Mentoring program celebrates second year

FALLBROOK — On March 12, the GANAS Mentoring Program will celebrate its second anniversary.

The program began with four adult volunteer mentors from the Fallbrook community and eight students ranging in age from 9 to 14 at Summer Ridge Apartments on Alvarado Street.

This after-school program has grown now to include two more groups, one at Turnagain Arms Apartments on East Mission Road and another at Fallbrook View Apartments on Alturas Road.

Thanks to new volunteer mentors, who were trained and fingerprinted, there are 32 children meeting once a week at their place of residence with their men...