Gena Churchwell
Hear Me Roar
Teacher at Glynn Academy (GA) and Founder of Glynn Academy’s Terror Buddies
Brunswick, GA
When and why did you start Terror Buddies?
We started Terror Buddies in 2014. I became aware of Glynn County’s Buddy Ball program and thought that bringing the concept of pairing students with special needs with typical students in the school environment would be great. At the time, we had just short of 30 students with special needs. We were hoping to get 30 typical students so everyone would have a new friend. Even that first year our Glynn Academy students rose to the occasion. We had over 90 students sign up to be a part of Terror Buddies. We have never had fewer than 100 students every year after that.