Last year, Wayne Leahy, a Sonoma County realtor, cut out an item in the Press Democrat describing Community Action Partnership's Project Safe Mentoring Program's need for mentors.
He remembered a young man who helped him immensely when he was a Boy Scout - a person who, in fact, had been his mentor. He thought of his daughters, Christina and Jessica and hoped that they would receive the same kind of concern and support if they needed it some day. But most of all, he thought about Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County.
"I came here about three years ago. You folks helped me with the deposit to get into the house we are in right now. Times were tough then but life has turned around for the better. I felt I wanted to give back," he told Patty Vizgart.
Wayne volunteers as a mentor at Cook Middle School and has also committed to volunteering in the new YouthBuild Santa Rosa Mentoring Component beginning in September.
