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Champion Of The Year: Honoring Our Mission Through Competition
Champion of the Year is an exciting new fundraising campaign that will bring together a group of prominent and dynamic individuals from all walks of life who passionately believe in the Best Buddies...
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One-to-One Friendship: Jake and Josh
Jake and I have been matched for over three years. At this point I can’t imagine my life without him. He is one of the most genuine, kind hearted people I know and the world’s biggest social butterfly....
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Leadership Development: Leading the Fundraising Charge!
“Fundraising for Best Buddies this year was extremely important to me, mostly because of the impact it has had on my Buddy and me, but also for all the other Buddies who, because of Best Buddies, have...
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Best Buddies Jobs: Sodexo & Chris – the Perfect Match!
Hiring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities isn’t just right, it’s good for business! Just ask Joe, a manager with Sodexo where one of our Jobs participants, Chris works. “He’s just...
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Best Buddies Rhode Island Trains 3 New Ambassadors
On Saturday, June 11, the Best Buddies Advisory Board Programs Committee trained three new Buddy Ambassadors in “Finding their Voice.” The new Ambassadors, Emily McLaughlin, Elvin Rios, and Becky...
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2016 Best Buddies Spring/Summer Byline is in!
The Byline, Best Buddies’ official bi-annual online magazine, is now available! This edition highlights all the extraordinary things Best Buddies has accomplished throughout 2015 and the first half of...
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2016 Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall Marks the Launch of Best Buddies Jobs...
On May 24th, Elaine Kwon and Friends returned to the stage of Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall for a night of dynamic, unforgettable performances in support of Best Buddies programs in New York. Presented...
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2016 Superheroes and Sidekicks Pub Crawl
July 16, 2016 Ember 42 W. Central Blvd Orlando, FL 32801 Grab your sidekick and come out to support Best Buddies by joining our first networking event of the year! To gain more awareness to the...
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2016 Team Best Buddies: Dewey Beach 5K Buddy Run
August 7, 2016 Dewey Beach Lions Club 115 McKinley St Dewey Beach, DE The annual Dewey Beach 5K Buddy Run, benefiting Best Buddies Delaware and the Boardwalk Buddy Walk, is set. Join us for our 5K...
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2016 Best Buddies Wisconsin Leadership Breakfast
September 15, 2016 Milwaukee, WI The Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee Join us at The Pfister Hotel, where guests are invited to enjoy an inspirational breakfast to learn how participating in Best Buddies can...
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7th Annual Best Buddies Open
October 3, 2016 Hyannis Port, MA Hyannisport Club Format: Bramble Best Drive selected then each golfer plays their own ball, lowest score from foursome taken Best Buddies Massachusetts provides social...
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Meet Deanna Blizzard, Our New Citizens Program Manager
Best Buddies Delaware is excited to welcome Deanna Blizzard to its staff as a Program Manager for Citizens – Southern Delaware. Deanna’s primary focus will be to share the program with all in Southern...
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Best Buddies Citizens in Action at Bank of America – Strong Volunteers Create...
The Best Buddies Citizen Chapter at Bank of America has long been one of the most active and growing citizen’s chapters within the Best Buddies Organization. This very solid and active chapter has...
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Friendship Citizens Program Spreads Downstate
With the New Year, several residents from Independence Community near Millsboro, Delaware came out with a resolve to make the world a nicer place. Program Manager Anne Karwath and her husband, Kevin...
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More Delawareans Will Have Access To Best Buddies Friendship Programs
The Best Buddies Delaware (BBDE) staff is pleased to offer its signature friendship model to many more people in the coming months through the expansion of our friendship programs for both students and...
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One-to-One Friendship: Chelsea and Taylor
by Taylor Lodewegen The first time that Chelsea and I hung out I was so nervous! What if she didn’t like hanging out with me? What if we didn’t have anything in common? When I first moved to Illinois I...
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Leadership Development: Mr. McGill, Advisor of the Year
Advisors play a key role in helping lead our school-friendship chapters to success! They are classroom educators by day and leaders of change by night. In his first year as a faculty advisor at...
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Best Buddies Jobs: Blazing a Trail for Employees with IDD
The Jobs staff from Best Buddies Illinois recently attended the Association of People Supporting EmploymentFirst (APSE) conference in Cincinnati, Ohio along with other Jobs staff from across the...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Liz Wall, Park City Utah
My name is Liz Wall, and to my daughter I am simply known as Ri. Lottie Wall, my youngest child, was born 14 years ago this October and came to us with Down syndrome. The nickname Ri came from never...
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2016 Macy’s Shop For A Cause: Texas
August 26-28, 2016 Since 2006, Macy’s Shop For A Cause has helped raise tens of millions of dollars for charities throughout the country, and more than 5,000 charities signed up to participate last...
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