FIRST BUDDY

Team 812 has been committed to changing the culture of our world, starting with kids. FIRST Building Understanding and Determination in Developing Youth [BUDDY] was born out of these efforts.

Since its conception in 2005, Team 812 has reached hundreds of youths through this program by partnering up with Students Actively Volunteering for You, Volunteer San Diego, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego Public Libraries, Boys and Girls Clubs, and the Monarch School. We also peer mentor and hold community events, such as the UCSD Sally Ride Festival to instill in these students the seed of FIRST. Our efforts to change the community start with the youth. Generations later, perhaps some of the same students will remember us as the catalyst for changing their lives. That is what Team 812 wants to remembered for-– change and progress-– to be initialized by BUDDY.