Built on family.
Run with purpose.

Denise Banks-Wilson and her husband left St. Louis with a clear purpose. Both had spent years serving their communities — in family, in faith, in work — and when their children were grown, they asked themselves what was next. The answer was Gastonia, and it was Get Home Soon.

They saw children moving through a system that moved too fast and felt too impersonal. They knew what it meant to have a family that holds you — and they decided to build a home that does the same for youth who need it most.

The name says everything. Get Home Soon is the goal — not just a name. Every resident, every plan, every conversation is pointed toward that moment when a child goes back to their family, ready for what comes next.