James Riordan began working with troubled youth in the summer 2000 and founded Jeremiah’s – A place to be yourself to give teens a place to hang out away from the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Riordan then turned to one-on-one mentoring which evolved into a jail ministry and the co-founding of KCRO in 2005. For the past several years he has worked under KCRO Director Jasper Jones as the Mentor Supervisor for the program. He has been given the Service to Youth Award by the YMCA and was named the Outstanding Volunteer of Kankakee County by United Way.