THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!
From the 7th Annual Shorty Awards

Buddy Project

Finalist in Teen Hero

About Buddy Project

Buddy Project was founded by Gabby Frost in April 2013, when she was 15-years-old and a freshman in high school. Frost created this initiative to prevent suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders after seeing many friends she knew personally and online that were going through mental illnesses, suicidal thoughts, self-harm addiction, and bullying. Buddy Project works by pairing people as buddies based on their interests (singers, bands, TV shows, movies, etc) and their age group (13-15, 16-18, 19-24, 25+). Buddy Project also promotes positivity to try and decrease the amount of bullying and negativity on social media. Buddy Project is open to all – regardless of one's age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, and socioeconomic status – because no one deserves to feel alone.

Buddy Project's best work on social

https://twitter.com/ProjectBuddy/status/561679774754811905 https://twitter.com/ProjectBuddy/status/533097006651420672 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLUzZHt-kmw http://instagram.com/p/yQUQHSMV1d http://instagram.com/p/wDNM5PMV40/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZG4dBi1-Tg