“YOUTH WORKER WANTED: Working in an inner-city Appalachian neighborhood with youth. Must be willing to meet them where they are; in the streets, and in the pool halls.” That’s the job announcement that Jim Holmstrom saw in 1977 that piqued … Continued
This July, a group of 12 Iraqi teens visited youth within Santa Maria’s Youth Development Program at the agency’s Joe Williams Family Center. The Cincinnati World Affairs Council of Northern Kentucky University contacted Santa Maria to host students from the … Continued
West-C, a Lower Price Hill nonprofit serving the needs of youth in the community, recently provided 34 youth ages six through 18 with the artistic opportunity to share their voice through poetry and photography. The ongoing project, titled “My Self, … Continued
Santa Maria is privileged to have some great volunteers who come and work with clients at the agency. One of them is Mount St. Joseph Summer Employment Program student worker, Riley Ferguson. Riley currently works as the Assistant Event Planner … Continued
Local musician, Harold Kennedy, has been volunteering his time each Wednesday afternoon at Santa Maria Community Services’ Joe Williams Family Center in Lower Price Hill to teach youth guitar. Harold began his music career at the age of 13, playing … Continued
Six teens from Santa Maria’s Youth Development Program spent four days in West Virginia this month to develop their work and social skills by helping the Southern Appalachian Labor School (SALS). The youth read with children during SALS’s summer reading … Continued