About Us
WHO WE ARE
We are here not for income, but for outcome.
Storge’s House is a nonprofit organization geared toward helping single mothers and their families gain emotional and financial stability in a loving, nurturing, and supportive environment.
The goal of Storge’s House is to provide a safe haven and affordable housing, as well as mentoring and coaching in everyday life skills. Storge’s House is designed to be the stepping stone and the helping hand needed for single mothers to realize their full potential by eliminating many of the obstacles and hurdles that often plaque single mothers on a day-to-day basis.
If you would like to continue to support this worthwhile and very much needed program, please visit Our Causes. Your support of Storge’s House will ensures that single mothers and their children will flourish beyond measure.
Theressa “Sharone” Pack Founder
OUR STORY
Sharone was born in Mississippi, and is a native of California. She lived in Maryland before relocating to Durham, North Carolina, where she currently resides. She has three adult children and six grandchildren. She is active in her local church, where she currently serves on a mature singles ministry committee. She also serves in various organizations within her community.
Inspired by Tyler Perry’s movie “Single Mom’s Club”, Sharone with the assistance of other single moms, began their own “Single Mom’s Club”. The full focus is to encourage, love and build each other up. Sharone has a passion for single moms, being one herself. Yet, she will attest that raising her children as a single mom has been one of her most rewarding and inspirational life accomplishments.
Sharone’s passion for single moms spawned the vision for Storge’s House; a place where women can be nurtured and encouraged. When Sharone needs some personal encouragement to never give up, she leans on the scripture “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it” (Hebrews 12:11).
As Sharone continues on this journey called life, she hopes to see many other’s accomplish their hopes and dreams.
THE HISTORY OF OUR NAME
There are four Greek words for love that are important to understand. Most times, the Greek words for love used in the Bible are simply translated “love” but in the Greek text they mean different things. When this happens, unfortunately the true deeper meaning of the word is lost in the weak translation.
We often hear of three of the four Greek words: Agape, Phileo and Eros. However, Storge is rarely mentioned.
Storge: (stor-gay) The fourth Greek word we need to understand is Storge, which is a “familial love”. It is the love and affection that naturally or instinctually occurs between parents and children. It can also exist between siblings, as well as husbands and wives. It occurs in Romans 12:10 in the word, philostorgos, which is a compound word made up of philos (the noun form of phileo) and storge.
Romans 12:10 (Expanded translation) “As to your brotherly love [philostorgos], let there be deep friendship and family-affection toward one another.”
