Advocate Cares Celebrates Make a Difference Day with Monroe Harding

Authored By: Amanda Unterreiner

Today, April 16th, is our parent company, Pinnacle Financial Partners' annual Make a Difference Day. They've encouraged their team members to give back to someone in their life whether it be one of their colleagues, a client, or a community organization that matters to them.

Advocate Cares teamed up with Monroe Harding to make spring goodie bags for Make a Difference Day!

Monroe Harding is a nonprofit organization in Nashville that provides resources for youths in foster care, foster care families, and those who have aged out of foster care.

Many foster care programs end when the child ages out of foster care at 18, or if they do have an “adult foster care program,” they typically only go to age 21. Monroe Harding’s Independent Living Program provides an inexpensive but safe place for youth aging out of foster care to live as they transition into adulthood, all the way up to age 26.

Our volunteers wrote cards and stuffed 125 goody bags with candy, snacks, crafts, and small toys/trinkets. These goody bags will go to youths who are in the foster care system and young adults who have aged out of foster care. We hope they will bring a smile to their faces.

We are thankful for the opportunity to volunteer with Monroe Harding and to be able to give back to our community. Thank you also to all of our wonderful volunteers.

About Donna A. Jones

Donna Jones is the President at Advocate Capital, which became a part of Pinnacle in 2019. Ms. Jones is a member of the Board of Directors of Advocate Capital and serves as a member of the Credit Committee. Her responsibilities include education and training of Advocate Capital staff regarding civil litigation, coaching new clients on the fundamentals of Advocate’s online services, as well as its proprietary software application, AdvoTrac®, and all activities related to existing and prospective clients.