LIVING ON THROUGH ACTS OF KINDNESS

Lindsey Baron was a member of the Bethlehem Central High School Class of 1997. She was an avid snowboader and the first junior female snowboarding Instructor at Okemo Mountain in Vermont. Lindsey volunteered as a Buddy in the School of Similarities at Bethlehem. In numerous ways, Lindsey impacted the Bethlehem community through her many acts of kindness.

On a summer evening in June, 1996 Lindsey was tragically hit and killed by a car while walking with her two sisters in her neighborhood. In the spirit of Lindsey's unselfish nature her organs were donated to bring healing to others.

Before her death, Lindsey had created "Bubba", a snowboarding character, and had produced and sold "Bubba" stickers in Colorado, New York, and Vermont. Their enormous popularity inspired her to dream of expanding the business to include shirts, hats, and other merchandise that would appeal to snowboarders; a dream she wrote about in an essay for her college applications.

The Lindsey Baron "Bubba" Fund was developed by Lindsey's many friends and her family to raise money for scholarships and programs which promote "Acts of Kindness." The Fund exists to reward and encourage the values which Lindsey represented: Friendliness, Inclusiveness, Unselfishness, Citizenship and Empathy for other people's needs. The Fund is maintained by the Community Foundation for the Capital Region, a regional community foundation which is a publicly supported charity under Internal Revenue Code Sections 501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi). Contributions to the fund are tax deductible.

The fund accepts donations and raises money through the activities of LBBF, Inc. a company formed to carry out Lindsey's dream and make the line of "Bubba" merchandise a reality. All profits earned by LBBF, Inc. are contributed to the Fund. Click here to find out how to make a contribution.