We moved here to
start something new.
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.
"We didn't come from institutions. We came from family — and that's exactly what we built."
— Denise Banks-Wilson & Calvin Wilson, Co-Founders