Gladys Knight is giving thousands of dollars to save an abandoned North Carolina school where her mother was once employed.
TMZ reports, Gladys and her husband Billy McDowell have given $85,000 for the segregation-era school in Canton, North Carolina and are raising funds to turn it into a public recreation center.
The couple are helping to raise an estimated $2 million renovation cost and they hope the project will help to preserve the community’s history.
Glady’s mother worked at the school as a janitor but the building has been remained unused since the 1950s when schools in the area were integrated.
Gladys Knight Tries To Save North Carolina School Where Mom Worked was originally published on magicbaltimore.com
