Running to Impact!

Running to Impact!

Wellroot nurtures happy, healthy families.

Foster Care is a program that recruits, trains, and equips families to provide stable and nurturing homes to children from birth to 21 years of age who have been removed from their homes.

Stacy and Todd Wallace fostered Calvin and Brian for four years. The Wallaces were a source of encouragement for their father and practiced partnership parenting to grow a relationship with him and promote reunification for the boys. Everyone was so excited when Calvin and Brian were finally reunified with their dad, and they still talk daily. “We are so thankful that God has allowed us to maintain a relationship with the boys and to build a relationship with Dad,” said foster mom, Stacy Wallace. Stacy and Todd continue building new family traditions as an extended family for Calvin, Brian, and their father. In 2022, they enjoyed cheering on the Georgia Bulldogs for their spring game, attending Wellroot’s FamFest event at Six Flags, and making new memories during their annual weeklong trip to Daytona Beach Shores.

Healthy Families North Georgia is a home-visitation program for mothers, who are expecting or have a newborn, and supports them through the first three years of the child’s life to promote child wellbeing and prevent abuse and neglect.

Chastity is a 16-year-old junior in high school who had her new baby boy in September and was referred to Wellroot’s Healthy Families North Georgia™ program. Chastity is working hard with help from her Wellroot family support specialist. She has enrolled back into high school and obtained a job to be able to provide for her son. With little family support, Chastity is thankful for Wellroot’s support services to help her be the best mother she can be as she makes a healthy home for herself and her son.

No matter the age, every child deserves the benefits of a loving, compassionate, and nurturing home. That is why proceeds raised from the Duluth Donut Dash 5k directly benefit Wellroot Family Services. Learn more about Wellroot at wellroot.org.

 

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