George Junior Republic

"1965,66 i was on football team. It was great playing all the local high schools. Football taught me teamwork, purpose, and gave me some stability. GJR was a nice place."

"I would've been dead sixty yers ago if my parents hadn't sent me to George JR. I LEARNED BARBERING AND received my haircutting license in 1962 I opened the first Unisex studio in the 60s in DC and Maryland by 1970 earned my 1st million thanks PJR"

"I was there in 95-97 it was the best thing that happened to me. My cottage parents were great I had several but all treated us with respect and taught us good morals. There were lots of opportunities from sports to trades. I learned how to drive there, and had the opportunity to go to Hershey pa with the basketball team as they won state championships against reading Central Catholic. I wish I could go back in time and visit for the day. I now have a bachelor's degree and running my own business I made a big turn around not right away but the things I learned in that place helped me to be who I am today. Thank you GJR."

"My son called from here last night and when asked what he was doing he said he was watching the movie “How High 2” . He’s known to lie so I called to find out and I got told that a worker just stepped outside and had no idea they were watching that movie and one of the boys must have gotten ahold of the remote ! He’s there to get help but yet he’s not even being monitored like he should have been and having access to movies like that. He hasn’t even been there long yet so I am not pleased. And we were told 6-9 months or even longer , does anyone have any idea about how long they do keep them on average ?"

"I could say so much and thank so many people! 87-92 if you were there during those years, we had a BLAST!!! I had so much support from GJR students, staff, and the Grove city community! Saved my life"