 Hi my name is Carolyn and I'm just turned 80 years old this year and I live in Allendale, New Jersey. Carolyn has been like a mother to me in a lot of ways. She's gone far beyond her social worker duties. Even you know if you know anything about teenagers they're not very easy to cope with and during those years in particular coming from certain situations I was extra difficult and she never gave up. I would say it's almost like being a parent to kids who for whatever reason didn't have that support at that time in their lives. I think the difference with Carolyn is it wasn't so much a job to her and teenagers can pick up on that. They could tell the difference in her sincerity especially when she worked after hours. She just put forth herself and as a teenager you really did pick up on the sincerity of that so they were more inclined to work with Carolyn. Part of my motivation was that I was given the gift of a stable family and so I always felt like that was such a gift and something that I can give back to others. When you really invest in someone's life it can make a huge difference whether they make it or not which was the case for me. I don't think that without Carolyn that I would have been okay at all. She she gave me something that I had never had some stability or somebody some type of support that I could depend on and she she gave that to the other people in the program as well. The idea that your mentoring really meant something to someone and really helped them move on with their lives that is the most definitely the most rewarding thing. Carolyn is my rockstar because she is a rock solid woman. I've seen her give selflessly and it's it's a testament it is love and action. We hear about love but in our relationship I got to see that and see the difference that it makes in other people's lives. A lot of us would not have made it if not for her.