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The Journey Continues: Preserving a Place of Hope 

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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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Seeing the Champion in Others 

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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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PHFC new history book released, chronicling six decades of growth, transformation

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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 earns national recognition

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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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PHFC receives grant from Honda to enhance safety at Union Village

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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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PHFC dedicates Felicia Ayers Storey Playground

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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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Ascension Leadership Academy seniors make history with scholarship earnings

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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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Capital campaign strengthens the heart of our historic campus

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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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PHFC honored with two national mission awards

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The Presbyterian Home for Children has received national recognition for its faithful service and life-changing ministry, earning two prestigious mission awards from the Methodist Ministries Network (MMN). The honors celebrate both outstanding individual leadership and the collective impact of the Home’s outreach to vulnerable children and families across Alabama. Sharon Moore, Vice President of Transitional…
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Suzanne Cornett named Director of Development

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Presbyterian Home for Children is pleased to announce the appointment of Suzanne Cornett as Director of Development. In this role, Cornett will lead the organization’s donor relations, fundraising campaigns, and strategic growth initiatives to support PHFC’s mission of serving at-risk children, young adults and families at and from the historic campus in Talladega, Ala. Cornett brings more than 25 years of experience in communications, storytelling, and relationship-building….
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