Welcome to our new interactive website. We're glad you're here and hope you'll take a few minutes to look around. Grace Children's Center began with a dream to help children in NH's foster care system. 13 years ago, Keith & Cherith Marsh adopted little Noah from the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. For them, moving from adoption to foster care was only a small step. They affectionately call this "the house that Noah built." Today, Noah is 6'3" and plays for the Kearsarge varsity soccer team. Like him, the vision has grown as well!
Grace Children's Center gives children a positive
experience of family life. We love helping them to feel safe and to
develop basic skills for living. Research shows that the single most
important variable in a child's development is whether or not they grow
up in a loving, stable home.
Its been almost 12 years since we bought the old Wonderwell Bed & Breakfast up on Philbrick Hill in Springfield, NH. We spent a year renovating the property and then the first child came - a little girl who gave purpose to all the hard work so many had done. She was the first of many who have come to live at the Home. Today she is a new member of NH's National Guard and looking forward to heading to college to get a degree in Criminal Justice.
That is what Grace Children's Center is
really all about! We make use of the imagery of Champions here at the
Home recognizing that each child is in training to become a Champion!
We believe that's what good families produce - Champions! Champions
overcome adversity in life to achieve their goals. Our study of
history has taught us that many if not most of our greatest leaders had
very difficult beginnings. These they overcame and their lives were
marked by an inner strength resulting in the ability to persevere and
succeed in life.
Over the years, we found ourselves being asked to serve on various committees with state government which we gladly did. Recently, Keith was nominated by Gov. Lynch to the DCYF Advisory Committee which helps to shape state policy regarding foster care. It is a great honor to serve in this way and to further the working together of state government and the faith community when it comes to foster care. Our UShareNH Project has grown out of this partnership. It is very exciting to see how that is developing!
Thanks for visiting our website. There's lots of information about our history, goals, strategy and where we hope to be in 5 years. Feel free to get in touch. We've become a resource to many who have questions about foster care or who want to get involved. We'd be glad to help however we can.
Welcome to our new interactive website. We're glad you're here and hope you'll take a few minutes to look around. Grace Children's Center began with a dream to help children in NH's foster care system. 13 years ago, Keith & Cherith Marsh adopted little Noah from the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. For them, moving from adoption to foster care was only a small step. They affectionately call this "the house that Noah built." Today, Noah is 6'3" and plays for the Kearsarge varsity soccer team. Like him, the vision has grown as well!
That is what Grace Children's Center is
really all about! We make use of the imagery of Champions here at the
Home recognizing that each child is in training to become a Champion!
We believe that's what good families produce - Champions! Champions
overcome adversity in life to achieve their goals. Our study of
history has taught us that many if not most of our greatest leaders had
very difficult beginnings. These they overcame and their lives were
marked by an inner strength resulting in the ability to persevere and
succeed in life.