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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 [...]
New NEG Program Already Making a Difference
The Sojourners National Emergency Grant Program is off to a great start removing debris from roads, creeks, streams and other waterways in Hocking, Ross, and Vinton counties. After two weeks of intensive hiring events, held in conjunction with the county One-Stop centers, over sixty men and women were hired. Six crew leaders, who are [...]
Adoption Program Honored in Nation’s Capital
Janie and Senator Mary Landrieu (LA) during Angels in Adoption pinning ceremony US Senator Sherrod Brown (Ohio) recently nominated the adoptive program of our division of Family Development to be recognized as an Angel in Adoption. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s (CCAI) Angels in Adoption™ Program provides Members of Congress the opportunity to honor an [...]
New Program Offers Jobs in Hocking, Ross, and Vinton
A National Emergency Grant will provide 127 new temporary jobs in Hocking, Ross, and Vinton counties. The WIA Region 20 Workforce Investment Board has received a $2,400,000 National Emergency Grant and has contracted with Sojourners Care Network, a nonprofit organization headquartered in McArthur, to implement the program. “Hocking, Ross, and Vinton counties are excited about [...]
Movie Night in Mcarthur
McArthur might not have a movie theater, but that doesn’t mean movies aren’t available to young people in the community. On Wednesday nights, at 8:00 pm, the Sojo Street Reach team parks the van in the vacant lot across from McClures Restaurant and sets up for movie night. Comedies and action flicks are shown on [...]
A Summer Spent on the Streets
There’s There is a great old song by the Lovin’ Spoonful called “Summer in the City”. Our Sojo Street Reach crew has certainly spent its summer in the city…and the village…and the countryside. The team of staff members and participant volunteers have traversed countless miles of southeast Ohio during the past few months on the [...]
Sojo Street Reach Volunteers Awarded
One of the most important facets of the success of Generation Now’s Street Outreach Program has been its increased use of participants as volunteers. Over the summer, young men in the Transitional Living program have spent over 200 hours riding along in the Sojo Street Reach van as it criss-crossed the counties of [...]