(PCM+) Peachtree Landing & My Favorite Things

See the good. Be the light. Make the difference.

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Peachtree Landing is providing “hope for the homeless” in Ponca City as Kay County’s only homeless shelter. The mission at Peachtree is people-focused. They assist individuals and families through their temporary emergency shelter. They have been welcoming women, single parents and families into the shelter for 36 years. The goal at Peachtree is for their clients to live independently. They help each client set goals based on their specific needs. Services facilitated through Peachtree include help finding employment and housing, help securing needed paperwork and documentation needed for next steps and help with basic life skills.

Terrie Hill has served as Executive Director for 16 years, following only one other ED, Carmaleta Wesbrook, who served for 20 years. When asked why she does it, Hill says, “For the successful ones that do make it and don’t ever come back, or the ones I see out in the community, and they tell me I changed their life. I have a whiteboard on my door I wrote on, and I’ve never taken it down. It says, ‘See the good. Be the light. Make the difference.’ I think that sums up what we need to try to do here at Peachtree.”