Youth at the Dennis J. Boll Group and Shelter Home will have a new building for equipment and supplies, thanks to the generosity of a South Point businessman.

Donald Ashworth, owner of Grandview Buildings & Supply Inc., of South Point, donated a 8-by-16 wooden storage structure valued at $1,059 to the shelter Monday.

"I was driving down the road and saw one of their buildings and thought, 'Wow, that is what we need,'" Kimberly Royal, case manager at the shelter said. "It never hurts to ask. So, I called Mr. Ashworh and he agreed to donate one to us."

As part of the life skills program at the shelter, the youth have been learning trades and skills such as dry walling, gardening, basic construction and wood working and competing in athletic games. Businesses in the community have been kind enough to donate practically everything they have needed, Royal said.

"When you have people this willing to give, we were quickly running out of room," Royal said. "The kids are learning a lot of things in the program, we just did not have the storage room."

Without the ongoing support of Judge David Payne, local churches and businesses like Dickess' Market, who donated supplies after the ice storms in February, the shelter would not exist, Director Brett A. Looney said.

"The community here in Lawrence County is important to these kids," Looney said.

"These are the children that need support and attention. They could not make it without the community's help."