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Welcome Nina to the team! ❤️ We’re so excited to welcome Nina as our new Volunteer and Youth Engagement Manager. Nina entered foster care as a child and was later adopted. Twenty-one years later, she reunited with her birth mother and came to understand even more deeply how much her mother loved her children. She brings that lived experience alongside her background in psychology, professional experience with young people and families, and a deep love and wisdom for this work. We’re incredibly grateful she’s here. Nina, welcome to Together with Families. ❤️ Let’s go. 🙌 #fostercare #familypreservation #childwelfare #youthdevelopment #togetherwithfamilies

It’s a KinRise kind of night. ❤️ Dinner. Learning. Real conversations. Lots of laughing. And tonight, hand-dyed shirts. Because belonging requires tie-dye. 🤩 KinRise is for high school students growing up with relatives to find their people, discover who they are and build what comes next. Belong. Grow. Lead. Rise. #kinrise #belonging #kinshipcare #youthleadership #community

🚨 MARIETTA, WE NEED SOME HANDS! Winter has officially arrived at the Hub. And by “arrived,” I mean Patrick and Nick helped us move a LOT of winter clothes. 😅 Now we need volunteers to help us switch out summer and get the Hub stocked and ready for families. We have volunteer spots open next Tuesday in Marietta! Bring a friend. Bring your teenager. High school students, this is a great way to get volunteer hours. Come for a little while or stay and help us knock it out. Huge thank you to Patrick and Nick for doing the heavy lifting and getting winter over here. 💪 Okay, who’s in? Comment “I’m in” and we will send you the link.

We just went LIVE again on FOX 5. 🎥 Nina and Ashley shared the WHY behind KinRise and what happens when young people are given a place to belong, grow, lead, and rise. And this program exists because people believed in the vision early. @bhardage and the Jesse Parker Williams Foundation did. ❤️ More LIVE from Together with Families around 2:35 and 3:40. 👀 #youthleadership #kinshipcare #familypreservation #fostercare

Over $60,000 raised. One unforgettable night. ❤️ Our inaugural Night of Belonging was more than we could have imagined! A room full of people who believe poverty should never separate children from their families. Together, we raised over $60,000 to help keep families together! To @bufficolquitt with @addisonjamescollective whose vision and creativity helped bring this beautiful evening to life, and our incredible event committee who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make it happen, thank you. To our keynote speaker @kaylmay Kay Lynn Mayhue who believed and invested in Together with Families when it was just a mom with a minivan, a basement full of supplies and some friends determined to keep families together. To our title sponsor, Cobb EMC Foundation, presenting sponsor, The Cooper Firm, our team, board, volunteers, sponsors, silent auction donors and every person who gave, thank you. To our band for the beautiful music, and Jess Suro Photo Co. for the photography and Alexandra Loulias with Women in Business (Roswell) for your support and capturing these moments and more. And most importantly, to the families who courageously shared some of the hardest chapters of their lives, thank you for trusting us with your stories. These parents were already doing everything they could for their families. What they needed was a community willing to stand beside them and help open doors. Now they’re opening doors for others. This is what belonging looks like. And we’re just getting started. ❤️ As our board director Ev Rutherford said, “to God be the glory.” #collectiveimpact #nightofbelonging

We’ve got steak dinners, wine tastings, hotel stays, signed sports memorabilia, salon packages, restaurants, golf, fitness, home and garden, car detailing, family photography, gift baskets, gift cards… Register, bid online, and if you get outbid, bid again. Get competitive. You can get a great deal, and every dollar raised helps keep children safely with their families and out of foster care. Thank you to all of our amazing sponsors who donated to our auction. And those front-row Hawks tickets?! Auction ends 8:30pm tomorrow night! Comment “Bid” to get the bidding link. Guys. We have it all. #bid #silentauction

A day in the life of a nonprofit working to prevent foster care caused by poverty: Today? Moving a LOT of winter clothes. 😂 Huge thank you to Patrick and Nick for doing the heavy lifting and helping us get winter moved over to the Hub. Now we need volunteers to help us get everything sorted, stocked and ready for families. Come for two hours. Come for one hour. Come for all four. We will happily take you. 😁 📍 Together with Families Hub in Marietta Tuesday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Wednesday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Want to help? Sign up through the link in the comments or just comment I’m in and we’ll get you connected. Winter is officially taking over the Hub. Who’s coming?

DOG PEOPLE. THIS ONE IS FOR YOU. 🐾 Our Night of Belonging Silent Auction is LIVE, and this package from East Cherokee Veterinary Clinic is a good one. You’ll get a basket packed with pet toys, treats and goodies plus $500 in veterinary care, including a full annual exam and six months of heartworm, flea and tick prevention. And East Cherokee Veterinary Clinic didn’t stop there. They’re also matching $750 in donations to Together with Families. ❤️ So yes, spoil your dog. Get a great deal. And help us prevent foster care caused by poverty. Everybody wins. Especially the dog. 😎 Bidding is super simple: Set up an account and start bidding. You’ll get updates by text and/or email so you know if you’ve been outbid. Bidding ends Thursday, Oct. 8 at 8:30 p.m. If you win, the item is yours and the money goes to preventing foster care. Now that is a win! 🙌 Comment “Bid” and we will send you the bidding link! #silentauction #cobbcounty

OKAYYYY ATLANTA. THESE ARE OUR KIND OF GUYS. 🔥 The Atlanta Guys Dinner Group gets together every other month to eat, connect and give back. And for September, they chose Together with Families. 🎉🥳 They’ll be gathering at SweetWater Brewing Company and supporting our work to help children stay safely with their families. Huge thank you to the Atlanta Guys Dinner Group for choosing us. We are so excited for September. Join us in thanking these men doing good! 👏👏👏 Go check them out. We think this is such a cool way for men to do community. 👇 #atlanta #dining #guys

We needed models for our new website. Turns out, we already knew the perfect ones. ❤️ Thank you, @jsurophotoco , for using your talent to bless our families and us. We cannot wait to share these photos. These are the moments. #familyphotography #mariettaga #photoshoot #family

Sometimes keeping families together requires diapers, baby supplies and someone with a pickup truck. We love our partners at Helping Mamas, Inc. . They help us get restocked with diapers and baby supplies. The hard part? Getting all of it from Duluth to Marietta. 😅 Huge shoutout to Conner for showing up with his truck and making it happen. If you have a pickup truck or large van and would be willing to help us move donations, comment below “I’m in”. 👇 Even if you can help once a year, we will gladly take you up on it. Turns out, trucks can help keep families together too. #poverty #volunteer #mariettaga #cobbcounty #helpingmamas

Don’t take our word for it. Listen to the youth. ❤️ Naomi and Jonathan shared with FOX 5 what KinRise means to them. Belong. Grow. Lead. Rise. Want to mentor or tutor a young person, bring a meal, or sponsor a youth? Comment “KINRISE.” We need you. #kinrise #kinshipcare #youthleadership #mentoring

She served our country. She served as a foster caregiver. She became an adoptive mother. Now she is serving on our board. 👏 Everlean Rutherford has built a life around showing up for others. Now she brings that same commitment to the Together with Families Board of Directors. Everlean is a veteran who serves in executive leadership within the federal government. She and her husband, Brandon, have been married for 17 years and are raising three teenage sons. Her experience has given her a firsthand understanding of what children and families need: love, stability and a community willing to stand beside them. Everlean brings lived experience, strong leadership and a deep belief that strong families create strong communities. We are grateful she is helping lead Together with Families. Join us in thanking Everlean for her service. ❤️🙌 #familypreservation #fostercare #nonprofitleadership #georgia

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