Gala to Honor Two Encinitas-Based Foster Care Volunteers

arlier this year, Kevan Lyon began working with a young woman who needed help getting back on her feet.

The 19-year-old San Diego woman, who Lyon did not name, had been in the foster care system for several years and had a two-year-old daughter to support. She had trouble juggling her duties as a mother while also attempting to go to school and work, Lyon said.

“When we first met her, she was struggling,” she said. “She’s made great strides. She has a really solid job now, which we worked with her on her resume and on her interviewing skills, and she landed after a lot of hard work. She’s working hard to sort out a multitude of automobile issues, but she’s getting to work every day.”

The young woman is one of many Lyon has worked with during her time as a volunteer for Just in Time, a San Diego-based nonprofit supporting current and former foster youth, ages 18 to 26, and Career Horizons, a branch of Just in Time that works with young women from the foster care system…