Gala PROGRAM
Order of Events 6:00 | Cocktail Hour (Assortment of Drinks) 6:50 | Dining Room Opens 7:00 | Welcome Remarks Champion Nominee & Mission Partner Intros Mission Moment
7:30 | Dinner Break 7:45 | Silent Auction Closes & Program Resumes Live Auction Bid from the Heart
8:30 | Grand Champion Winner Announced 10:00 | Party Ends
Auction and Bid from the Heart checkout will begin immediately following the conclusion of the program
Emcee & Auctioneer: Christie King
How to Bid on the Silent Auction Register: Text ALCOY23 to 76278 Mobile Bidding Site: ALCOY23.givesmart.com
Thank You To Our Sponsors!
Event Planning Committee A huge thank you to these individuals for all their help with with event over the last several months: Stephanie Holley, Auction Chair Sheetal Cordry, Logistics Chair Samm Hill, Sponsorship Chair Josh Domingue & Soleil Demars, Champion Engagement Chair
Bid From the Heart 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. $2,500 Bring together people with and without IDD for friendships that cultivate community-wide social inclusion; by funding a new school in the Best Buddies Friendship program! $1,000 Fund an all-day Ambassadors training session for up to 50 people with and without IDD; where attendees will gain the public speaking skills and confidence needed to champion for inclusion throughout their community $500 Give a student leader or Ambassador 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 Support a one-to-one peer 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 $100 Fund an online e-Buddies friendship between a person with and a person without IDD. The "e-pal" program allows participants to become more social and technology-literate, which may lead to more advanced career opportunities. $100 Fund an activity for a school friendship program! Support the inclusive school friendship programs and cover an activity for an event.
Champion Candidates & Mission Partners
Catherine Claybrook & Dalton Cron
Kim Gardner & Jaqueline Mateo
Lillian Hill & Dominique Porter
Gary Owen, Andie Gamble & Chris Naramore
Kimbrell Hinds & Mary Harbin Hinds
Cassady Nabors & Dayna Davis
Sarah Kate Smalley & Heather Larkin
Walk. Celebrate. Support.
04.13.24 10am | Patriot Park Homewood, AL
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/ALABAMA
Grace Anne Maughan (205) 242-5180 GraceAnneMaughan@bestbuddies.org