Community Service
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 [...]
Car Shows Raise Money
Sojourners held its fourth annual Classic Car and Truck Show on July 31 in the village of Wilkesville in Vinton County. This is the second year the show has been held in conjunction with the Wilkesville Fish Fry, a popular event which draws people from several counties in southeast Ohio. Several vehicles were registered for [...]
TLP Participant Gives Back
When Mike Davis entered the Sojourners Transitional Living Program he was thankful for the help the program offered. Mike spent five years in the foster care system in southeast Ohio. After turning 18 and graduating from Trimble High School in Athens County, he “aged out” and went to live with his grandmother. He loves his grandmother, [...]
Have Camera Will Shoot
Sojourners makes a point of trying to utilize participants’ talents whenever possible, providing opportunities for them to further hone their skills. One talented young man in our Transitional Living Program has shown great initiative, becoming a house photographer, of sorts. Using his personal digital camera, Michael Games takes pictures everywhere he goes and shares them [...]
Sojourners Community Garden Flourishes
The participants and staff of Generation Now have planted a community garden behind the program’s Shared House at 318 West Main Street, in McArthur. The huge garden, which takes up the whole back yard, was made possible through a grant from Molina Healthcare. A national leader in providing quality healthcare for financially vulnerable individuals [...]
Transitional Living Program Keeps Flowers Bright
The streets of McArthur, Ohio, are more cheerful this summer thanks to the hard work of our Transitional Living Program. With case manager, Dametrius Conn supervising, participants in TLP keep the clay pots of flowers in downtown McArthur watered. The pots, which can be found up and down Market and Main streets were planted [...]
Tire Project Offers Service Opportunity
On March 25, a crew of Youthbuilders assisted the Vinton County Health Department on the second day of a community tire clean up event in Wilkesville. Community members were encouraged to drop off old tires, which were loaded onto semi-trucks and taken to a facility to be totally recycled as lining for landfills There [...]