Bob Mecum has announced his plans to retire as CEO and President of Lighthouse Youth Services on December 30, 2016. Mecum’s decision to retire will bring to a close a remarkable career of 40 years of continuous service to Lighthouse and our community.

Lighthouse Youth Services is celebrating the accomplishments of five outstanding community leaders this spring. Lighthouse will present its Beacon of Light Humanitarian Award to Iva Brown(awarded posthumously,) Ryan Messer and James Musuraca-Messer, Edgar Smith, and Rabbi Gary Zola on Saturday, April 16, 2016.

Congratulations to one of of our community's champions, Lighthouse Foster Parent Eunice Maul-Dunham! We're so proud to know and work with you!

A high-tech tool for your smartphone is aimed at helping homeless teens who often do not have much support.

The Upz app is designed to connect LGBTQ homeless youth, or those at risk of becoming homeless, with emergency resources such as shelters, medical care, hotlines to prevent suicide and self-harm, and food.

We honor the memory of Clarise White, co-founder of what is now Lighthouse Youth Services in 1969.

Evan is a special boy who stayed in foster care for years. He lived in six different placements and saw at least one potential adoption fall through before he landed in the home of Melissa and Chad Peters, Lighthouse Foster Parents.

Approximately 1,000 juveniles — many of whom are in their middle-school years — are forced into the sex trade each year in Ohio. Lighthouse Sheakley Center for Youth Director John Keuffer discussed how to help the victims during an interview on WVXU.

Volunteers filled Lighthouse Community School in Madisonville on MLK Day 2016. They filled hygiene bags, put together no sew blankets and created cards. All will support Lighthouse efforts to help homeless youth find a place to call home.

“Meeting Miss Sallie and many of the other residents at St. Paul Village made me want to start getting more involved in the community. If we all had this positive attitude towards community service, we could do more than just change our community; we could change the world.”