Against The Grain

The founders of AtG were able to share the story of Against the Grain with the viewers of Channel 5+ which airs on Comcast channel 50.  Rob and Meredith were able to have Donyall Howard appear on the program with them and share how Against the Grain has empowered her and given her the will to fight for what she wants in life.  The program will air on Comcast channel 50 several more times which are listed below.

Saturday, January 31
4:00am, 6:00am, 12:30pm

Sunday, February 1
4:00am, 6:00am, 5:30pm

Wednesday, February 11
1:00pm

Saturday, February 14
4:00am, 6:00am, 12:30pm

Sunday, February 15
4:00am, 6:00am, 5:30pm

AtG's inclement weather policy is to cancel classes if either Williamson County or Franklin Special School District are closed.  Both districts closed today so we will not have the 180 class at the AtG offices this evening.

Christmas Break is finally over and classes got started back this week.  We had all the girls from last semester back plus 6 new moms for this semester.  It was an awesome week.  Earlier this month a group from The Journey Church volunteered their time and resources to completely update a trailer for one of our moms.  It was like Extreme Makeover - Trailer Edition.  This mother had been unable to get housng and now she has her own place!  What an amazing blessing to her.  Below are pictures of the Thursday night class…it was awesome. 
Picture 1 is from the dinner before class and the second is from class.
    

This is Sarah and her new son, Zion Danial.  He was born Saturday January 3.  He was 10 lbs 2 oz!!!!  Congrats Sarah.

It is so interesting seeing the transformation process that the moms go through.  They often take two steps forward and one step back and often they take several steps backwards all at once.  It has been an up and down journey for Shareta as she began to gain confidence in herself and believe that she could achieve great things in her life.  On Friday, December 12, Shareta graduated from Kaplan Institute with a degree as a Medical Office Specialist.  She had several hurdles to overcome as she went to school; child care, transportation and financial…but she overcame them all. 

Shareta is the first one in her family to graduate from college and is setting and incredible example for her children.  Research shows that the best indicator of a child's education is the education attained by the mother.  She is changing the legacy of her family and the expectations for her children. 

Today, Shareta is the Office Manager and Personal Assistant for an adult day care center.  Congratulations Shareta.