Construction Projects

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sojourners Hosts DOL Audit

    Sojourners recently took part in an audit of our Youthbuild program. During the first day of his visit, he traveled to Logan to tour the house we are currently building through a partnership with Hocking Metropolitan Housing Authority.  Sawers also met with Youthbuild staff and students, learning more about the program. While on site, he [...]

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, [...]

Collaboration Begins with New House

Sojourners and the Hocking Metropolitan Housing Authority have begun a new collaboration by building a single-family house in Logan, Ohio. The organizations commemorated the project with a “Drive the First Nail“ ceremony on Friday, April 15.    “We’re excited to begin building not only this home, but hopefully a new partnership with the Sojourners Youthbuild [...]

New Partnership to Yield New House

    Sojourners has begun a new partnership with the Hocking Metropolitan Housing Authority to build one single family dwelling. Youthbuild staff have been in talks about the project with Craig Garrelts, Executive Director of the Hocking Metropolitan Housing Authority, for several months. Reprising our “Habitat for Humanity” model, Youthbuild will provide labor for construction [...]