The Chamber of Talladega, Lincoln and Munford named the Presbyterian Home for Children the Nonprofit of the Year at their 2026 Chamber Awards on May 12. The Home had a big night at the Chamber awards, with former Board member Millie Chastain being named Citizen of the Year and Ascension Leadership Academy Assistant Director Charles Ponder…
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For Patsy Hollingsworth Deverse, the Presbyterian Home for Children was more than a place to live. It was the place that helped shape the woman she would become. Before her passing in April at age 88, Patsy made one final gift to the Home that had given her so much. Through a $108,000 donation to…
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Every building on the Presbyterian Home for Children campus has witnessed lives being transformed. Names such as Robinson, Whitfield, Ramsey, Uptain and First Decatur are residential cottages which have sheltered children and families facing uncertainty. Over the last 10 years, Johnson Hall has helped young women at risk prepare for independent futures. The chapel has been a place in years past where prayers were offered in moments of joy and heartbreak alike. For more than 158 years,…
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What can a sled dog puppy teach us about leadership and the power of believing in others? For Presbyterian Home for Children President & CEO Doug Marshall, the answer began on a trip to Alaska nearly 15 years ago. While visiting a sled dog kennel and holding a little puppy destined to one day run the Iditarod, Doug experienced…
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The Presbyterian Home for Children has released a new history book, The Journey, documenting the ministry’s remarkable evolution from 1964 through today and continuing the story first told in the Home’s beloved “Blue Book.” The original history book written by Dr. Allen Jacobs, the eighth president, chronicled the first century of the Home’s mission, from its…
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Ascension Leadership Academy’s elementary school has been recognized as an Imagine Nation Schools of Excellence award recipient, a distinction awarded to fewer than 300 schools nationwide for outstanding implementation of educational technology and student learning programs. The private school ministry of the Presbyterian Home for Children received the Schools of Excellence Award from Imagine Learning,…
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The Presbyterian Home for Children announced a $25,000 grant from Honda to support critical sidewalk safety improvements at its Union Village community where residents who are Deaf, Blind, DeafBlind, and multi-disabled receive critical wrap-around services from the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. The contribution will help advance the PHFC’s and AIDB’s work of providing Union Village…
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The Presbyterian Home for Children recently dedicated the new Felicia Ayers Storey Playground, a joyful new space designed to bring healing, hope and moments of peace to at-risk mothers and children living on the Home’s campus as they work toward safety, stability and independence. The playground and pavilion were officially unveiled during a special dedication ceremony…
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Four graduating seniors from Ascension Leadership Academy are making history as each member of the Class of 2026 has earned scholarships to help fund their college education – a first for the school. Together, the students have secured at least $234,500 in scholarship awards, with the potential for additional funding still pending. The scholarship recipients and their…
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For more than a century, the Presbyterian Home for Children has stood as a place of refuge – its red-brick cottages holding stories of healing, second chances, and faith-filled perseverance. Today, behind those historic walls, another chapter is being written. To ensure that the Home can continue serving vulnerable children, young women, and families for generations to come, PHFC has launched a $1.7 million capital campaign focused on strengthening and restoring the heart of our campus. While the buildings carry history…
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