Values, Mission and Vision

Sunny Glen Children’s Home Core Values: A Mission to Provide a Place of Hope

Our mission at Sunny Glen Children’s Home is clear. We are here to provide a loving environment where children can heal from their past trauma and be restored to a new hope by the transforming power of God’s Love and the care from our dedicated team of childcare professionals. Children in the Rio Grande Valley who have been abused, neglected, or forgotten find in Sunny Glen a faith-based home where they can begin again, and our trauma-informed care and counseling meet each child right where they are.

Sunny Glen child praying during a Bible study
Providing a place of hope for every child.

Our Mission

Providing a place of hope for every child

Our Vision

Transforming the future lives of children

Beliefs to culture

Every choice builds that culture

Every child on our campus knows that their life counts, and we want to inspire each of them to realize the tremendous potential within them. We realize that our beliefs shape our values, our values guide our behaviors, and our behaviors create our culture. Starting from that belief, every choice we make builds that culture. On our San Benito campus, it shows up in the ordinary things a hurting child can count on: steady daily routines, staff who stay calm on the hard days, and weekly worship and Bible study right here on campus.

  1. Beliefs
  2. Values
  3. Behaviors
  4. Culture
Sunny Glen children and a staff member sharing a warm moment, representing how Sunny Glen Children's Home core values are lived out day by day
Trained in TBRI · Rooted in faith

More than good intentions

Building that culture takes more than good intentions. Our desire is to create a caring healing environment where our staff build trusting, loving relationships that promote healing and growth in every child, so every member of our team is trained in Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI). Through counseling and long-term residential care, we walk with each child as they learn to trust again and grow physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Sunny Glen Children’s Home from our inception has been a Christian faith-based organization, and we continue to operate with these traditional values while always appreciating the diversity of the children we serve. Founded in 1936, Sunny Glen has welcomed more than 25,000 children. For many, a safe home with us is a bridge rather than a destination: wherever it is possible, we work toward reuniting children with their families.

Our core values

This is our PROMISE

Sunny Glen Children’s Home is guided by our unwavering commitment and core values to the well-being and future of every child in our care. This is our PROMISE.

  • Professionalism

    Be present and accountable.

  • Respect

    Value the dignity of everyone.

  • Openness

    Sharing and accepting new ideas.

  • Motivation

    Working with love and passion, guided by faith.

  • Integrity

    Doing the right thing always.

  • Support

    Selflessly helping others succeed.

  • Empathy

    Understanding another’s lived experience.

How we walk with each child

Our Proven Process

  1. Welcome
  2. Nurture
  3. Equip
  4. Succeed
The foundation of our culture

The Sunny Glen Children’s Home core values are a consistent focus for our employees in their training as well as the teaching we provide for our children, and they are the foundation of our organizational culture. They shape how we care for every child we serve, from the first day of residential care through counseling and healing. We believe that by operating according to these core values, we will successfully fulfill our mission of providing an environment which promotes healing and hope to every child.

Sunny Glen children with a staff member eating a meal
Join us

Help provide a place of hope.

Our core values shape how we care for every child we serve. Give, volunteer, or reach out to learn how you can be part of it.

Phone · 956.399.5356
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