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9/29/2024 – We are excited to announce that Peaceful Hugs has taken Legacy Children’s Academy to a new level. We learned a lot running our school for over three years, so when our lease wasn’t renewed, we took a negative and made it a positive and decided it was time to expand and provide services for more than the school allowed. We now serve as a financial bridge to those in need of day care services to multiple families and their children in locations across Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair and Wayne county. If you know of a single parent in need of childcare assistance to bridge those costly gaps, send them to Peaceful Hugs and our Legacy Children’s Academy services group will see if they can assist!

8/1/2024 – Peaceful Hugs has opened its new office in Clinton Township, Michigan. The new office is strategically located to support the communities in the counties we serve in Michigan.

6/23/2024 – Peaceful Hugs announced its expansion of daycare services. Legacy Children’s Academy’s mission is moving from a full-time daycare school to supporting parents in need through financial / tuition assistance, as well as DHS assistance at selected day care facilities throughout Wayne, Macomb, Oakland and St. Clair counties. Rather than functioning as a full time daycare, we believe we can use the funds to assist more children in more communities. Limited scholarships are available. To apply: contact us!

5/01/2023 – Peaceful Hugs has hired Mary Peasley as their Regional Director. Mary has over 30 years’ experience in childcare services and non-profit work. She will be responsible for growing Peaceful Hugs existing network, building out its new St. Clair, Michigan Office and expanding services such as a new childcare center in the Thumb area!

4/01/2023 – Peaceful Hugs has added a new office to support at-risk youth and single parents in the northern Macomb and St. Clair County areas such as Algonac, Marine City, Marysville, New Baltimore, Port Huron, Richmond, St. Clair and the surrounding area. The office, located in the city of St. Clair will assist in day care, educational needs (finance, parenting skills, college/trade school) employment, and housing to name a few of our services.

8/22/2022 – As we come to the end of another tumultuous year for all, we wanted to update everyone on this year’s endeavors. At Peaceful Hugs we been able to support numerous families y assisting with health care, housing, transportation and education needs. In addition, PH’s, Legacy Children’s Academy, now has over 50 students in less than a year of operation and upgraded its outdoor playground facilities and Montessori classrooms. We have been able to provide scholarships and discounts to a number of students and are excited for further growth with the new school year starting in September. However, the opening of our Detroit and Aurora Colorado centers have been delayed due to Covid, the economy and their impact on fundraising. The Peaceful Hugs home has completed final renovations by adding additional landscaping and a new roof and paint to the garage! The house is now fully financially sustainable!

8/19/21 – Peaceful Hugs is excited to announce its opening of Legacy Children’s Academy, a full-service early learning and daycare center in the Detroit Metro area. Additional centers are planned for the inner city of Detroit and Aurora / Denver in the early part of 2022. Legacy’s mission is to provide exceptional daycare and educational services for infants to 6 years old, while providing assistance to parents who need affordable solutions to improve their standing.

Metro Detroit man takes lesson from youth, opens non-profit childcare center.

1/1/21 – OUR “PERFORMANCE for PURPOSE” efforts in 2020 generated over $88,093.00 to support our “Purpose” giving and charitable needs. 2020 was our highest year in terms of charitable giving and the number of organizations we served such as: Unbridled Acts, Breakthrough Denver, Gabriel’s Angels, and of course Peaceful Hugs (www.peacefulhugs.org), and 2021 is trending ahead of 2020! While we provided food for over 267 households (approx.. 700 people) at the height of the pandemic and helped those in need by paying utility bills, foster to adoption assistance, educational grants, and assistance to abused and women in need, it is only now that we are starting to see some bigger projects take effect. We hope the final construction projects and beautification efforts will be completed by the end of the year on our first purchased home so a family can move in. Finally we are happy to have a signature announcement for 2021….the opening of our first early learning center, Legacy Children’s Academy scheduled for September 2021.

11-12-2020 – *Peaceful Hugs sponsors Detroit Public Safety Foundation’s 8th Annual Above & Beyond Awards Ceremony

This advertisement was placed in support of police, fire, and first responders that give sacrificially to the city of Detroit. The event recognized those that lost their lives in the line of duty, as well as Purple Heart and Medal of Honor recipients.