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…
It’s no secret that Eagle County will soon have a new safe house
Today, along with representatives from Buddy Mentors, SOS Outreach and YouthPower365, the Eagle County Board of Commissioners proclaimed January National Mentoring Month. We are proud to live in a county with such diverse and effective mentoring organizations!
Local youth participating in the Buddy Mentors Program recently celebrated the holidays in Vail. The evening included a private skate at Alderhof Ice Rink, a turkey dinner with all the trimmings at the Arrabelle, and a visit from Santa. Vail Resorts EpicPromise provided the dinner and the skating. Santa, with a little help from Howard…
Saturday night was a magical night for Vail Health Foundation, Eagle Valley Behavioral Health, and select nonprofits including Bright Future Foundation, when Vail Health Foundation announced a $100 million fundraising campaign to highlight the needs of expanded mental health resources for our communities in the Eagle Valley. You may read more about this at the…
Colorado Gives Day is right around the corner! Bright Future Foundation is one of 52 Eagle County nonprofits working together to raise money for our individuals groups within Eagle County Gives. It’s been a wonderful partnership, working together to raise the profile of our county’s critical nonprofits! Click HERE to support Bright Future Foundation today!
Saphira Klearman, a sixteen-year-old senior at Battle Mountain High School and founder of Project We Care Colorado, a teen-driven state-wide organization focused on providing mental health education and advocating for youth, brought Bright Future Foundation a concept on consent education and promotion she wanted to create and promote to the high schools and the community…
The prize for the most laps on the Forest Flyer mountain coaster went to either Rowdy or Nate, but who was counting? This year’s annual Epic Discovery day at Adventure Ridge was a gray Wednesday in August, but the clouds and rain didn’t stop the nearly fifty participants—mostly Senior Buddies and Junior Buddies and their…
We are thrilled to partner with Bon Iver on their upcoming tour, to stop at Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater on September 2nd. This is an overview of their incredible campaign: 2 A Billion is a campaign created by Bon Iver to raise support, awareness, and person-to-person connections in an effort to end gender inequality, domestic…
Bright Future Foundation would like to thank the Women’s Foundation of Colorado Vail Grantmaking Committee for their generous support of our Ensuring Freedom housing program for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Eagle County. Did you know that Eagle County families need income more than three times the federal poverty level to make…
