Street Outreach
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]