Coffee/Franklin/Grundy county cut the ribbon on their Isaiah 117 House on August 10, 2022!

Coffee/Franklin/Grundy County Location Leader, Susan Johnson’s Isaiah 117 House story:

In March of 2019, I heard Ronda speak in Nashville at the Children’s Advocacy Days Conference. While Ronda was speaking, I could not believe what I was hearing, children sleeping in offices and conference rooms. I could not wrap my mind around it, and I could not get Ronda out of my head. I had my husband watch the video of Ronda speaking and he immediately said we have to do this. When I started asking questions in my county, I found out that it was worse. I learned that we did not have a Department of Children’s Services office so there were times that our children were going to offices at the county jail. This was it for me! No child should be in an office, a conference room, or an office at a county jail. I called Ronda and asked how we could get an Isaiah 117 House for our children. Our journey began officially in May of 2019.

Special thanks to our community partners that helped with the opening of our CFG County house:

A special thank you to our Donors, Sock Buddies, Church Partners, and our Caregiving Volunteers for being the hands and feet of Jesus. Thank you, Christ Church in Monteagle and Bishop Millsaps for donating our beautiful land. A special thanks to Jamie Cooper for sharing our story with the mission board at Southern Building Group in Murfreesboro. We couldn’t have made it without Southern Building Group, John Elliott and Chad Davenport along with their team for walking this journey with us to get our house built. Thank you, Chandra Elliott for stepping in and serving as our project manager. Thank you, Fults Excavating, Dave Meeks Dozer and Trucking, Randolph Roberts, OLG Engineering, Sam Johnson, Dean Lay, John Condra, Jeff Thomas, Double Precision Landscaping, Wholesale Supply, Bethel Construction, Rogers Group Inc., Henley’s, Lowe’s in Tullahoma and Kimball, Home Depot in Murfreesboro and Winchester, Bubba Ingleburger-Builders Supply in Tullahoma, Meeks Farm & Construction, Brown’s Hardware, Williams Electric Supply, Caldwell Construction, Quality Fence in Chattanooga, Deck Medic in Chattanooga, Childers Land Surveying, DBA Cabinet Shop, American Enterprises, Dean Lutes, Franklin Co. Lumber, SRM Concrete, Interstate Block, C&G Sheet Metal, Great Southern, Jacks’ Heating and Air, SVEC, Ben Lomand Connect, Flowers Construction, Martin Ing, Alex Roberts, Powers Custom Flooring, Elite Construction and Remodeling, Prince Insulation, Stewart Companies, R Jones Tile, Badcock Furniture-Greg Gilliam, Factory Furniture, Hall Furniture, First Lady Maria Lee and the TN Serves Team, Crime Prevention Resources LLC, J & B Construction, Rodney Kilgore, Lowrie Construction, Kirby Fults, David Griswold, Grundy Co. Sheriff’s Department, Grundy Co. Mayor’s Office, REW, Carpets by Ozburn, Walker Construction, Teri and Ronald Winton, Martin and Gleen Glass, Kevin Rhoton, Michael Nunley, Robert, Boomer, Maverick Bates, Rex Bryant, Allan Crisp, John Stevens, Bob Askew, Richard Partin, Morton Memorial, Monteagle Sewanee Rotary, Caldwell Landscaping, Battle Ditch Sod Farm in Belvidere, Crabtree’s Termite and Pest Control, Troy Stevens, Commodore Leasing in Nashville, Tinsley Asphalt, 24- Hour Wrecker, and Stone Door Group.