Your impact, Our programs!
2018 BEST BUDDIES CHALLENGE: MIAMI & BEST BUDDIES MIAMI GALA PEPSI_S1_2PMS_NB_SM (FOR USE .25" TO 1.5")
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Thank You!
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Amazing people — LIKE YOU — helped us raise $2,502,943 MILLION ALL for our program participants
Hip-hop artist Flo Rida with Best Buddies Citizens participant Paavlena Madhivanan and another Miami Gala guest.
Our Four Mission Pillars One-to-One-Friendship
Integrated Employment
Funds raised by the Best Buddies Challenge and Gala Miami support Best Buddies’ four mission pillars
Leadership Development
Jorge Morilla, Best Buddies Ambassador
*In January 2019, Best Buddies launched Inclusive Living, its fourth mission pillar, in which people with and without IDD can live independently in a dynamic environment where they can learn, grow and thrive together. Best Buddies Living was developed as a way to address the critical need for independent/integrated living options, as 3.5 million adults with IDD in the U.S. currently live with a family caregiver.
Inclusive Living
Chris Gay and Mark Wylie Friendship program buddy pair
Friendship BECAUSE OF YOU,
more than 123 Best Buddies chapters and 2,465 friendship matches are being supported throughout the U.S.
“If it wasn’t for Best Buddies, I don’t think I would be the person I am today. Best Buddies gave me more confidence and independence and that landed me the job at MasTec.”
Kiara Sanchez
Jobs program participant, MasTec
Jobs
164 people with intellectual and development disabilities (IDD) will have job opportunities throughout the U.S.
In Florida, 80 companies and organizations employ Best Buddies Jobs Participants, including the greater Miami area, Broward County and Orlando.
“I became involved with Best Buddies jobs and was placed with Holland and Knight in 2017. It’s my first paying job and I love it. The best part of my job is working with the guys in office services. Not only are they my teammates, but also my friends. I want to thank everyone at Best Buddies and Holland & Knight for the opportunity to be a part of this great program.”
Mahmoud Jamil
Jobs program participant, Holland & Knight
Jobs Best Buddies Challenge: Miami and Miami Gala donors that support the Best Buddies Jobs Program include:
“When I got involved with Best Buddies, people began to see me for who I really am. They really cared about me and what I can do, and gave me opportunities to showcase my abilities, like my ability to sing. Best Buddies truly feels like a second home to me.”
Justin Toler
Best Buddies Ambassador
Justin performed an amazing rendition of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” at the Miami Gala!
38 Best Buddies Ambassadors throughout the U.S. will receive scholarships to attend our 2019 Best Buddies Leadership Conference in Bloomington, Indiana.
Leadership
50 phenomenal riders, led by Tour de France CHAMPION CHRIS FROOME, and pro cyclists George Hincapie and Christian Vande Velde, raised $822,901 From left: Pro Cyclists George Hincapie and Chris Froome
Top 10 Individuals
TOP 10 Best Buddies Challenge: Miami individuals raised 1. Ralph Winter 2. Andy Barowsky 3. Robert Friedman 4. Gareth Evans
5. John Eder 9. John Keeler 6. Craig Robins 10. Jon Canfield 7. Matt Werner 8. Sean Clancy
$289,570
Why I Ride
“The Miami Challenge is an activity that I can do (my only hobby is cycling!) and also support Best Buddies, the ONLY organization that my oldest son, John. Jr., participates in and lives by, every day of his life (it’s literally his whole social life!). I ride in the Challenge because I connect emotionally with my fellow riders — friends who know that my son has special abilities and who participate in the Challenge because of that. I support Best Buddies’ mission of TOTAL SOCIAL INCLUSION and the transformation of society’s emotional intelligence towards persons with disabilities.”
John Keeler
Title Sponsor:
Presenting Sponsors:
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Best Buddies participants and friends high five Challenge cyclist Matt Werner.
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Celebration 711 people celebrated in Best Buddies style, rocking the house with hip-hop artist Flo Rida.
Best Buddies Challenge: Miami cyclists and friends celebrate at the Miami Gala.
Presenting Sponsors May Liang & Jim Lintott The Ferraro Law Firm Friendship Sponsors Â
Sterling Foundation Management The Winter Family
Employment Sponsors
Leadership Sponsors Â
Braman Motors
Klingman & Associates
Carnival Foundation
Park West Foundation
Cutrale Citrus Juices USA
G. Marlyne Sexton
Celebrity Cruises
Sandy & Tony Tamer
Sheba Lucas
Lydia & Rudy Prio-Touzet
Tracfone Wireless, Inc
WSVN 7News
Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation
The GEO Group Foundation, Inc
Thanks to you, Gala Auctions raised:
$642,700
Auctions
Mini and Live Auction Donors: Amanpuri Luxury Resort and Hotel Romero Britto Chris Froome & Team Sky Dolce & Gabbana Charmaine & David Gang Hublot
Anthony K. Shriver, Best Buddies Founder, Chairman & CEO
kathy ireland Michael Meldman Soneva Tom Sullivan Top Auction Bidders: Tom Culmo
Megan & Jim Ferraro May Liang & Jim Lintott Holly & David Meehan Ricardo Miyares Abigail Pollak Joe Shay, Jr. Christine & Ralph Winter
Volunteers
More than 114 volunteers worked 900 hours reducing staffing costs by $22,221
Katie Ball & Crystal Florman, Friendship program buddy pair
Global Headquarters
info@bestbuddies.org 100 Southeast Second Street, Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33131 P 305.374.2233 | F 305.789.5577
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