John Parker and Steve Rook with the Parker-Rook Group at Merrill share how their investment makes a difference

Youth Villages kicked off its annual Holiday Heroes campaign this week with the help of the Tennessee Titans. Players, staff and their family members joined the organization to transform an empty office space into a holiday workshop, which will be filled with thousands of donated toys over the next few weeks.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Youth Villages kicked off their annual “Holiday Heroes” campaign on Tuesday morning. Youth Villages is a non-profit that helps foster families.

Youth Villages held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Inner Harbour campus in Douglasville to commemorate two milestones. The organization celebrated the 15th anniversary of its merger with Inner Harbour

Meet Thomas (he/him/his), a 19-year-old coastal North Carolina native who is now crushing his goals thanks to the LifeSet program.

At the beginning of their journey with Youth Villages, Donna felt she had reached the very end of the road and didn’t know what else to do. “I was on I-85 and thinking to myself, I could end it all right now,” Donna said.

DAYTON, Ohio– Dayton-area children with emotional, mental or behavioral health challenges and their families can now receive intensive in-home help through a new partnership among health care organizations.

When children are removed from their homes, a priority when finding the right foster family is to place them in a home of the same culture. Unfortunately, due to the limited number of foster homes available at any given time, a cultural match is not guaranteed.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A man tells us his story puts him in a unique position to help others in the most formative years of their lives. The number of people he’s helped is nothing short of staggering.

Mari entered the foster care system at just 9 years old when she was removed from her mother’s care. She was put in an emergency foster home before being placed with her father and his girlfriend.