"I feel fantastic about FLY, both for the kids and the community. It's one of my favorite programs, and I'd like to make it available to all first-time nonviolent felony offenders."

-Judge Raymond J. Davilla, Jr., Former Supervising Judge of the Juvenile Delinquency Division, County of Santa Clara

"Not having FLY would be a tragic loss. These are mostly kids without fathers, whose mothers work. It's strange but in a year of probation, for instance, the probation officer can change, the judges can change, but the one person who doesn't change is the FLY mentor. That's important. It matters to the kids, and it matters to me. Trust takes time. Judges don't have it. So as a judge, I depend on the Mentors of FLY."

-Judge Eugene M. Hyman, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

"In a system that has far too few opportunities for too many kids, FLY provides an invaluable tool to assist them in understanding their behavior and its consequences- and makes them less likely to repeat mistakes."

-Kurt E. Kumli, Supervising Deputy District Attorney of the Juvenile Division, County of Santa Clara

"I have been in education for more than thirty years, and it is rare to witness a program that is as successful as FLY. My students actually are eager to attend each session. They have told me that they have learned more in their fourteen weeks in the FLY Program than in an entire year at regular school."

-William M. Chapman, Principal of New Valley High School

"I am especially impressed with the efforts of your organization and its approach to the mentoring process. You are well organized and professional and provide a high level of accountability in the use of public funds. The return on the public investment for your services is outstanding."

-Bob Garner, The Director of Santa Clara County's Department of Alcohol and Drug Services

"Given the outcomes demonstrated so far and the feedback received from families served, there is every reason to encourage and support funding of the FLY Program for the long term."

-John Cavalli, Former Chief Probation Officer of Santa Clara County

"FLY's benefit to the community is a safer environment, to the parents a resource to help us teach our children about being good citizens. And the benefit to our youth is they can become better judges of their own behavioral choices to make better life decisions. I hope that this valuable and unique program gains the community and corporate support it so clearly deserves."

-FLY Parent