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How to Find Us
We are located in the old Ivey Home, at 3424 Park Road, in Charlotte, on the front grounds of the YWCA.

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If you would like to visit the house, please call 704-527-1130.  We welcome visitors any day of the week between 10:00am and 5:00pm.

Executive Staff

Executive Director Brad Goforth
Culinary Manager & House Mother Carrie Graves
Weekend Night Manager Alphonse Platt
Senior Center Assistant  Betty McCauley
Senior Center Assistant  Creola Sanders

Board of Directors

Brent Blizewski
Sherlock Homes Inspector

Walter Bowers
Charlotte Mecklenburg

Roberta Farman       
TimeWarner Cable (Retired)

Mary Fluke, DVM     
Mallard Creek Animal Hospital

Bette Jacobs, RN
Blumenthal Cancer Center

Michael O’Hara, Vice President   
Wachovia/Wells Fargo

Michael Norton
Landscaping

Freda Schlaman
Samaritan House Co-Founder

Gene Schlaman - Treasurer
Grant Thornton, LLP (retired)

Logan Smith – Vice President
RE/MAX Executive Realty

Ruth Woodend - President
Samaritan House Co-Founder