Summer has officially started and so have the summer outreaches in the cities of Youngstown and Campbell, Ohio. My days of singing on the streets started back with Bob Noble and The Lost Then Found travelling the east coast doing outreach concerts. I have been working locally with Pastor Cruz and The Jericho Project for a long time locally and look forward to these events. Regardless of what people may think we all need something to believe in. People still need to know that they can work toward peace, unity, and brotherly love. The past few years the city officials have even teamed up with us to help reduce crime in the city by having theses family friendly events. Working together as a team is not easy but it is necessary. We cherish the relationships that have been built out of need and desire to serve. Jericho, Mahoning Valley Teen Challenge, Now Youngstown, C.I.R.V., local churches, and social service agencies, "THANK YOU" for all you do to make these outreaches happen.

Below is the 2016 SUMMER SCHEDULE. If you would like to help, just show up and talk with anyone who has a "NOW YOUNGSTOWN" tee shirt on. Donations are always welcome :-)

Wow, it is August already. The summer has really flown by and I feel like I am trying to catch up to it. So much going on and most of it unexpected. I attended the funeral services for my dear friend Mrs. Willis Pearl Bode this past Saturday. She was 86 and lived a life devoted to serving the community. The past few years have been hard on her with sickness which kept her in a nursing home and very frustrated that she could not get out to help people as she was used to. I met Mrs. bode in 1985 when I had just started traveling with Bob Noble & The Lost Then Found Ministry. Mrs. Bode invited me to join her in Christian Services at both the Mahoning County and Trumbull County Juvenile Justice Centers. She felt that my music would really connect with the youth that were incarcerated. Later she got me and Brian involved with the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Centers, traveling and doing concerts for those in transition. She would often tell people that I was her adopted daughter and not only was she my "mother'" but also my "manager"...LOL. We had some very good and fruitful times together and I certainly learned a lot from her about commitment, compassion, loyalty, and perseverance. I miss her but have the reassurance that I will see her again one day. Here is the link to her obituary: www.vindy.com/news/tributes/2010/jul/30/willis-pearl-bod/