May 2026 - Press
Our CEO Rose featured on Good Morning America for Mother's Day
Down 7 Up 8 founder Rose Diggs was the 2026 "Breakfast in Bed" honoree on GMA. Watch the full story and the moment Mayor Derek Norton declared May 8 Rose Diggs Day.
Metro Atlanta - Serving Georgia children since 2016
A place for every child to begin again.
Down 7 Up 8 helps foster, adopted, and at-risk children in Georgia build confidence, life skills, and hope through tutoring, mentorship, family events, parent training, and holiday support.
children Rose has personally fostered
students enrolled in Tutoring for Success
Georgia counties reached through tutoring
Bombas socks delivered to children and families
tutoring hours recorded in one 12-month period
The founder
Rose Diggs opened her home when children needed a steady place to land.
Rose founded Down 7 Up 8 in 2016 after opening her home to hundreds of children in foster care. Her work has been recognized by the Cobb Chamber's Smyrna Area Council, which named her the 2024 Smyrna Citizen of the Year.
No matter how many times life might kick you down, get up one more time. Always get up one more time.Read Rose's story
How we help
Programs that meet families where they are.
Help children rise with confidence, skills, and support - built around what foster, adopted, and at-risk children and families actually need.
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Tutoring for Success
Students work one-on-one with tutors to build confidence, strengthen core skills, and stay connected to learning.
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Programs
Princess for a Day & Boys to Men
Participants experience mentorship, etiquette, life lessons, activities, celebration, and community care.
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Programs
Holiday Hearts
The program provides Christmas gifts, clothing, shoes, and pajamas to children who need support during the holidays.
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Recognition, program updates, and community moments.
April 2026 - Parent training
Trauma-Informed Parent Training
Down 7 Up 8 supports foster and adoptive parents through training opportunities focused on care, trauma, and family support.
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Tutoring for Success reaches 50+ Georgia counties
Down 7 Up 8's tutoring program has supported students across Georgia with one-on-one academic help.
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Past event
Down 7 Up 8 Day at the 2026 Yaarab Shrine Circus
May 9, 2026 community outing at Jim R. Miller Park & Event Center.
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Three ways to be part of the work.
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Make a tax-deductible gift to help keep tutoring, mentorship, events, holiday support, and parent training available.
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Tutor, mentor, help at events, or join the Nanny/Manny Brigade.
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