Generation Now
The World Came to Sojourners
Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, South Sudan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, USA This summer, Sojourners had an exciting opportunity to collaborate with Ohio University in Athens in an exciting educational project with UNICEF. The university was one of just four in the United States chosen to host a UNICEF Communications for Development (C4D) training for UNICEF officers [...]
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 [...]
Programs are Lifeline for Homeless Youth
The staff of Generation Now have noticed a disturbing increase in homeless young people over the past few months. The National Coalition for the Homeless notes that rural homelessness looks different than homelessness in an urban area. In rural areas homeless youth live in cars, campers, barns, or double up with family and friends. [...]
Generation Now Trains Teachers
The staff of Generation Now have been chosen by the Vinton County Local School District to present three in-service presentations for staff and teachers in the district. The presentations focus on several issues facing teens, including bullying, teen depression and suicide, sexting (the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photographs, primarily [...]
TLP Participant Featured in Video
Riley Bolender needed just one brave person. A photo journalism student at Ohio University, Riley needed a Sojourners participant willing to be part of a video project. Having someone interview you on camera and follow you around for several days takes guts—but guts is one thing Kera Spriggs does not lack. She agreed to be [...]
Youthbuild Alum Joins Staff
The newest member of the Generation Now team comes with a unique experience of the benefit of the programs of Sojourners. Dametrius Conn, who began in the position of case manager two weeks ago, received his GED while a student in the Youthbuild program. He then went on to become a member of Sojourners’ [...]