EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Rev. Brandon Miles Mobile, Moderator
Mr. Mark Feagin Birmingham, Immediate Past Moderator
Ms. Lisa deShazo Mobile, Vice Moderator
Mr. David Perry Birmingham, Treasurer
Ms. Carol Copeland Athens, Secretary
Mr. John W. Haley, Esq. Birmingham, Legal Counsel
Dr. Joyce Pettis Huntsville, Member At Large
Rev. Christie Ashton Huntsville
Mr. Ted Autterson W. Columbia, SC
Mr. David Ayers Mobile
Ms. Millie Chastain Talladega
Ms. Cathy DeLozier Vestavia
Ms. Amy Dickerson Homewood
Mr. George Fritsma Trussville
Mr. Jeff Hicks Montrose
Rev. David Jamison Dothan
Olivia enjoys using the swings on the Presbyterian Home for Children’s campus with her sons Zayvion, left, and Adrian, right. Read about how she found the Secure Dwellings program on Page 6. ON THE COVER
John Myers Foley
Rev. Robin Palmer Madison
Rev. Bob Phelps Albertville
Mr. Uhland Redd IV Florence
Rev. Madison Roberts Mountain Brook
Rev. Joseph Scrivner, Ph.D. Tuscaloosa
Mr. Scott Weldon Mobile
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Ms. Kelly Elmore, Decatur
Ms. Mary Otulana, Homewood
Ms. Christi Robinson, Huntsville
Ms. Brenda Uptain, Talladega
Mr. Chuck Williams, Hiram, GA Rev. Jonathan Yarboro, Wetumpka
Rev. Tom Lewis Madison
Ms. Regan Liggins Vestavia
Mr.
Stephani Burton and Doug Marshall with the EAGLE Review Team during their visit in September.
PHFC RESTORES HISTORIC CAMPUS TO SHELTER AND
INSPIRE
The Home has invested time and funds to ensure the infrastructure behind the historic brick walls in our cottages on campus can continue to serve children and families in need as they have for more than a century.
A new ramp leads up to Whitfield Cottage. Cedar shutters line the windows and shiny black gutters hug the roof line of Uptain Cottage. These stand as living proof of what faithful restoration can achieve.
But more restoration is needed to continue the Home’s mission of housing vulnerable children and families with nowhere to go.
This fall, the Home is asking for pledges to help make significant improvements to the historic buildings where moms and children and young adult women call home.
Many new families and young female adults are moving onto campus to find stability and safety through our Secure Dwellings and Transition to Adult Living programs. We can help more when we renovate more properties.
A
NEW GENERATION
The Home has been blessed with funds from churches that have been used for our renovations so far. First Decatur’s legacy of faith and service provided funds for new kitchen cabinets, roof repairs, and custom exterior shutters that uplift vulnerable families like Olivia and her two young boys who live in the First Decatur cottage today. These renovations will bless at-risk moms and children who live there for generations to come.
The Home also used First Decatur funds for much-needed driveway and parking improvements around our cottages as well as our playground renovation.
The playground and a pavilion are being built at the site of our former swimming
pool to serve as an outdoor haven for children and their mothers living on campus in our Secure Dwellings program. It is being named in memory of Felicia Ayers Storey, a devoted leader whose nearly 40 years of service to the Home left a lasting mark of compassion and faith.
Generous support from the Alex W. and Sue A. Newton Foundation, Jane Newton, the Clark and Kelly Hammond Family Fund, and several anonymous donors helped make this meaningful playground project possible. This new space will not only bring joy to the children we serve but also stand as a lasting reminder that every child deserves a place to play, laugh, and belong. YOU CAN HELP RESTORE LIVES BY GIVING TO RESTORE OUR HISTORIC CAMPUS AT ONE OF THE LEVELS BELOW!
RECEIVED MAY 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 2025
MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER WITH THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN CAPITAL LETTERS FOLLOWED BY THE DONORS’ NAMES.
RECEIVED MAY 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 2025
MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER WITH THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN CAPITAL LETTERS FOLLOWED BY THE DONORS’ NAMES.
HONOR GIFTS
HONORARIUM CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER WITH THE NAME OF THE HONOREE IN CAPITAL LETTERS FOLLOWED BY THE DONORS’ NAMES AND, IF STATED, THE OCCASION. RECEIVED MAY 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 2025
SPECIAL HONORS
In Celebration 0f the Wedding of BRENDA UPTAIN AND NEAL MCGARITY
Sidney Thompson
In Honor & in Memory of ALL THE SOULS INVOLVED WITH FIRST PRESBYTERIAN TALLASSEE OVER THE YEARS Friends in Christ First Presbyterian Church of Tallassee
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