Third Annual CampOut For A Cause Raises Funds For Youth and Families Provided May 30, 2022 Youth Services System, Inc.’s (YSS) third annual CampOut For A Cause (COFAC) virtual fundraiser will culminate with an entertainment stream across social media at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 3. Community...
10th Annual Wheeling SleepOut to Build Community Support for Youth Facing Homelessness Provided October 29, 2020 WHEELING, W.Va. — While many older teens are worrying about online classes, COVID and college applications, some are wondering whether they’ll have a roof over their heads tonight. In one year, a...
Rally, Virtual Service to Mark 2020 WV Days of Hope Provided September 18, 2020 WHEELING, W.Va. — With the theme “You Can Touch a Life,” the 2020 West Virginia Days of Hope will take place Friday through Sunday with a virtual service on Sunday and in-person rallies at 10:30 a.m...
Men of Change Help 400 Students with Back-to-School Giveaway. Weelunk Staff September 10, 2020 As children from across the Ohio Valley head back to the classroom, Men of Change hosted a drive-thru school supplies giveaway in Wheeling to help families in need of extra assistance. Men of Change, a group of...
The Caring City: Wheeling’s Longstanding and Successful Social Services Organizations Kelly Strautmann August 14, 2020 Wheeling may be considered small, but its community outreach is the opposite. Few small towns can boast they have as many longstanding, successful nonprofit social service organizations as Wheeling. Wheeling...
YSS Celebrates Community, Growth and 45 Years of Service Jessica Broverman June 21, 2019 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,...
Gaudio Lives His Life with Family Steve Novotney August 3, 2017 He knows no strangers and considers you and me a part of his family. And Bob Gaudio may not even know us, but it’s a mindset he learned while he was a youngster in Follansbee. His perspective on his family t...
To Love Others John Moses May 12, 2017 1 Photo by Rebecca Kiger I want to say thank you to everyone sharing in this celebration of gratitude in honor of you and your faithfulness in serving the poor and homeless for this year's Winter Freez...
Anonymous Donation Improves Homeless Healthcare Steve Novotney February 24, 2017 For 10 years they have ventured out to hillsides, creek shores, and abandoned buildings to find the homeless in the Wheeling area to offer medical assistance, but thanks to a generous recent donation, Dr. Willi...
We Need You for the Winter Freeze Shelter MIke Toothman December 15, 2016 Feature Photo by Rebecaa Kiger A community project that serves homeless adults needs your help. The Winter Freeze Shelter uses volunteers to assist shelter supervisors overnight. Volunteers arrive at...
Celebrate Youth Festival a YSS Tradition Steve Novotney August 3, 2016 For the eighth consecutive year Youth Services System will collect more than 60 local businesses and service organizations this Thursday under one roof for the annual Celebrate Youth Festival at the Wheeling Pa...
Challenge Wheeling Race Set For Saturday Steve Novotney June 15, 2016 For a third consecutive June, people of all ages, shapes, and sizes will trek their way to 11 different destinations while competing in the annual Challenge Wheeling event scheduled for this Saturday in downtow...
Wheeling Lives Up To Its Name Tammy Kruse January 20, 2016 No one can doubt that Wheeling lives up to its name - The Friendly City. You witness this every day. People exchanging hellos, courtesies extended to lend a hand; hold doors open and allow other to go...
YSS: What’s Love Got To Do With It? Tammy Kruse December 14, 2015 In 1984, when Tina Turner belted out the lyrics, “What’s love got to do, got to do with it”, she wryly depicted love as a “Second Hand Emotion,” but there is nothing second-hand about the expressions of love in...
