December 2025 Newsletter
- New Ground Foundation
- 3 days ago
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December 2025
A Little Background:
Years ago, I served on the Citizen Review Panel at the Cherokee County Courthouse. Its purpose is to review cases of kids in foster care and to make recommendations to the court regarding next best steps. The panel works to connect both foster and birth parents with the community resources they need to avoid future involvement with the Court. As you can imagine, that was a lofty goal--one that was easier said than done. Birth parents felt overwhelmed, and foster parents felt under-resourced. Over and over again, I met families ready to give up simply because they felt so alone.
Fast-forward to just a few months ago, when I bumped into Kevin Williams and he told me about his vision for New Ground—a place to learn, a place to belong.
Before the lights were in or the artwork hung, he opened his arms wide and said, “Can you see it? Isn’t this a beautiful place for families to receive the tools they need to thrive?” He smiled big and talked about classes and workshops in parenting, marriage, financial literacy, and mental wellness.
And I couldn’t help but catch his contagious enthusiasm. Because he was talking about people we know. Our friends. Our neighbors. You. Me.
New Ground is for everybody, but it’s especially for families touched by foster care and adoption. These families often carry higher emotional loads, have limited access to support, and receive fewer financial resources to seek help.
We’re here to level the ground.
When you support New Ground Foundation, you’re giving a family:
A safe place to learn
A community of belonging
A path filled with hope
You’re helping them experience what every person deserves: a new day filled with possibility.
Join Us in This Work
Your generosity provides access. Your support creates stability. Your gifts help families step into a new day.
Let’s give our neighbors the new ground they deserve.
Your generosity allows us to deliver world-class emotional and spiritual wellness programming in a safe space.
• $50 supports a couple attending a parenting or emotional wellness workshop
•$250 provides funding for classes addressing grief and life transitions
•$1,000 funds workshops on parenting, relationships, and resilience through hardship
•$2500 sponsors a signature speaker series
•Become a Monthly Groundbreaker: A gift of $25, $50, or $100/month keeps New Ground steady and growing all year long.
I told you I “bumped into” Kevin a few months ago, but I’ve known him for years. All four of my children have worked at one of his three Canton Chick-fil-As. In 2018, my oldest daughter went on a mission trip to Kenya with Kevin and some co-workers. My sons and younger daughter experienced firsthand what "Irrational Kindness" really means. To Kevin, these kids weren’t a bunch of apathetic teenagers with part-time jobs In a quick-service restaurant. They were (and are) the future leaders of this community.
While the building at New Ground might be “new,” the heart behind it isn’t. It started thirty years ago, when Kevin and Gwen Williams opened their first Chick-fil here in Cherokee County.
Will you help us help our neighbors rediscover what’s possible?
I wouldn't work here if I didn't also believe wholeheartedly in this mission.
Today is a new day!
Chantel Adams, Foundation Director
If you've been wondering how you can partner with New Ground, you're in luck! We're just as anxious as you to get things going around here!
New Ground grant applications are officially open! We provide limited funding for special projects and community space at a free or reduced rate to organizations whose missions align with our own. When neighbors and friends join hands, everyone benefits! If you are a nonprofit serving families in the foster care and adoption space or have a program that elevates an under-served population in our community, we invite you to join us.
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