Community Service
Green Light Campaign Wins National Award
National Runaway Safeline, the organization which sponsors the annual National Runaway Prevention Month, recently announced that Sojourners is the winner of the 2012 National Runaway Prevention Month Community Contest. Each year, NRS honors organizations and/or individuals who have taken action to raise awareness of the issues facing runaway, homeless and at-risk youth. Contestants are [...]
Sojourners is Ready for MLK Day 2013 Day of Service
MLK Day Express will roll again Sojourners is busy preparing for the organization’s 2013 Ma in Luther King Day celebration. On Monday, January 21, 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. The 2013 day [...]
Green Light Project Raises Awareness of Runaway Youth
November is National Runaway Prevention Month and Sojourners is joining organizations all across the country in the fight against youth homelessness. National Runaway Prevention Month is co-sponsored each year by the National Runaway Switchboard and the National Network for Youth. The goals of the month are to raise awareness about the issues that runaways [...]
Team Sojo Builds winning house
Saturday night, September 29th, Sojourners joined teams from Athens churches, Ohio University, and local nonprofits in the annual Athens Habitat for Humanity fundraiser, Cardboard City. About 200 people showed up for the event held in the Morton Hall parking lot on the Ohio University campus, raising $12,000 which will be used for the next [...]
It Takes a Village to Feed Its Children
44%. 66.7% Those are the numbers—the numbers of hunger. These are the facts. 44% of children in Ohio receive free or reduced lunches in school. 66.7% of children in Vinton County receive free or reduced lunches in school.* Vinton County has the highest percentage of children receiving free and reduced lunches in the [...]
Sojo Celebrates the Success of our Young People
Once a year the Sojourners family comes together to honor the accomplishments of our participants during the past months. On June 14, staff and participants were joined by family members, case managers and members of the community for our 2012 Celebration of Success. The event was held at the new shelter house in Wyman [...]
Service to Glouster Community Makes News
The Glouster Volunteers group got its start earlier this year when 81-year old Jim Cotter, a Dayton resident who grew up in Glouster, and his 83-year old sister decided to do something about the rundown buildings in the village. Two months later, 40 volunteers have helped to improve over 20 buildings. Work has included power [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]