Anyone interested in feedback on the meals provided to families in our Hawthorne Place shelter? An overnight volunteer shared the following: The families seem to love that people bring chicken but would prefer for it not to be fried. Chicken tenders however are always ok because the kids love them. Chick-Fil-A tenders are their favorites [...]

Carmen stood on the steps – her diploma in hand and her future stretching wide in front of her. It was the spring of 1997 – the day of her college graduation. She had dreams and promise, and what many would consider “security” in the form of a college degree. Carmen never expected to find herself homeless – however, 15 years and two children later, Carmen and her family moved into a homeless shelter. [...]

“I don’t want a hand-out. I want a hand up,” Glendora Rivera says. “Don’t go past the mountain and give me something on a silver platter.”

Glendora Rivera used to be homeless, but with the partnership of Charlotte Family Housing she is working to conquer the mountains in her life. [...]