Countdown to Connection: 5 Ways to Nurture the Parent-Child Relationship
By Jordan O’Keefe, LMSW #5: Healthy Touch Touch is just one way that parents can show affection, provide comfort, and assure children of their presence and love.…
Join us for “Field of Dreams: The Journey” Family Fun Day on June 26th
Take Me Out to the Ball Field... Upstate Fatherhood Coalition and Thornwell are teaming up to host the 1st annual “Field of Dreams: The Journey” family fun day to be held at Fluor Field…
Facing the Tiger
By Kelli Wild, Director of Building Families How Would You React? If you were walking down the street and saw a tiger coming towards you,…
Help Give Jeremy a Summer to Soar!
Give Jeremy the BEST Summer ever Imagine being 10 years old. Now imagine, at that same age, it’s time to move to somewhere you can be safe. …
Return of Daily Grab N Go Meal Pickups!
Summer Begins Thornwell is excited to announce the return of daily Grab-N-Go meal pickups beginning June 7th. This program is open to all Laurens County…
Too Attached
By Jon Sampson, Thornwell Foster Care Recruiter and Foster Parent How do you do it? As a Thornwell foster care recruiter, I talk to a…
Present Over Perfect
By Jon Sampson, Thornwell Foster Care Recruiter and Foster Parent Foster Parents are Human, too There is a strong belief that foster parents are these perfect, superhero-like people who…
Mission Impact Report for 2020
Touching the Hearts of Others We are honored to share our Ministry Impact Report for 2020. As you read these stories of how you helped…
The First 7 Days of Placement
Setting the Scene It’s a Tuesday night and you’re watching TV with your family while dinner is cooking in the oven. Your spouse gets a…