Since being founded in 1962 by sportscaster Buddy Blattner, the Buddy Fund's consistent success has produced very significant support for St. Louis youngsters!
 
 
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Forty-seven (47) Years of Sustained Success Assisting St. Louis Area Children!
The Buddy Fund is a non-sectarian 501 (c) (3) charity helping St. Louis area children without regard to race, ethnicity or religion.
Our mission is to supply sports equipment to other charities and organizations that use organized sports to help redirect the lives of these at-risk kids ... including - boys & girls clubs - police athletic leagues  -  homes for kids    community centers - after school programs -  programs for children with disabilities.
These organizations (approximately 40) are located in those challenged neighborhoods, where they have direct access to the kids.
We believe that organized sports participation is a first-line character-building alternative to the destructive forces faced by kids with limited parenting and/or who are growing up in difficult neighborhoods.