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…
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…
Eagle County Happiness Sprinkling
Join Buddy Mentors and the Eagle River Youth Coalition for Eagle County’s first-ever Happiness Sprinkling. The cause is to spread goodwill, to share joy, to sprinkle happiness! Join your community members in…
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…
January is National Mentoring Month
Bright Future Foundation and our youth mentoring program, the Buddy Mentors Program, will participate in National Mentoring Month. National Mentoring Month (NMM), hosted every January, is the largest-scale mentoring campaign nationwide.…
Students prevent bullying through youth program
A special project involving area middle school students aims to help them mitigate areas where they feel unsafe and end bullying behaviors. Bright Future Foundation’s EmpowerMENt Program is working with…
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…
Buddy Mentors Program recognizes and celebrates its supporters
The Buddy Mentors Program has inspired and fostered many Eagle County youth within the past 33 years. A celebration was hosted on Thursday, June 29 at the Westin Riverfront Resort…
Buddy Mentors hosting recruitment and recognition event
The Buddy Mentors Program has inspired and fostered many Eagle County youth within the past 30 years. Organizers are thanking a few supporters who have contributed to the program’s long-term…
“Be A Buddy” message promoted at local egg hunt
Hundreds of children hunted for toy and candy filled eggs at the Town of Avon’s Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 15 at Nottingham Park. Bright Future Foundation’s Buddy Mentors Program participated in…