Partners - Be Your Own Hero

Our Employer Partners

Be Your Own Hero is proud to partner with a large and diverse group of employer partners.

These partners assist in our mission by:

Providing employment opportunities for students
Attending our Career Experience
Donating funds to help offset the cost of our programs and courses for participants

See our employer partners below and how we support each other in helping our students and young adults achieve their best career lives.

Speaking Sponsors

SUNY Erie

M&T Bank

NY Army National Guard

Moog

Gold Sponsor

Hybrid Buiding Solutions

Gold Sponsor

Center-of-Excellence-Materials-Informatics-RGB-Blue-Gray

UB Business and Enterprise Partnerships

Gold Sponsor

Vastola Heating and Cooling

Gold Sponsor

Secured Key Buyers

Gold Sponsor

NFTA

Silver Sponsors

Admar Supply
Boston Valley Terra Cotta
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 3 NY
Buffalo Construction Consultants
Building and Construction Trades Council of Buffalo & Vicinity
Cold Spring Construction
Construction Exchange
CutCo
Frey Electric Construction Company
Hazmat Environmental Group Inc.
Kenworth Northeast
Lawley Insurance
Montante Group
Mulvey Construction
Seal & Design, Inc.
T-Mark Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling
The MJA Company
Tri-R Mechanical Services
Universal Technical Institute

Brawdy Construction
Gilbane Turner Joint Venture
Gypsum Systems
Midland Asphalt
National Fuel
Northland Contracting
SMART Local 71
Sonwil Distributions
UA local 22 Plumbers, Steamfitters, Welder & HVAC Service Techs
United States Coast Guard
BRD Construction
Ingram Micro
Kimil Construction
MJ Mechanical
R.J. Watson, Inc.
United Materials
West Valley Demonstration Project
Ellicott Development
Lamparelli

Past Sponsor

Buffalo Bills

2025 Career Experience Attendees

Catholic Health
Empower WNY
US NAVY
Alta Construction Equipment of NY
Heritage Christian Services
Northland Training Center
NYS Department of Corrections
Rand Machine
Spectrum

Stark Technology
United States Air Force
Blackstone Advanced Technology
NYS Dept of Civil Service
Taber Industries
US Army
West Herr
Astronics
Pike Construction

Our Educational Partners

Our educational partners are absolutely key in reaching out to the students in the school districts and colleges of New York State. While we are lucky to currently collaborate with the school districts below, Be Your Own Hero is always looking to increase our footprint and reach more and more students.

Please email [email protected] to become an educational partner today!

Thank you to those schools that signed up to attend our 2025 Career Experience:

Alden
Brocton Central School District
Burgard High School
CA BOCES CTE Center at Ellicottville
Carrier
Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES
Cattaraugus Little Valley CSD
Charter School for Applied Technologies
Cheektowaga Central
E2CCB Ormsby Center
Eire 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES
Ellicottville Central School
Frontier High School
Gowanda High School
Grand Island High School
Health Sciences Charter School
Hinsdale Central School
Hutch Tech HS
Jamestown High School
John F. Kennedy

Kenmore West
Lackawanna High School
Lackawanna High School
Lake Shore Senior High School
Lewis J Bennett
Lockport High School
McKinley High School
Orchard Park HS
Orleans Career and Tech Center Medina
Portville Central
Portville Central
Randolph Academy – Hamburg Campus
South Park High School
Springville Griffith Institute High School
St. Francis High School
Tonawanda High School
Westfield Central School
WNY PTECH Dunkirk
YouthBuild Buffalo

Associations

Be Your Own Hero would like to sincerely thank and acknowledge the various associations across New York State that partner with us to help bring our Mission to fruition.

Make a Donation

Together, we really can make a difference!

At Be Your Own Hero, our mission is to serve as the bridge to employment for young adults.

Please help us ensure that our vision comes to fruition by donating and helping the workforce of today AND tomorrow get the head-start they deserve.

Donate Now