Growing Hope

Help a bright young boy create lasting summer memories.

Woodrow is a bright, resilient boy in foster care who loves math, solving problems, and learning new things. He is curious, thoughtful, and hardworking, always striving to do his best in school and in life. For children in foster care, opportunities like camp can be especially meaningful. Camp offers a safe, supportive environment where children can grow, connect with others, and discover new strengths.

Your support can help cover camp fees and related expenses, making this incredible opportunity possible for Woodrow. Together, we can give him a summer filled with friendship, adventure, growth, and hope.

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At Growing Hope, we work hard every day to support children and families across South Carolina. One of the most critical times of a young person's life is when they are aging out of the foster care system. This is why Leaphart Place was built 20 years ago. To provide safe housing coupled with support. Mental health therapy, budgeting, cooking, obtaining a G.E.D., managing social relationships, etc. There are not nearly enough places for these kids to land, but we know we wouldn't exist either without our generous funders.

Thank you to the Lipscomb Foundation for grant funds supporting these young people in building their skills and education to be successful independently!

Thank you to Dominion Energy for funds to cover rent gaps and ensure immediate and uninterrupted mental health services!

Thank you Carolina Children's Home for supporting Leaphart Place, year in and year out, ensuring every young person we serve has the resources they need to thrive.

Thank you Amazon for donating food so our residents have full bellies for work and school.

Thank you to all in our community who have contributed to Leaphart Place, in the past or considering support in the future. Leaphart is a reflection of how incredibly beautiful community can be and how powerful it is when we come together.

If you would like to learn more or donate to support these young adults who have aged out of foster care, explore more here!

Midlands Gives is live, and we would be so grateful for your support.

At Growing Hope, we work every day to provide safety, stability, and hope for children, youth, and families across the Midlands. Through programs like Strengthening Families, Family Resource Connection and Preservation Services, and Leaphart Place, we walk alongside people during some of the hardest moments in their lives and help create a softer place to land.

There are so many deserving nonprofits to support today, and we would be honored to be one of them. Even a gift of $5 can make a meaningful difference and help us continue this important work.

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Support Growing Hope on Midlands Gives The mission of Growing Hope is to center children, support families, and brighten our communities with hope! We believe in transforming child welfare with innovation and courage so every child and family is safer, stronger, and more hopeful.Growing Hope provides an array

Leaphart Place residents are doing the hard work of building independence: showing up, setting goals, and taking steps forward. But there’s one practical barrier that stops a lot of progress: transportation.

Driver’s Ed is a game-changer. A license can mean getting to a job interview, making it to a shift, keeping a doctor’s appointment, or simply not having to depend on someone else to get through the day. It costs $400 to sponsor one resident through Driver’s Ed. Every donation ($5, $20, $50) adds up. Every share helps us reach someone who can give. This is truly a community effort.

If you’re able, donate using: wearegrowinghope.org/donate

Let’s help someone get the keys to their next chapter.

Calling all Richland, Lexington, and Sumter families!!

Have you heard about the Strengthening Families Program (SFP)? Anyone can sign up to be part of this experience designed to build up relationships and communication within families so that the family unit and everyone in it is stronger. Let’s face it, it’s hard being a kid and it’s hard being a parent! This free program (with giveaways, a meal & childcare!!) helps make it a little less hard.

Find out more at https://www.wearegrowinghope.org/strengthening-families and register today!