Donny

Donny

“It’s opened the eyes of some people to needs that they weren’t seeing before.” Donny started the nonprofit TNKids with one simple mission: to feed children. “It came out of a discussion between me and some people at church,” Donny says. “We were concerned...
Melissa

Melissa

“There are so many outside reasons as to why a family is struggling. It’s not just child care. It could be that they are displaced; it could be that their lights went out. There are so many pieces to this puzzle.” Melissa moved to Nashville from Los Angeles a few...
Yashinique

Yashinique

“We all have a checkered past, and some are worse than others. It’s just about how you’re trying to move forward.” Yashinique says she’s desperate for peace. For several months, she and her daughter were living in a domestic violence shelter while seeking refuge...