YSS Wheeling SleepOut Art Installation Calls Attention to Youth Homelessness
A couch, a car, a tent. To most of us, these are emblems of comfort, freedom, fun. To local youth experiencing homelessness, they are the only things keeping them from sleeping on the streets.
To draw attent...
YSS Program Seeks Mentors for Local Kids
As the number of local children who could benefit from positive adult role models in their lives continues to grow, more volunteer mentors are needed, according to Amy Halicky, Youth Mentoring Network coordinat...
YSS Hosts Meeting to Address Needs of Homeless Women, Families in Wheeling
Twenty-three leaders — from city officials to health care professionals to social service providers — put their heads together Wednesday to discuss how to meet the needs of women and families who are experienci...
Celebrate History, Art and Music at Area EVENTS
HERE COMES A PARADE!
Celebrate Wheeling’s milestone with the Wheeling 250 Parade, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7. The parade begins at 20th and Market streets, then travels up Market to 10th Street, tu...
Vineyard at 40: Still a ‘Rock and Roll Church’
The naked ladies were a bit of a stretch, but if there were ever a church that could cope with Art Nouveau statues in its “sanctuary,” the Vineyard would be it.
“We Photoshopped Hawaiian shirts on them,” lea...
Tickets Available for YSS Good Samaritan Dinner Honoring Charlie Schlegel
The Youth Services System Inc. Board of Directors will host the 12th annual Good Samaritan Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at the Wheeling Park White Palace. Charlie Schlegel, chef/owner of Ye Olde Alpha R...
YSS Celebrates Community, Growth and 45 Years of Service
For 45 years, Youth Services System Inc. has provided the Ohio Valley with programs to assist anyone in need of a warm bed, a hot meal and endless hope.
As this year marks the agency’s milestone anniversary,...
Historic Weekend of EVENTS Planned
A weekend of events will kick off at noon on Thursday, June 20, with a West Virginia Day Celebration, followed up by the 160th anniversary of the U.S. Custom House (West Virginia Independence Hall) at 5 p.m. Fr...
Historic Weekend of EVENTS Planned
A weekend of events will kick off at noon on Thursday, June 20, with a West Virginia Day Celebration, followed up by the 160th anniversary of the U.S. Custom House (West Virginia Independence Hall) at 5 p.m. Fr...
Ohio Valley EVENTS Heating Up
HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN
Since 2002, the Wheeling Feeling Chili Cook-Off has been a summer staple at Heritage Port in Wheeling. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, the event will feature live music, ...
Youth Services System Names Schlegel 2019 Good Samaritan
The question restaurant owner Charlie Schlegel asks himself when anyone calls seeking a charitable donation isn’t “Why should I?” but “Why wouldn’t I?”
Giving is second nature to Schlegel, who was raised one...
Out of the Ashes Comes a New Partnership
Out of the ashes comes a new partnership for Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) and the Ziegenfelder Company.
The Ziegenfelder Company, a Wheeling plant known for making Budget Saver Twin and Monster P...
Holy Local Superhero, Batman! (And Happy Birthday!)
Editor's note: Today, Saturday, March 30, is Batman's 80th birthday! In honor of the Caped Crusader’s birthday, the Ohio Valley Batman is encouraging participants at the #selfiestation at Macy’s at the Ohio Val...
Woodsdale Fifth-Graders Donate Tents to Freeze Shelter
Fifth-graders at Woodsdale Elementary School recently raised enough money to buy 15 tents for people who use the Youth Services System Inc. Winter Freeze Shelter, which will be closing for the season Saturday m...
Winter Freeze Shelter to Close March 15, Looking for Donations of Tents, Sleeping Bags
Friday, March 15, is the final night of the 2018-19 season for the Winter Freeze Shelter operated at 87 15th St., the headquarters of Youth Services System Inc.
The Winter Freeze Shelter offers overnight she...
Cigna Employee Lends a Helping Hand to YSS Youth Mentoring Network
Colette Sanner knows a thing or two about children in need. As a foster mom, she has learned the ins and outs and ups and downs of the system and the children it serves. Also a former mentor with Big Brothers B...
(Williams Lea) Tag — You’re It
Along with the fact that there are 100 job openings, why should you consider working at Williams Lea Tag?
Because it “feels like home, like family,” said Jennifer Materkoski, senior manager of communications...
Youth Mentoring Network of YSS Celebrates Life-affirming Relationships
The Youth Mentoring Network of Youth Services System Inc. celebrated the life-affirming relationships between mentors and mentees by treating them to a fancy dinner at Wheeling Country Club.
On Wednesday, Ja...
WCDS Students Give Warm Message to Homeless
Twenty-five second-graders from Wheeling Country Day School took a Martin Luther King Jr. Day field trip in frigid weather Monday to fill plastic bags with hand warmers and heartwarming messages for the homeles...
The Good and the Ugly: Ye Olde Alpha Customers Donate $6K to YSS in Ugly Server Contest
Here’s a tip: If you want to raise the most money for a good cause, wear red velour overalls festooned with Santa hats and stockings, and weave candy-cane swirls into your hair.
Ye Olde Alpha server Catrina ...
Recovery Coach Certification Now Offered Locally
“Transformed people transform people.”
Those words coined by spiritual author Richard Rohr are the motto of the Center for Addiction Recovery Training’s Recovery Coach Academy, now being offered locally.
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Can You Spare an Afternoon to Strike Up a Mentorship?
You don’t have to go far in the Ohio Valley to find good people willing to help others.
Good things are happening at the St. Clair Lanes in St. Clairsville on Sunday, and you’re invited. The fun afternoon wi...
SleepOut Raises More Than $56,000
The Wheeling SleepOut took place on Friday, Nov. 2, at the Miracle League Field at the J.B. Chambers Sports Complex off I-470. It raised more than $56,000 for Youth Services System Inc.’s Transitional Living Pr...
United Way, Southwestern Energy Fund Mental Health Program in Schools
A charity clay shoot fundraiser hosted earlier this year by Southwestern Energy and the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley will help to fund a much-needed program in the Ohio Valley — the Expanded School Menta...
Wheeling SleepOut Gets $10,000 Jolt From AEP
American Electric Power presented a check for $10,000 to Youth Services System Inc. in support of the eighth annual Wheeling SleepOut, an event held to raise awareness and money to address the critical problem ...
Zieggy Tribe Honored at YSS Good Samaritan Dinner
Wheeling Park’s White Palace Ballroom was packed Friday night for the annual Youth Service System (YSS) Good Samaritan Tribute. The event honored Lisa and Barry Allen, leaders of the Ziegenfelder Company — a co...