Today, we’re going to spotlight Jody Stephenson of Sitter Tree. A few ways that you can help Sitter Tree right now are: SitterTree is partnering with individuals, businesses and faith communities to support medical professionals with in-home child care. They need people to purchase gift cards to help subsidize the cost for these individuals. You can donate free sitting to Piedmont and Grady staff by visiting www.sittertree.com. SitterTree will also donate a FREE booking for every Facebook or Instagram story showing a kid, babysitter, or even mom or dad washing their hands and singing their favorite hand washing song. Be sure to use #handwashingsong and tag @sittertree to qualify your story. Stories shared on more than one platform will qualify as one entry. 

If you know of a small business in need of help at this time, please share their story with us! Use the hashtag #LIFTATL2020. We are building a database of social media posts, graphics, and audio clips for you to download, share and use how you see fit. We hope all of you will latch on to this cause and share the needs of those in our community. For more information visit liftatl2020.com.

Join our hosts of Torts to Courts, Whitney and Natalie Barnard, as they sit down with Sitter Tree Founder, Jody Stephenson, and Family Coordinator, Rebecca Alvarez to discuss safety suggestions for sitters to keep in mind this summer. For more insight on child safety, check out our blog: kaufmanlawfirmblog.com!

For a lot of people, college is the time where they set the stage for their entire career. Jody Stephenson was doing just that, but she didn’t necessarily know it yet. On this episode Jody tells us how she built a babysitting business in her college dorm room, and nearly 20 years later has impacted the lives of countless college students and young families all over Atlanta. This is the story of SitterTree.

For more information visit www.sittertree.com.

Atlanta Born & Brand is a production of Connext Media. We’re a full-service digital media production company focused on helping small businesses tell their story in the most effective way they can. If you are looking to tell the story of your business, we’d love to help. You can find us at www.connextatl.com.