A program to help homeless youth in central Windsor is getting a boost from an auto parts maker.
Plasman Group is donating $3,000 to the Kid Next Door Program at the Windsor Residence for Young Men.
Ricardo Tate works at one of the Windsor Plasman sites and sees the benefit.
"It's always good to give back," says Tate. "Especially young men going through a lot of rough times and it's great to feel our company's helping them through these times."
The funding will help keep the mentorship program going.
"Being able to give back to communities such as this makes a big difference for the people that work for us," according to human resources manager Shauna Hatch. "But also a big difference for the young men participating in the program."
Dave Freeman, Chair of the Donor Development Committss at WRYM, says this helps with a challenge for the program.
"We teach them the value of hard work, of dedication of sticking to a job and seeing it through to its end, budgeting," says Freeman. "There's just so much they gain from it. But the big problme is that it's been a victim of its own success because it's just about in terms of the demand for it since it's been launched."
Windsor Residence for Young Men (by AM800's Peter Langille)
WRYM Executive Director Greg Goulin explains the program helps homeless young men aged 16 to 23 learn work and life skills.
The program assists as many as 60 youth each year and the need continues to grow.