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Foster Child

The Mayfly Project Mentee

Brighton, Massachusetts Project

Lead Mentor: Beck Cyr

Project Location: Brighton, Massachusetts

Project Founded: 2024

Mentors on the team:

Children mentored to date:

Children to mentor in 2025: 10

Local foster care partners:  Currently searching for partners for this project.

Local sponsors/company partners: Currently searching for local sponsors and partners.

 

 

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Brighton, MA Project 

Beck is thrilled to bring The Mayfly Project to foster children in Massachusetts and as lead mentor, bring other anglers together to cultivate a meaningful and invaluable experience for these children.

Beck Cyr

Lead Mentor, Brighton, MA Project

Project Mentors

BECK CYR, LEAD MENTOR

Brighton, MA

Growing up in New England, Beck has had a passion for the outdoors for as long as they can remember. Beck moved to Massachusetts with their partner in 2023, after starting a career with the Department of Children and Families. Beck is thrilled to bring The Mayfly Project to Massachusetts and as lead mentor, bring other fly anglers together to cultivate a meaningful and invaluable experience for children in foster care.

PAUL KENNEY MENTOR

Brighton, MA

I grew up spin fishing for bass and panfish in small ponds on a golf course south of Boston. Currently the western suburbs are home. A fly fishing mentor and neighbor took me under his wing in 2016. In the time since I have fished in nine states. Fresh and salt water fly fishing is now a passion. Professionally I have a 40 year career in technology sales and service. I’m blessed with a wonderful wife of 40 years, two children and two grandsons. I am excited to be one of the first mentors in the Boston Mayfly Project!

News & Events

A closer look at the Roanoke, Virginia project impact!

A closer look at the Roanoke, Virginia project impact!

Scott Barrier, the lead mentor for the Roanoke, Virginia project, talks with News10 about the benefits and lasting impact fly fishing can have on foster youth. Scott and the amazing mentors in Roanoke are doing amazing work! Check out the article and video below!...

Clean Up from Hurricane Helene, Mentor Highlight!

Clean Up from Hurricane Helene, Mentor Highlight!

We’re honored to highlight one of our mentors who is not only a huge asset to TMP in Boone, North Carolina, but has been a hero in her community during the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, 2024. Her name is Kelly McCoy—she is known in her community as the ‘Rivergirl’—a...

Bureau of Reclamation Partnership!

Bureau of Reclamation Partnership!

Our TMP projects in Medford and Klamath Falls, Oregon, and Hayden, Idaho partnered with the Bureau of Reclamation, (Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region and the California Great Basin Region), and their Fish-ABLE Fun program this summer! The Fish-ABLE program is designed...

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