Executive Director, Dr. Myrle Grate has accepted a new opportunity and will be...

Why Foster Youth Age Out, Not Up

Turning 18 Should Be Exciting—But for Foster Youth, It Often Means Facing the World Alone For most teenagers, turning 18 is a milestone to celebrate. It marks the transition from childhood to adulthood, filled with new opportunities—college, trade school, entering the...
Harry’s Take: My Foster Family Saved My Life

Harry’s Take: My Foster Family Saved My Life

Learning the True Meaning of Family Thinking back on it nearly six decades later, Harry Liggett can describe his home life in nine simple words that hold an ocean of meaning: “Things were not well and life was not good.” At times, Liggett’s household included a...

Win-Win With Sunnybrook: Donate Today, Reduce Your Tax Bill

Win-Win With Sunnybrook: Donate Today, Reduce Your Tax Bill

Every day across Mississippi, the Sunnybrook team provides programs and facilities to help loving families nurture foster children within a stable, Christian environment.  The impact of services like ours has been measured in the most important ways, as the...

Combating Poverty and Socioeconomic Injustice in the City

Combating Poverty and Socioeconomic Injustice in the City

 At Sunnybrook, you will find a classroom filled with sheets of paper taped to the walls, each one written on with different colored sharpies and post-it notes. This is the classroom where Sunnybrook residents come weekly to participate in two courses: Work Life...

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...

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