Reno Youth Bridge is funded by individuals and charitable foundations that want to support the teaching of bridge in the Washoe County School District. Reno Youth Bridge has estimated that the cost to teach and support each school participating in the program will cost approximately $1900.00 and during the coming school year RYB expects to have 14 schools participating. Reno Youth Bridge, Inc., has been invited to become an independent Conference in Student Bridge League (SBL). Originally funded with a grant of One million Dollars, from Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, SBL organizes and prepares interscholastic competition among all member and conference school students participating in their monthly virtual tournaments and their annual championship.
Kathy Lane, President of Reno Youth Bridge, has been teaching bridge for many years. In addition to the Reno Youth Bridge schools that have signed up for after school lessons, Kathy teaches adults who are interested in learning or improving their game. She is a long term Reno resident and serves as Director for afternoon and evening Bridge games at the Reno Bridge Center
Molly Rakestraw, also a long time resident of Reno and environs, serves as Corporate Secretary for Reno Youth Bridge. She too teaches adults who are interested in learning how to play the game of Bridge.
Bud Brewer is Managing Director and Treasurer of Reno Youth Bridge. He was a principal member responsible for initiating the after school bridge teaching program at the Washoe County School District in 2008 and serves as consultant to the ACBL Youth Bridge Committee.
Dan is an avid bridge player fast approaching the rank of Gold Master. He and his wife Pat have been teaching Reno middle school youth for two years. Dan currently helps the volunteer teachers in three of the Washoe County middle school’s classes, Cold Springs, O’Brien and Sparks. Dan also serves on the Reno ACBL Unit Board.
David is a software Engineer at Intuit here in Reno. He studied Computer Science and Engineering at Ohio State University. David is the Reno Youth Bridge volunteer teacher at Davidson Academy here in Reno. David is a relatively new player at duplicate play but has become well respected for his skill at the bridge table and has recently earned the rank of “Life Master”..
Reno Youth Bridge, a 501(c)(3) non profit Nevada Corporation, is funded by the generous contributions from individuals, families and charitable foundations here in the Reno Community. None of the RYB Directors or Officers receive compensation for their services. WCSD Certified teachers at each of the participating schools do receive a stipend for their volunteer efforts to teach the game of Bridge to WCSD Middle School Students. If you would like to help us fund our program we have provided the convenience of Pay Pal Credit card services. Just click on the Donate Button on any page or call Bud Brewer at 775-849-4113. Thank You!
