September Foster Family of the Month
Elizabeth "Ann" Colwell has served with Monroe Harding for over 35 years and fostered over 100 kids! She's adopted kids and even an adult. She feels that helping children thrive is her calling. Ann was inspired to foster by her sister, who was a foster parent with...
Titans 2021
Support Monroe Harding by purchasing tickets to select Titans home games in 2021. By doing so, $10 from each ticket sold will benefit us! Savings of up to $25 per ticket. You can help us win an award by helping us be a top 3 overall selling organization at the end of...
Lexie the Little Predator Player
Four-year-old Lexie is always ready for new adventures. She is seemingly bursting with energy, enthusiasm, curiosity, and imagination. When the Predators' Diversity Youth Hockey Program gave her the opportunity to become a hockey player, she was thrilled to say,...
August Foster Family of the Month
Michael and Paula Porter are a loving and caring couple who each come from large families. They have a passion for connecting with children and families through mentoring, teaching, and exhortation. They have one adult daughter who shares this passion as well and...
Celebrating the Class of 2021
On June 3, Monroe Harding held its first in-person event since March 2020, celebrating a record number of graduates! Students, families, and staff members celebrated the academic achievements of the 28 graduates from various high schools, HiSET, and post-secondary...
Miss J Our Sweet & Sassy Girl
Our beautiful foster daughter came to us in July of 2020. We had over 20 calls before this placement happened, but we kept trusting that God had a plan. It became glaringly obvious that plan was her when she came to us for a visit for respite care one weekend. We knew...
Giving Back in a Time of Need
A few weeks ago, one quiet day at our main office, we received 15 bags of grocery. The Ladies of Charity showed up at our office with groceries to be used to bless our families, and since then the blessings continue! The Ladies of Charity are a group of Catholic...
Our Recent Graduate
At age 13, Jacob experienced a traumatic brain injury which makes timed tests and reading long passages a struggle. At 18, he dropped out of high school and was in danger of losing his housing when a case manager sent Jacob to our Youth Connections Resource Center....
Meet the Hub
The Opportunity Now Reengagement Hub at Monroe Harding is up and running! In 2019, Monroe Harding was chosen to operate one of two reengagements hubs for Metro Nashville. The Martha O’Bryan Center was chosen to operate the other. The purpose of the Hub is to help...
Get out to Vote!
We hosted two groups of Vanderbilt law students in October who came together to teach a bipartisan Opportunity Passport class about all things voting. Four members of Vanderbilt Street Law and the Voting Rights Advocacy Society joined the OP class to discuss voter...
Supportive Housing
Melody, a resident of our supportive housing, utilized her resources and coordinated with our staff to get donated food. Dimante and Robert took advantage of the donations and cooked a meal for their housemates. Robert likes to use Pinterest to learn new...
Sisters & 2nd Chances
Who doesn't need the opportunity for a second chance sometimes? Jabreia and Asia are sisters and both were struggling in high school with all the pressures that come with being a teenager. As a result, both girls dropped out. A friend told Jabreia about Monroe...