Eric

Liberty for Youth provides us young people with a service that is needed in our community. I had a great childhood, wonderful parents, but as soon as I became a teenager the trouble started. Just like most teenagers I was told over and over about bad association and I didn’t listen which initiated the beginning of a series of bad choices.

The past few years I have been angry and unhappy living a rebellious lifestyle, I had been so mislead by movies, friends, and just about my overall environment. This negative lifestyle led me to be incarcerated. It was then a friend of mine told me about Liberty for Youth. Frederick mentored me through the Liberty for Youth principals of 7 R’s of Restoration. My favorite step was #6 Reintegration. Through the Liberty for Youth reintegration program they provided school enrollment assistance, living arrangements, employment advocacy, positive role models, family links, faith connections, recreational activities and others. I am finally completing my high school diploma and I will be starting college in the coming September. I am so excited about what my future has in store now that I actually have a future.

Eric