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Porter-Leath, formerly known as the Children's Bureau, is a non-profit organization based in Memphis, Tennessee that serves children and families in the area.Porter-Leath was founded in 1850 as an orphanage and has since grown to six program service areas.
The Porter-Leath House is a historic house in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It has also been known as the Porter Leath Children's Center, which was originally chartered in 1850 as the Protestant Widows' and Orphans' Asylum. It was named after Dr David Tinsley Porter after he made a donation to the asylum in 1904. [2]
The Porter-Leath Home has been vacant since 2017. The Porter-Leath nonprofit relocated its headquarters to 3400 Prescott Road in September 2017. Outside the the historic Porter-Leath Home at 850 N ...
The school has numerous alumni from nearby Porter-Leath from its days as an orphanage and current foster care facility. In 2012, the school opened as a charter school run by Gestalt Community Schools. [ 3 ]
A national group hopes other cities will follow what has been done in Memphis, making it easier for families using public transit to access Head Start.
Peru Township was organized in 1817. [4] The township was named after Peru, New York, the native home of a share of the early settlers. [5] Originally part of neighboring Delaware County, Peru Township became part of Morrow County in 1848. [6]
The Donation Tract is the green area in the upper right. The Ohio Company petitioned Congress in March, 1792 to donate some land along the north boundary of their lands to form a buffer against the Indians. With the Act of April 21, 1792, [3] Congress donated 100,000 acres (400 km 2) to the officers of the Company. [1]
Porter Township was organized in the 1820s. It was named for Hon. Robert Porter, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who received from President John Adams a land grant in Delaware County. [4] Statewide, the only other Porter Township is located in Scioto County.