Youthbuild
We Are Looking to Hire 17 VISTA Members
SOJOURNERS VISTA PROGRAM fighting poverty with passion Are you looking for a full-time job where you can make a difference in peoples’ lives? Or, a summer job where you can have fun and help people? Sojourners is recruiting for 17 AmeriCorps VISTA positions for two AmeriCorps VISTA programs which are funded through a grant from [...]
National Webinar Features Youthbuild Staff
The US Department of Education and Jobs for the Future have teamed up to raise awareness about the difficulties youth face in rural areas concerning their education. Utilizing the Village: Building Support for Students Success in Rural Communities is a three series webinar, a workshop which presented over the internet. Although the first two series [...]
New Cohort of Youthbuild Begins Today
YOUTHBUILD OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO We build better futures here. At 8:30 this morning a new cohort of young men and women began their careers as participants in the Sojourners Youthbuild of Southeastern Ohio program. 29 students are registered for the new class. They follow in the footsteps of 275 past Youthbuilders—85 of those participants [...]
Youthbuild Recruiting for New Class
Walls go up on a Youthbuild house in Logan, Ohio Our Youthbuild of Southeast Ohio program is recruiting participants for its new class which will begin January 7th 2013. Young women and men in Youthbuild learn construction and carpentry skills by building homes for low-income families, while receiving leadership and education support leading to [...]
Sojourners Welcomes Community to Openhouse
Sojourners will hold an open house for the community on Thursday, December 6th from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm on its main campus at 605 West Main Street, McArthur, Ohio. Displays will be set up featuring information and slide shows about the programs in each of our three programmatic divisions—Family Development (foster care and adoption), [...]
New Grant Keeps Services Out On The Street
Sojourners has recently received a $600,000 Runaway & Homeless Youth Street Outreach grant from the Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The grant will fund the Sojourners Street Outreach Program, known as Sojo Street Reach, for the next three years. Street Outreach programs support work with homeless, runaway and [...]
Youthbuild of Southeastern Ohio receives new grant
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has announced more than $75 million in YouthBuild grants to help out-of-school youth earn a high school diploma or GED while learning critical occupational skills in construction, health care, information technology and other fields. Sojourners Care Network, headquartered in McArthur, Ohio, will receive $900,000. The grant will provide [...]
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 [...]
New VISTA Program Offers Jobs that Make a Difference
Are you looking for a way to change people’s lives? Want a job where you can make a difference? The Sojourners VISTA Program may be just what you need. The Sojourners VISTA Program will provide ten individuals an opportunity to use their talents and skills to help young people living in Appalachian Ohio. Our VISTA [...]
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 [...]