Down 7 Up 8
Down 7 Up 8 began with Rose Diggs opening her home. Today, it is a community-powered nonprofit helping Georgia children build confidence, skills, and hope.
Down 7 Up 8 Incorporated was founded in 2016 by Rose Diggs, a foster mother who has provided short- to medium-term housing for more than 300 children over 11 years. Her home has included six sibling groups who stayed together for two years or longer.
Down 7 Up 8 develops, curates, and carries out programs and activities that enhance the lives of fostered, adopted, underprivileged, and at-risk children through community involvement. The organization designs practical programs that help children build confidence, skills, and hope in partnership with the families and communities raising them.
Down 7 Up 8 serves foster, adopted, and at-risk children and young people in Georgia, along with foster parents, adoptive parents, guardians, kinship caregivers, and families working to provide safe, stable care.
Down 7 Up 8 offers three core programming initiatives, two annual flagship events, year-round virtual tutoring, mentorship, and Teach Me How sessions built around responsibility, respect, determination, and resilience.
Create and support safe environments rooted in love, stability, and care.
Help minimize traumatic experiences and treat children with dignity by enhancing their quality of life.
Connect children and young people with consistent adults who encourage positive academic, career, and personal goals.
Support families through school supplies, holiday gifts, tutoring, events, and community resources.