Gladys House

05/02/2016

Come out to support Gladys House this Saturday, May 7 at our annual yard sale. If you have items you wish to donate, please drop them off early that morning. We will be in the lower parking lot at Greater Providence Baptist Church, 2000 Milton Road, Charlotte, NC 28215 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. We need your support so come on out and purchase something.

04/16/2016

Vending at Volunteer Opportunities Fair sponsored by Charlotte Main Library.

04/15/2016

Have I got a deal for you who live in Charlotte. This is a win-win for us and you. For the second year, we are participating in the annual Belk Charity Sale on April 30th. Between now and then, we are selling $5 tickets that can be used against any purchase made the day of the sale. All ticket money stays with Gladys House. The ticket sales will help us pay our rent for May and the utility bills. If you don't want to buy a ticket, you can make a tax-deductible donation to Gladys House of any amount to help us keep the work going. You can put the money in my hand, mail it or go to our website and donate using PayPal. 👠👔👖👗👟👒

04/15/2016

Start cleaning out your closets, storage rooms, sheds and garages. The Gladys House annual yard sale is coming up in May. As soon as we confirm the date, you're be the first to know. We will need you to drop the goods off that morning because we don't have space to store them. Keep coming back to this page over the next week.

04/13/2016

The 3 amigos, me, Tracy and Connie together again today at the Carolinas Nonprofit Educational Summit. Excellent presentations with useful information.

04/13/2016

Meet the latest Gladys House resident, Daisy Brooks. She is a student at Central Piedmont Community College and is working a full-time job to realize her goal of a better life.

03/07/2016

Electric still on, gas still on, water on thanks to the generosity of some wonderful women who listened to the urging of the Holy Spirit.

01/20/2016

Carrie J. Pegues participating in December 18, 2015 digital radio discussion with Charlotte community homeless advocates

Carrie Johnson Pegues is the Founder and CEO of Gladys House. Gladys House is not a place for young women who are content to maintain the status quo, but rather a place designed to offer a second chance and a safe place from which to pursue it. Gladys House provides its residents free housing, but t…

12/22/2015

Many have asked me over the past 3 years why we don't apply for government grants to support Gladys House. We would certainly qualify for them but I believe that the spiritual values of our organization conflict with the restrictions of the government when taking their money. The federal law requires the following: "Provides no religious instruction or counseling, conduct no religious worship or services, engage in no religious proselytizing or exert no other religious influence in the provision of shelter and other eligible program activities."
How can we, a Christian organization, allow a young woman who is homeless, alone and has lost her way, come in to abide and eat with us and not share with her the hope of Jesus! I believe with all my heart we have been called to obey God and leave the consequences to Him. So my friend, will you make a commitment to support us in our work? We can't do it without you.

11/22/2015

Earlier today, ladies from the National Association of University Women, which includes my first lady, Bronwen Gibson (stripped cape), came for the second year to donate complete Thanksgiving meal fixings to Gladys House ladies. They continue to bless us.

11/22/2015

Today, Gladys House participated in a pre-Thanksgiving potluck dinner and workshop: Ladies Giving Thanks, that was sponsored by Healing Vine Harbor, Inc. It was a wonderful fellowship and the workshop was facilitated by Latoya Tisdale.