PLANTING ROOTS
Strength to Thrive in Military Life
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Military women, both those in uniform and military wives, desire connection, stability, hope, and joy. Dealing with multiple moves, frequent deployments, and questions regarding careers, we still must continue to build marriages, raise children, develop relationships, and manage careers. Usually far from family, these challenges can seem insurmountable to accomplish on our own and finding what we need almost impossible. As military women ourselves, we have walked familiar roads and searched for the same things. Planting Roots has a vision that military women will be deeply rooted in Christ, no matter where they find themselves. In order to fulfill this vision, our goal is to build a community of military women to provide connection and a biblical foundation where we desire to challenge each other to find stability in Christ and to find His purpose for us in the places we are planted.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Strength2Thrive Conferences
Planting Roots Strength2Thrive Conferences are events that provide connection, encouragement, worship, and biblical teaching. We usually have multiple interactive “teaching times” along with some great small group discussion.
ROOTED Resources
ROOTED Resources by Planting Roots are designed with military women in mind. Written by military women for military women, ROOTED Resources come in the form of Devotionals and Bible studies that challenge women to dig deeply into God's Word.
Online Community
Through online community, Planting Roots brings military women worldwide together to encourage and equip each other to do what God has called to in the places we are planted. In doing so, together we impact a world for Christ.
Website
Through our regular blogs and a resource page, we provide biblically-based encouragement and teaching as well as resources in areas of spiritual growth and worship.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of conferences held
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Christians, Military personnel, Adults, Women
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of participants engaged in programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Christians, Women, Military personnel
Related Program
Strength2Thrive Conferences
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
We did not track all of these numbers prior to 2017.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Christians, Women, Military personnel
Related Program
Online Community
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Did not track these numbers prior to 2018.
Number of downloads of the organization's materials and explanations
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Christians, Women, Military personnel
Related Program
ROOTED Resources
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We have just started tracking this due to new availability of digital content.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our mission is to encourage military women and wives to grow in their faith. We do this by building and fostering a community of military women through events, resources, and community. We strive to reach military women with the Gospel and to encourage believers to dig deeply, living out our faith in the place we are planted. We pray that through this effort military women will find the connection, stability, strength, and purpose in our personal lives, in turn building our marriages, families, and communities.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our strategies include:
1. Hosting at least two events annually.
2. Produce one printed resource annually, plus digital products.
3. Maintain website and app for ongoing connection and encouragement.
4. Build a community of Planting Roots where military women around the world can connect, encourage and equip each other.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our staff is a highly qualified, professional level group of military women located across the globe devoted to answering the call the Lord has laid on our hearts. We strive to engage with our communities, sharing Planting Roots with those in our areas. We invite folks to invest in what the Lord is doing in Planting Roots through financial and in-kind gifts. We are a growing organization.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have hosted thirteen conferences in the United States, Europe and virtually. We have produced multiple Bible studies in digital format as well as five Bible studies and two devotionals in print. We have also partnered with the American Bible Society to produce a Bible Study specifically for women in uniform. Our online community has grown to over 8000 military women and wives.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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PLANTING ROOTS
Board of directorsas of 04/13/2022
Jim Glass
Chaplain, US Air Force (Ret.)
Term: 2018 - 2020
Arthur Pace
Chaplain, US Army (Ret.)
Gwen Chandler
Military Spouse
Diane Hall
Military Spouse
Cecil Richardson
Chaplain, US Air Force (Ret.)
Sally Evans
Military Spouse
Karen Meeker
Chaplain, US Army
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
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Equity strategies
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- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.