 We're local with a global reach, connecting our clients to their customers across the continent and beyond. Visit smithbates.com or give us a call to see what we can do to help. Smith Bates, we make you look really good. For 20 years, Friends of the Children Calamith Basin has been pairing our community's youth with professionally trained, salaried mentors who provide 12-plus years of one-on-one mentor-mentee relationship focused on social-emotional development and educational support.