The local homeless shelter has been welcoming a new staff member.
Rodney Sutton is the Friends of the Homeless of Tuscarawas County’s first-ever development director.
Board president Joe Svancara says they created the position a couple of months ago to streamline fundraising.
Sutton is a business owner and pastor known for his work with horizons and other local social service agencies.
Sutton started his new role in early September and spent last week at a conference in Virginia networking and exploring grant opportunities.
The organization is in the midst of a 4.5-million-dollar capital campaign to build a larger and more modern shelter behind the current one on east High Avenue.
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