The Buddy Program Celebrates 35 years of Mentoring!
For the past 35 years, The Buddy Program has been pairing adult mentors with young people in the Roaring Fork Valley, building self-esteem and enhancing the lives of the valley's children as well as providing support services.
If you have a mentoring story to tell, please send it to us on the CONTACT US page or call us at 970-920-2130 to share. We plan to create a collection of stories to honor this milestone!
To register for the Boogie's Diner Buddy 5 Mile Race on July 4th, 2008, please click the link: http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1576582
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Who We Are
The Buddy Program provides young people the opportunity to grow through adult mentoring. It's about inspiration...a unique opportunity to provide our local young people with positive mentors from our community. The mentoring partnerships motivate and inspire the valley's youth and help them to realize the vital connection between a complete education and future success.
Testimonials
"We [my Little Buddy and I] get together once a week. We do homework, hang out, go on hikes, camp out and play Frisbee golf. He's my most fun day of the week." - Peter Waanders, Big Buddy
"Peter helps me get good grades in school and taught me to snowboard. I've had a lot of new experiences with my Buddy." - Egbert O., Little Buddy
"Every kid needs someone to talk to, an example to follow and a little guidance every now and then, and every adult could use a reminder from a kid about how to loosen up and to make having fun the priority in life that it really is." -Dr. Bill Boehm, Big Buddy