Andrew Le of Southeast was chosen for the SAFE Streets profile for May.
Le was introduced to SAFE by his mentor Ngoc Vuong.
“I am heavily involved in various organizations, and I was trying to find ways to fund one of the groups I founded and chair at Wichita Southeast High School, Buffs at Work,” Le said. “Through some teachers, I was able to make my way to the Youth Service to America Project Grant meeting, where I was introduced to Ngoc and his organization at SAFE.”

There were numerous service projects Le was able to complete at Southeast through SAFE and the hope is that he has been able to inspire other young people to follow a similar path.

“The first being a ‘kindness wall’, was simply a poster where students could post positive messages and encourage other students throughout the building to push through during finals week,” Le said. “This wall wasn’t only up at Southeast, but through another organization, Students Empowerment, we were able to get it up at South High as well. Both of these posters were featured on “The Wichita Beacon!” Another project we were able to complete was toiletry kits for the local homeless population.”

Le said there are countless reasons why students should look into joining SAFE, with trying to make a difference for your peers being one of the most significant ones.
“SAFE allowed me to become more involved in my local community and has allowed me to spread my passion of public service to other teens,” Le said. “If you are interested, or passionate about serving your community, leading your fellow peers, or inspiring others to do the same, join SAFE.”