Hi, my name is Marie Aschkar, I have been volunteering with this organization since 1995 because I believe in what SOTM Inc is doing in the community. The mentor-to-mentor program has helped tremendously. Through this program, mentor and mentee are paired up, and asked to make a one-year commitment to one another. Both partners gain the benefit of companionship, encouragement; and are challenged to develop greater levels of integrity. I was paired up with a mentor who had gone through the same issues I was going through at the time, my mentor shared her experiences with me, and I learned from her. I was so grateful for the help that I received from the SOTM organization and decided to volunteer with them; and I have been with them ever since then. I will continue to support them and all the programs they offer. It is really a great organization, they have been in the community since 1993 with minimal grants and barely surviving, this how much this group believe in the community, they believe if one person shows up, the show should go on.