Best Buddies
Champions of Inclusion Celebration NOVEMBER
2022
Austin, TX 78704 Evening Program 6:00 PM Cocktails, Appetizers & Silent Auction 6:45 PM Dinner Stations Open 7:00 PM Hula Lessons 7:30 PM Program Begins 8:00 PM Silent Auction Ends 8:30 PM Party with PJ the DJ & Check Out Register: Text CTCHAMPS to (76278) Donate: Text the word GIVE and amount (dollar sign not required) to (76278) *You can also bid in the silent auction once you’ve registered
2022
Central Texas
17TH,
Vuka Bouldin Creek 411 W Monroe St,
The Value of Your Donation Supports
Best Buddies helps form meaningful friendships, secure successful jobs, live independently, improve public speaking, self advocacy and communications skills, all while feeling valued by society.
$5,000
• More Than A Job Underwrite the employment support that Best Buddies Jobs provides a person with IDD, allowing him or her to find a job, become financially independent, receive benefits and work alongside others in the community.
$2,500
• Friendship Ball Party The Best Buddies Friendship Ball invites people with IDD to a memorable community dance; an experience from which they may otherwise be excluded. Create a magical evening where buddy pairs celebrate and have fun.
$1,000
• New Friendship Chapter Bring together people with and without IDD for friendships that cultivate community wide social inclusion, by funding a new school, citizens or corporate chapter in the Best Buddies Friendship program.
$500
• Prepare Future Advocates Give a student leader, Ambassador, or Jobs participant the opportunity to attend the annual Best Buddies Leadership Conference, where he or she will learn to advocate for him or herself and the larger IDD community.
$250
• Citizens/Ambassador bowling party
• Photo Booth for Best Buddies events
• Chapter Pizza Party – Help support Chapter gatherings and social interactions
$100
• Buddy Pair Match Support a one to one friendship between someone with IDD and his or her peer, helping to build a mutually enriching connection that enhances the lives of program participants and their families.
MANY THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS & PARTNERS
Register Today! April 2023 10:00am | Austin, TX Walk. Celebrate. Support The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is the leading walk in the country supporting inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (also known as IDD). BESTBUDDIESFRIENDSHIPWALK.ORG/CENTRALTEXAS
Citizens Program
Adult Friendships for Individuals 18 & up. If interested in becoming a Buddy in Central Texas, click on the QR code to find out more.
