At Positive Impact International, kids are just kids. “I always say that these are not bad kids,” explained Tami Wilder, co-founder and CEO of Positive Impact. “They’ve come from bad situations. They might do bad things, but it doesn’t mean they’re bad. “Yet stereotypes often inform how people [...]

On Easter Sunday in 2025, Clayton Vaughan wasn’t in church or spending time with extended family. He was in the hospital. “There were so many kids there on Easter Sunday,” Clayton’s mom, Lori, remembers. “There were 19 other children in the hospital with brain tumors, and the doctor [...]

A Long-Term Investment, A Lifetime of Rewards One connection sparked over 15 years of life change. It was Christmas in 2008. Jim Hollandsworth was pastoring a church in Loganville, and his wife was a teacher. Their church's small group decided to deliver Christmas gifts to a family in [...]

Exposing Homelessness: How Rainbow Village is Bringing “Hidden Homelessness” Out of the Shadows What images does the word homelessness bring to mind?  Someone standing at the bottom of an interstate exit ramp with a cardboard sign asking for money? A parent who isn’t working hard enough to support [...]