Peniel │Children's Home│Chesapeake Cottage

     Special Needs

• Dishwasher Detergent (gel or powder)

• Fabric Softener (gel or powder)

• Floor Cleaner

• Foam Bathroom Cleaner

• Furniture Polish

• Gel

• Hairspray

• Laundry Detergent (Liquid or Powder)

• Lotion

• Mousse

• Pillows

• Shampoo/Conditioner

• Shaving Crème (Men & Women)

• Small Kitchen Appliances

   Special Projects

• Feed a cottage for 1 year:............$10,000

• Milk for one year:........................$18,000

• Electricity per cottage per year:.....$3,000

• Gas heat per cottage per year:......$4,000

• Replace windows in cottage:.........$5,000

• Help develop campsite on mountain property

Although you may not be able to help

but just a little;

Remember, little is much when God is in it.

Our Kids Shine because of your help!

History

A NEW NAME…SAME MISSION AND PURPOSE:
From an Orphanage to a Children's Home

ON DECEMBER 17, 1920, four young children were placed in a small frame house in Cleveland, Tennessee, in the care of Lillian Kinsey. This home was called Orphanage Number One and thus was born the Church of God's ministry to homeless children.

From the humble beginning, the numbers of children in care quickly increased. Two more homes were added and eventually a large facility capable of housing several hundred children was constructed on 119 acres of land south of Cleveland. Officially known as the Church of God Orphanage, its mission was to provide shelter mostly for homeless and orphaned children. Poverty, illness, and death of one or both parents were the primary reasons children needed care.

In time, the needs of children began to change and the phrase orphans of the living began to be used to describe the plight of children. While some children continued to need care because of death, illness, and poverty of parents, many were victims of neglect and abuse.

In 1949, the orphanage relocated to Sevierville, Tennessee, on property formerly occupied by the Church of God Bible Training School. As the needs of children in placement changed, the structure of care also changed. Foster family care and residential treatment centers replaced the large, institutional program of care. In 1962, the name of the Home was officially changed to Church of God Home for Children. That same year social work and counseling services were added to more effectively address the needs of the children in care. A short time later, the large dormitories were replaced by modern, cottage-type dwellings. The next couple of decades saw even more changes with emphasis on specialized care for abused and emotionally disturbed children. Intensive training for the primary care givers was begun to better prepare them for the needs of children coming into care.

In 1988, New River Ranch, a satellite program of the Home was opened in Fayette County, West Virginia. This 266-acre farm provides care for boys in that region. Later, in 1990, a similar satellite program, Heart of Florida Ranch, was begun near Ocala. This 60-acre horse ranch provides residential care for boys in the state of Florida.

Today, the Home is providing quality care, hope and healing for America's at-risk children and youth. No person is subjected to discrimination or excluded from participation in any program or activity of the agency on the grounds of race, color, religion, or national origin.

In the Spring of 2000, the Board of Directors passed a measure changing the name of the program to Smoky Mountain Children's Home.

For a more detailed history of the Home, you are directed to Reflections - The Seventy-Five-Year Story of the Church of God Home for Children, Pathway Press, 1997. This book is available through the Smoky Mountain Home for Children,Sevierville, Tennessee.