HEALING THE ROOTS FOUNDATION
"EMPOWERING CHILDREN TO THRIVE BEYOND ADVERSITY"
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We are planting the seeds of resilience, one child, one family, and one community at a time.
Empowering Children to Thrive Beyond Adversity
Helping children and families build calm, confidence, and connection through Resilient Reads LLC and Healing the Roots Foundation. At Healing the Roots Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we nurture emotional wellness through social-emotional learning (SEL), coping tools, mindfulness, and the creation of simple quiet spaces that help children grow strong from the inside out.
Every child deserves to feel safe, supported, and equipped to handle life’s challenges. Our programs strengthen children’s roots through calm environments, self-regulation practices, and activities that encourage peace, confidence, and connection. Together, we are planting the seeds of resilience, one child, one family, and one community at a time.
Healing the Roots Foundation
🎥 A Glimpse Into Healing the Roots Foundation
Discover how we help children grow calm, confident, and resilient.
Rooted in Healing and Growth
True growth begins inside, where courage and love take root.
Like trees, children need strong roots to thrive.
Healing and Transformation
What We Offer:
E-Learning for Emotional Wellness and Simple Quiet Spaces for Healing
💜 From My Heart
My passions have come full circle, from writing stories that nurture the heart to founding an organization that brings those stories to life. Through Resilient Reads and Healing the Roots Foundation, I am grateful to share my vision and nurture a movement that helps children and families heal, grow, and thrive for a lifetime. Together, we are planting seeds of hope that will continue to bloom for generations.
With love,
Portia Mills Henderson
The 10-week Nina’s Coping Toolbox E-Learning Curriculum helps children develop essential skills for managing emotions, cultivating self-regulation, building resilience, and finding calm in everyday life. Through Healing the Roots Foundation, families, schools, children’s homes, and community programs receive free access to this course and its companion materials that nurture emotional growth, confidence, and connection for partners who demonstrate financial need.
Created by Resilient Reads LLC and shared through Healing the Roots Foundation, the Nina’s Coping Toolbox program builds lifelong resilience while fostering calm, confidence, and connection. Twenty-five percent of proceeds from Nina’s Coping Toolbox books and e-learning courses and one hundred percent of proceeds from Michael’s Rainbow Adventures help fund free healing resources for children and families.Through these partnerships, we ensure that children who need support the most have access to emotional wellness tools and quiet spaces that help them thrive.
Our Impact at a Glance
🌟 Healing in Action
Every purchase, partnership, and act of support helps us reach more children and families across North Carolina and beyond.
📚 200+ free eBooks shared, helping children cope with big feelings
and build inner strength.
💜 Hundreds of books donated and gifted, spreading stories of hope,
resilience, and love to schools and families in need.
🧘🏽 Free Relaxation Tools
⭐ 10-week SEL curriculum piloted, empowering teachers and
students to practice daily resilience tools.
🌿 Serving children and newcomer families across Guilford and
Forsyth Counties through emotional wellness and social-emotional
learning programs.
💸 25% of proceeds from fundraiser books and the Nina’s Coping
Toolbox E-Learning Curriculum reinvested into Healing the
Roots Foundation to expand access to SEL and coping programs.
🌈 100% of Michael’s Rainbow Adventures proceeds donated to fund
free healing resources for children and families.
Every child deserves safety, support, and hope.
Fundraising
Fundraising and Transparency
Healing the Roots Foundation was founded by Portia Mills Henderson, who also owns Resilient Reads LLC, the publishing company behind Nina’s Coping Toolbox E-Learning Curriculum and other books that teach social-emotional learning (SEL) and coping tools. While Resilient Reads develops and distributes these educational resources, Portia receives no personal profit from the resources provided to Healing the Roots Foundation.
Through the generous support of Resilient Reads LLC, 25% of all book and curriculum proceeds and 100% of proceeds from Michael’s Rainbow Adventures help fund Healing the Roots Foundation’s mission. These contributions make it possible to provide free access to Nina’s Coping Toolbox SEL Curriculum, books, and emotional wellness programs for qualifying partners with financial need, helping children and families thrive beyond adversity. 🌿We are planting the seeds of resilience, one child, one family, and one community at a time.
To explore additional resources, visit resilientreads.com.
Click on the Link above to visit our Walmart gift registry, where you can directly purchase items our nonprofit needs to teach essential coping tools to children.
Your contribution supports our ongoing programs and helps us reach more children with emotional wellness tools and healing spaces.
Every gift and act of kindness helps us reach more children and families.
Join Our Volunteer Family 💜
Every helping hand plants seeds of healing and hope.
Together, we can create lasting impact and brighter futures for families.
CONTACT
We’d love to hear from you. Whether you’re an educator, parent, or community partner, your voice helps us grow this movement of healing and resilience.
💜 Thank you for helping us nurture calm, connection, and courage.
We are changing lives. One child, one family, and one community at a time!
