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What’s the Summer Hunger Crisis? More than 21 million students in the U.S. receive free or reduced-price meals during the school year. But when school ends, hunger starts for millions. That’s because only 15% of children have access to summer food programs, leaving 18 million kids hungry during summer break. How Does the Summer Hunger Crisis Affect […]
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One of my kids’ favorite summer activities is a dinner picnic. It’s a simple thing—we’ll often just spread a blanket in the backyard—but they think it’s the absolute best. As I pack those picnic baskets full of food, I often take for granted a major blessing: My kids have more than enough food to nourish
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After fleeing an abusive relationship in another state, Mary* and her two daughters were essentially homeless in Franklin. They found a local hotel, but that was an expensive option. Mary started a new job in April and found an affordable apartment, but despite working overtime as often as she could, she did not have quite
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A few days after Andrew started a new job, his son Edward attempted suicide. After his son was released from the hospital, Andrew realized he had to leave his job and stay home with him. Edward isn’t Andrew’s biological son. Edward and his two siblings are the biological children of Andrew’s ex-girlfriend who abandoned them
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Pearls are made in wildly messy circumstances. They are in oysters at the bottom of an ocean or river under mud and muck. Then, a threat enters their shell. Something as small as a grain of sand invades the oyster. That is when the magic starts! The oyster smothers the threat with this almost miraculous
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Maybe it is my Southern raising, but I firmly believe that my welcome mat sets the tone for the experience in my home. There is something about laying a new welcome mat that gets me excited. I imagine all the people who will walk through that threshold into fellowship, chats, hugs, and meals. GraceWorks has
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She lost her job about the same time her husband of 15 years unexpectedly filed divorce papers. She lost her home because her name was not on the house mortgage. She has found another job that she loves but the pay is considerably less. She has custody of their 10-year-old daughter two weeks a month
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Six years ago, Mia was living a normal life as a suburban mom in Franklin. She went to the gym, took care of her family, and was friends with the other moms at her son’s school. But things at home were strained. Bit by bit her relationship with her husband was unraveling, until one day
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As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of GraceWorks, we’ve been looking back on untold stories—stories like Katie’s. Her life was transformed because of your generosity. When Katie found out she was pregnant, she had no family nearby to lean on, and she struggled to keep up with rent and bills. That’s when she reached out
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GraceWorks does many big things, such as providing monthly shopping carts full of food, helping with a family’s rent, and paying off an overdue utility bill before disconnection. But GraceWorks staff and volunteers do many little things that make a family’s experience at GraceWorks a dignified and compassionate one. Last month, single mom Patti brought
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