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She Said Yes!
When Travis Chevalier decided to ask Cassandra Miller to marry him, he chose to do it in front of his family—his Sojourners family. So, at the end of staff meeting this morning he got down on one knee, told her how much he loved her and asked her to share his life. For the [...]
Donate Blood and You Might Win Groceries
The February Vinton County Red Cross Blood Drive will be held on February 22 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm at the McArthur Volunteer Fireman’s Hall, at 303 West High Street, in McArthur. Vinton County needs its donors to turn out for this drive. The winter season always proves to be a challenge for the [...]
Foster Care Program Flourishes
The Foster Care program of our Family Development division has been growing in recent months. We now carry an average census of between 70 and 80 young people in care. Youth are placed in one of our 35 foster care and adoption homes in Allen, Athens, Auglaize, Fayette, Gallia, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, [...]
Live it Right
During the week of January 9th, a film crew from Ohio University spent time at Sojourners doing a video about our Street Outreach Program. The crew members, Matt Fillman, Riley Gibson, Karen Kasmauski and Heather Rousseau, are graduate students in the Ohio University Schools of Visual Communications (VisCom) and Film. The short film features Travis [...]
Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve
“Everybody can be great… because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” – Martin Luther King Jr. At Sojourners we take our community [...]
MLK Day Express Ready to Roll Again
Here at Sojourners, we are busy preparing for our 2012 Martin Luther King Day celebration. On Monday, January 16, the staff and participants of Sojourners will join hundreds of events held in states and cities nationwide to honor the legacy of Dr. King through community service. We have taken part in the [...]
Street Outreach Worker Gets the Job Done Fast
Congratulations to Steven “Vern” Vanover, of Sojourners’ Generation Now division, for holding the record for securing a new Safe Place site, and facilitating the training of the site’s staff, in the shortest amount of time. Vern was attending a funeral near Laurelville, Ohio, where he had grown up, when he realized that the [...]
Hot Holiday Lunches Provided to NEG Crews
Our National Emergency Grant (NEG) crews have been working hard work under wintery conditions clearing flood debris in Hocking, Ross, and Vinton counties.Their hard work is making the lives of the people who live along these streams and creeks safer. In order to show our appreciation, the Senior Management Team of Sojourners organized and [...]
Foster Care Christmas Party Enjoyed by All
Our 2011 Foster Care Christmas party was the largest in the history of our organization. 151 foster families members and staff attended the dinner, which took place in the McArthur Fireman’s Hall on Friday, December 9. The division of Family Development worked for months preparing for the event. Funding for the seasonal celebration was provided [...]
Office Reorganization Adds Training and Community Space
Sojourners has recently reorganized office space. The big move was initiated because of the addition of a new location. In order to provide more space for Youthbuild and our new National Emergency Grant Program (NEG), we have rented a large facility about two miles west of McArthur for our Sojourners Training Center. The building’s 25,000 square [...]