104 East 10th Street
Mountain Home, Arkansas
We are a Transitional Housing Ministry for Women and Children
and are excited to share our mission with you! Gamma House is here to provide a hand up and not a handout. Gamma House does not receive federal funding and is a 501 c(3) non-profit organization. We are funded primarily through private donors such as you! If you are interested in giving financially and supporting our mission, you can make a donation today!
Thank You for your donation!
The goal of transitional housing is to end chronic homelessness by providing safe housing while connecting women with services!
So many in our society believe that homelessness is a product of “stupid” choices. While this is certainly true in a few cases, here is what we know as fact at the Gamma House - It isn’t that the women come to us have made “stupid” or “bad” choices. The choice they make was the best choice they had of several unfortunate options. For instance, does a lady stay in the park or her car overnight versus staying in a home with people she barely knows? Does a lady deliver drugs or contraband in order to have a place to stay? Does a lady dig in a restaurant dumpster to feed her children or does she spend a few nights with people she barely knows, putting herself and children at incredible risk? Fragile relationships with one’s host or the fact that the offer of housing is leveraged with illegal activities or harm to a mother or her children is a desperate move and often results in tragedy. As we quickly begin to see, this is a very situational circumstance and is all too easy for one to pass judgment from afar.
...is a unique resale store that provides support to Gamma House which is a non-profit faith-based homeless/transitional living shelter for women and women with children. Your donation is vital to our ongoing success as Gamma House is NOT funded by Federal or State programs. Your donation is tax deductible.
Yellow House is a resale shop whos income is used to offset the ongoing cost of running a Gamma House, a women's and children's transitional living shelter. The money offsets the cost of food, utilities and maintenance for Gamma House.
Yellow House provides short term work training for residents of Gamma House. When women first arrive at Gamma House, they have access to clothiong at Yellow House free of charge. Many of these women stay and work in our community. We provide warm, stylish and high quality clothing to residents of Baxter and Marion counties at very reasonable prices.
Mostof the items sold in Yellow House are new or very gently used good quality items donated by residents of Baxter and Marion Counties. We also receive new overstock and close-out items from local stores in Mountain Home. Items include clothing with prices ranging $1 for Blouses, $2 for Shoes, $4 for Slacks and $5 for Jeans. We also carry furniture and household items.
Scripture says, "Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless into your house; when you see naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?" Isaiah 58:7
"If your Brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you. Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you." Leviticus 25:35-36
"Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed." Proverbs 19:17
"Give justice to the weak and fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute." Psalm 82:3
That's an easy answer, you and me. The women that come into Gamma House are faces that you have seen in your every day life, passed on a corner or sat across from. You don't even realize that they could be sleeping in their car or on a park bench that night.
The homeless are right now in your backyard - in Arkansas, in Baxter and Marion Counties, and yes, even in Mountain Home. Gamma House can house up to 20 women and children and our facility stays full most of the time with a waiting list. We actually have to turn people away because we don't have any room for them. One of our goals is to expand the Gamma House so we can accept more applicants. The average stay at Gamma House is 3 months to 1 year, sometimes longer if needed, but our goal is to help them be able to support themselves.
625 Hwy 62 East
Mountain Home, AR 72653
(870) 425-4455
Annette Scribner & Lisa Hurtt
Sue Reynolds
Marsha Partney
Jill Czanstkowski
Janey Buck
Tom Short
Mikala Duren
Judy Strother
Laureen Butler
Amy Lance
Mary Jo Haworth
Transitional Housing Ministry
for Women
104 East 10th Street, Mountain Home, AR 72653
Email: gammahousesparks@gmail.com
Phone: 870-425-9186
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