Provider Pals© is a cultural exchange program that links urban classrooms, rural classrooms, and the people who get their hands dirty every day - farmers, ranchers, miners, loggers, oil field workers, commercial fishermen, and others who provide the basics of everyday life. http://www.providerpals.com/news/index.htm http://www.providerpals.com NEW Games, Avatar Clothing, Buddy Lists! New EASY, QUICK Registration! http://www.providerpals.com/pworld/index.htm THINK ABOUT IT: Halloween is nearing…which means lots of goodies such as caramel apples! Farmers in which country produce the most apples? How about which state? Answers in the Alumni Zone. http://www.providerpals.com/alumni.htm Monsanto; BNSF; Lincoln County Commission http://www.providerpals.com/news/2009_bnsf_donation.pdf BNSF Foundation donates $25,000 to Provider Pals. http://www.providerpals.com/news/2009_bnsf_donation.pdf Check out the latest Provider Pals Newsletter. http://www.providerpals.com/alumni/newsletters/january_2009.pdf Provider Pals has been featured on the news in Washington, DC. http://www.providerpals.com/media/videos.htm New Photos from 2008 Provider Days! http://www.providerpals.com/photo_gallery/provider_days.htm New Videos from 2008 Summer Camps! http://www.providerpals.com/photo_gallery/videos.htm FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH, 8:00 PM, Libby, MT – Provider Pals Benefit Concert featuring Patricia Ryan and Yellowstone. http://www.providerpals.com/media/benefit_concert.htm CAMP 1: June 25TH – July 1ST; JUNE 28TH: Benefit Concert in Libby; CAMP 2: July 8TH – 14TH; CAMP 3: July 23RD – 29TH; CAMP 4: August 5TH – 11TH http://www.providerpals.com/media/bruce_award.htm Bruce A. Vincent, Executive Director of Provider Pals®, was presented with American Agri-Women’s 2007 Veritas Award at the American Agri-Women Annual Meeting and Convention in St. Paul, MN on November 10th, 2007. http://www.providerpals.com/media/bruce_award.htm There're no days off and no taking breaks when the fish are running, a California fisherman told students at Roosevelt Middle School on Wednesday. http://www.providerpals.com/news/la_article.pdf A farmer, miner, fisherman and firefighter talk to students about their Montana lifestyles. http://www.providerpals.com/news/glendale_article.pdf Eureka, Montana’s Interbel donates to Provider Pals®! Read their feature story in their recent newsletter. http://www.providerpals.com/news/interbel_donation.pdf Announcing Revett Minerals, Troy Mine very exciting and generous $25,000 contribution to the Provider Pals Program! http://www.providerpals.com/media/documents/62507_revett_donation_press_release.pdf On Monday, March 3rd, a rural ambassador of the Provider Pals® program visited Horace Mann Middle School in San Diego for a day of cultural exchange in what the Wall Street Journal has called ‘one of the most exciting education initiatives in years.’ http://www.providerpals.com/media/documents/3308_montana_logger_sandiego.pdf No cell phones, TV, or radios for a week. Classroom learning every morning. Stick picking, chores, bus rides (with no a/c), visiting logging jobs, mines, farms, ranches, and museums. Late nights, early mornings. Not what most middle school students would dream of during their summer break. Unless they are at Provider Pals Summer Camp that is. http://www.providerpals.com/media/documents/71508_nyc_camp.pdf Laughter, tears, and promises to stay in touch filled the air at Camp Raven yesterday afternoon. Local parents waited patiently, but the bus driver was getting anxious. He understood that the NYC students did not want to leave their new friends, but also knew that the plane wouldn’t wait! http://www.providerpals.com/media/news/july2008_campraven.pdf - Read Story