Ellen Smith Eaton – Buddy Mentors 2019 Mentor of the Year
Congratulations to Ellen Smith Eaton for receiving the 2019 Buddy Mentors Mentor of the Year award, presented at the September Third Monday Potluck in Edwards. Ellen and Abel have been…
KZYR talks to Bright Future Foundation about what’s happening now!
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Bright Future Foundation hosts Buddy Mentors holiday party
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…
Epic Discovery Vail
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…
Junior Buddies at Castle Peak Senior Life & Rehabilitation
Our Junior and Senior Buddies spent a recent Saturday at Castle Peak Senior Life and Rehabilitation, enjoying some fun with the residents. They played bingo, did a variety of craft projects,…
Buddy Mentor art show a smash!
January is National Mentoring Month and our mentors have been busy!! Last Thursday, the Buddy Mentors hosted their first-ever art show at Color Coffee Roasters in Eagle. The masterpieces were…
Bright Future’s Youth Program Leaders Receive Award
The Mountain West Diversity Conference is a program of Youth Celebrate Diversity. YDC is building a grassroots movement of students and educators addressing social problems, celebrating diversity and making schools…
Buddy Mentors sprinkle happiness in Eagle County
Commuters driving through Eagle on January 29 may have noticed a group of adults and kids wearing yellow shirts and holding signs. It wasn’t a protest, or a call to…
Bright Future celebrates the efforts of mentors
Bright Future’s Buddy Mentors Program was among the local mentoring programs helping to proclaim January as National Mentoring Month at a recent Eagle County Board of Commissioners meeting. National Mentoring…
Junior and senior buddies celebrate the holidays
Thank you to the good people at Vail Resorts EpicPromise and Howard Head Sports Medicine for helping make the holidays bright! Youth and mentors from Bright Future Foundation’s Buddy Mentors Program celebrated the…
Buddies volunteer for Mountain Valley Horse Rescue
Junior and senior buddies visited Mountain Valley Horse Rescue (MVHR) in McCoy and learned how to properly care for horses who previously had been neglected or abandoned. The visit was…
Buddy Mentors celebrate summer at Adventure Ridge
Courtesy of the EpicPromise grant from Vail Resorts, a group of junior and senior buddies experienced Epic Discovery at Adventure Ridge. The Buddy Mentors had a wonderful time, starting with…