Jordan Ruddie, the namesake of the Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation, was a close friend and an inspiration to the founders of RMYF. Tragically, Jordan’s intellectual and creative growth was halted and his youth’s potential cut short when his life ended prematurely at the age of 26.

Today, the Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation supports and enables others who show the same promise as Jordan, and to fulfill that potential by providing them the opportunity to realize their own dreams.