With Friends, Inc Youth Shelter Services

With Friends is a non-profit, community – based, youth serving organization located in Gastonia, North Carolina.

We provide residential care, counseling, and education, skill-building, outreach, follow-up and supportive services that focuses on positive youth development. Program goals including giving the young people the opportunities to learn skills and develop the assets they need to resist high risk behaviors and succeed in life.

03/19/2016

Bowling time with the kids!

03/04/2016

Wii bowling with the kids

12/11/2015

Going to see the lights with the kids

08/21/2015

Homelessness has a devastating effect on children and their level of scholastic achievement. According to Wolfe, “for homeless children, keeping up with schoolwork amid chaos—the entire family living in one bedroom of a relative’s house, or in a different motel every night, or in the family car—can be a struggle.