 July is going to be hotter than ever because you get up to $50 off any smartphone at Appalachian Wireless to your agreement required. Better service? Bigger savings? That's today's Appalachian Wireless, an East Kentucky network company. The Prestonsburg Sapling Center recently opened in Highlands Plaza as a safe hangout for youth ages 14 to 25. The center offers a place to play games, socialize, and shoot pool, but organizers say it's much more than that. We also have resources so they can have a meal, they can do their laundry, they can take a hot shower, and then we actually have mental health services as well, and they can receive therapy from an on-site therapist or receive services from a youth peer support, which is a professional who has a lived experience and been through many of the same issues and things that these youth and young adults have been through. Or we have community support associates who are individuals who can help them complete applications, whether for college or for employment. They can help them skill build, teach them different skills, coping skills, and it's all offered in-house and all offered under one year. The Sapling Center is making a major impact in the lives of young adults who need it. I just basically hang out with the other kids. If I need therapy, they'll talk to me about that. They've helped me with my housing because I left foster care and I was homeless for a while, so they helped me find housing. They also helped me get food stamps, and when I needed a psychiatrist meeting they actually helped me with my psychiatrist and trying to figure out more about what I really want to do in life, and also just making me more independent. I have more people I talk to now, so a bigger support system, plus like leaving foster care if I did not have the Sapling Center, I'd probably be under a bridge right now. Kentucky River Community Care operates the center as well as similar centers in Hazard, Heinemann, and Weitzberg with new centers planned for Pikeville and Jackson. For more information on the Sapling Center, simply visit them on Facebook. Reporting from Prestonburg, I'm Sean Allen for EKB News.