Feature Stories

After more than 50 years of dodge ball tournaments, exercise classes and pickup games, The Village Network plans to demolish and reconstruct the Boys’ Village gym to build a more functional, [...]

And so it begins. Tax free weekends. Homeroom assignments. 50-cent glue sticks. And of course, everyone is at the store for hours searching for that oddly specific magenta folder, which doesn’t [...]

Boys’ Village is going green. Starting late August, the Gault Youth and Family Enrichment Center will be retrofitted with new, energy-efficient LED lights, reducing the building’s carbon [...]

The tables have turned. As part of a three-day immersion workshop, our therapists in central Ohio will participate in therapy sessions rather than lead them. The workshop, which is part of a new [...]

Last school year, The Village Network sent two therapists to Summit Academy Secondary in Youngstown, Ohio to offer its students school-based services for the first time. In just one year, our [...]

This year, the Bethesda Campus received a generous donation to replace its worn out gymnasium floor. Once installed, the staff and youth didn’t hesitate to break it in. “After the ribbon cutting [...]

Children come to The Village Network bearing years of burdens and complex traumas, often times including abuse and neglect. Their adverse childhood experiences can lead to a lifetime of physical, [...]

The 2017-2018 school year is right around the corner and this August, our Southwest Region hosted a back to school backpack drive to benefit both our foster families. “We try to do this every [...]

After the launch of Facebook in 2004, the definition of a friend has slowly changed from a person with whom you share a bond of mutual affection into someone who passively likes a Facebook status [...]