The Children's Home - PS Complete!

My first project as Project Sunshine Coordinator for The Forgotten Initiative is complete! Most of all I cannot say enough how grateful I am for all the volunteers, donations, and prayers we had for this project. It would not have been possible without all of your help!

Here are the before pictures. There are two separate rooms, a family style room and a nursery style room. These rooms are used for family visiting rooms when foster children get to visit with their biological siblings and when children are brought in to get placed with foster families, this is where they wait and play. We pray that these rooms can be a source of comfort and security for these children during a very frightening time in their lives.

The family room before: white walls, broken toys, no window treatments, worn down furniture...



This is the nursery room before: white walls, no window treatments, worn down toys...



Through the help of volunteers we got furniture donated (Martin Furniture) as well as help assembling boughten furniture, walls painted, rooms cleaned, and closets organized. Over 25 volunteers worked together throughout this project.


The finished project. Presenting the family room!





And the nursery!



We also had a toy/diaper drive for the Children's Home where we got most of the toys seen in the pictures as well as diapers/wipes to stock their closets with. The children will be so excited!

And we couldn't have done it without the help of these two wonderful designers - Amber Reatherford and Teresa Nelson! Thanks girls! It was great working with you!


God has blessed me greatly from being involved in this project. Even though we were all quite exhausted by the end of the week, I am so renewed and excited to begin our next Project Sunshine. The need for these makeovers are incredible in our surrounding foster care agencies. And hearing the kids' stories that will get to experience the rooms makes it all worth it. One child who was nearby as the project was being completed asked if they could be picked up Monday so that they could be the first to play in the new room! Priceless! God is great and worthy of honor and praise! If you are interested in helping with a future Project Sunshine - Please email me at jill@theforgotteninitiative.org or visit The Forgotten Intiative at www.theforgotteninitiative.org or on facebook and learn of our upcoming needs. There are many initiatives and ways to serve the forgotten in our foster care community!