TV Program Profiles Exemplary Inner City Youths
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 13:39
The story of a group of inner city Regina youths leaving a life of crime will air on SCN tonight.
The documentary called “Running from Crime” tells the story of 15 young people who used to be in gangs or prostitution, and how they trained with the North Central Family Centre to run a marathon in Las Vegas.
Ivan Amichand is one of the coaches.
He says the documentary gives real life examples of people reaching goals.
The group will run a marathon in Jamaica this December.
Amichand says the centre is looking for more youths for a marathon in Honolulu next year.
The documentary airs tonight at 9:00 p.m.