With our community’s safety and health as our priority, we have cancelled November Buddy Mentors in-person group events. Instead we are excited to present a Buddy Mentors Fall/Winter Challenge! Complete the challenge with your Buddy and you will be entered to win a $100 gift card. Entries must be emailed to rachel@mybrightfuture.org by Thursday, December 31, 2020.
We are honored and excited to be voted one of the Best Community Outreach Projects in the Vail Valley alongside The Community Market and The Cycle Effect. We are grateful for the support from our amazing community and love working alongside other local nonprofit to make the Vail Valley the best place to live, work,…
Bright Future Foundation (BFF) Staff wearing purple in recognition of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month. BFF offers a full complement of professional services that help to break the generational cycle of violence by providing immediate relief to families in need. BFF provides proactive and culturally sensitive programs that create sustainable emotional, behavioral, and community change.
“Grab a shovel and start shoveling!” Those were the instructions directed to the Buddies from Kensie, the Mountain Valley Horse Rescue coordinator, on a cool October morning in at Mountain Valley Horse Rescue in McCoy, about 30 miles north of Wolcott. Junior and Senior buddies paired off and picked a stall to clean. The Buddy…
Bright Future Foundation Breaks Ground VAIL DAILY, August 27, 2020 by: John LaConte | jlaconte@vaildaily.com * Bright Future Foundation breaks ground on new domestic abuse shelter in Eagle County PHOTO: Community stakeholders break ground Tuesday on a years-long effort to create a permanent shelter for victims of domestic abuse in the Eagle County Photo Credit:…
Bright Future Foundation does a little hotline training using some good social distancing techniques!
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Bright Future Foundation offering full services during uptick in domestic violence calls during COVID-19 restrictions 24/7 crisis hotline is available in English and Spanish By: Ross Leonhart rleonhart@vaildaily.com Bright Future Foundation offers a 24/7 Crisis Hotline, emergency shelter, financial aid housing program, food assistance and more for survivors of domestic abuse. Chad Madden |…
Thank you to Dewey Dabbles for hosting a Buddy Mentors event in March. About 30 Junior and Senior Buddies showed up to fuse decorative mosaic plates and eat pizza. Buddy Mentors offers at least two buddy activities each month: a potluck and another community activity. This March, along with the potluck and Dewey Dabbles Art,…
The annual Buddy Mentors Art Show was held at Color Coffee Roasters in Eagle in February. Junior Buddies displayed art work while Senior Buddies and other guests mingled and admired the art. This event also served as a recruitment event, and produced about five new down valley Senior Buddies. Buddy Mentors of Bright Future Foundation…
“It is so freezing out there,” said Christina, her cheeks red and her nose running. She grabbed the hand of her Senior Buddy, “Let’s go do it again!” Christina and her mentor, Kristen, have only been matched for a couple of months, but Kristen knew better than to turn Christina down. They clipped their tubes…
