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Students attend a fall backpacking trip through the Buddy Program’s LEAD (Leadership through Exploration, Action and Discovery) high school outdoor leadership program. To abide by COVID-19 safety guidelines, the program purchased single-person tents, served individually-wrapped meals and followed mask and social distancing protocols. The Buddy Program/Courtesy Image When COVID-19 brought life to a grinding halt in March, youth throughout the Roaring Fork Valley were left in the lurch. One after another, the hallmarks of being a teenager slipped away. Proms were canceled. Graduations came an...

Share Dolly’s dream of inspiring young readers has put 150 million books—so far—in children’s hands Each month in homes in Knox County, more than 21,000 children receive a book in the mail. The packaging comes off and the children rediscover the joy of reading. And parents relish the moments spent poring over a story with their young ones. “When you sit down and read with your child or with a child in your life, it’s not just building preliterate skills or their imagination, it’s also critically important bonding,” says Mary Pom Claiborne, director of marketing, development an...

Editor: The Buddy Program is so grateful for everyone who helped make December so “sweet” and spread holiday joy through our eighth annual Gingerbread House fundraiser. Thank you to our host committee members, Helen and Jim Fifield, Candice and Jeff Gorsuch, Amanda and Bret Hirsh, Hannah Thompson and Karen Wing. Thank you to our event sponsors All Set Aspen, US Bank and the Aspen Times. Over 70 businesses and individuals lent their support to ensure that over 130 youth in our programs were able to take kits home and enjoy with their family or big buddy, as well as raise over $122,00...

Mountain Mayhem Chace and Chelsey Dillon with their children, Charlie and Stella, greet Santa and Mrs. Claus for their carriage ride around town. Egan Hinderberger with his dad, Kirk, on the Santa and Mrs. Claus parade route. Signing, sealing and delivering a letter to Santa for the mailbox in the Hotel Jerome lobby. Santa and Mrs. Claus on a carriage ride around town. The Buddy Program’s creative gingerbread house kits. Courtesy photo. Buddy Program staff Maddie Hawken and Laura Seay assemble dozens of gingerbread house kits. Courtesy photo. Krista Klees, founder of the Lucky Chances Lunch...

Fugitive spotted and killed friday richard matt the more experienced of the two in evading captured. we know sweat told police that he ditcheded matt because matt was dragging him down. ultimately was it a mistake to split up? >> i believe it was a mistake. they operated on a buddy program. they were a team. i think they had two sets of eyes four sets of if ears and they complemented each other farce keeping each other informed. >> we're glad they made that mistake. mr. gachb, a former new york city corrections officials. do you think it's possible that gene palmer the prisoner in court -- i'm...