Best Buddies Champion Of The Year

On Wednesday, Sept. 15, Best Buddies in Indiana kicked off their ninth annual Champion of the Year campaign in Indianapolis. One of Best Buddies’ signature fundraising events, Champion of the Year, recognizes individual volunteers in the community who are advocates for inclusion.

During an eight-week period, these volunteer leaders will engage in friendly competition to raise the most funds and awareness for Best Buddies programs in Indiana. Best Buddies provides Hoosiers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) with opportunities for oneto-one friendships with their peers without IDD, integrated employment, and leadership

development and selfadvocacy training. www. bestbuddies.org/indiana

Funds raised through the Champion of the Year campaign will support Best Buddies’ existing programs in Indiana that serve more than 4,500 youth and adults statewide at more than 100 schools, communities and workplaces. Funds will also support Best Buddies’ efforts to expand into new schools and communities in Indiana.

The ultimate Champion of the Year will be announced at the Best Buddies Champion of the Year Gala: Bloom Where You are Planted, at the Indiana Roof Ballroom on Nov. 12, 2022. The gala will include dinner and cocktails, live and silent auctions, live music and more!

The 2022 Champions are:

• Haley Anderson- Roberts, Teacher at Franklin Community High School

• Cady Fields, Student at Indiana Wesleyan University

• Jamie McCabe, Publisher, Special Needs Living Magazine

• Jennifer Miller, Project Manager, Capital Group

• James Pillischafske, Manager, PE, Katz Sapper & Miller

• Jillian “Jill” Robbins, Student at Lake Central High School

• Charlene “Charly” Tunison, Teacher at Mt. Tabor Elementary School

• RJ Zeph, Facilities Porter, TCC

Each champion is also paired with a mission partner with IDD, a Best Buddies participant who provides support throughout the eight-week Champion campaign. The mission partner also

provides each champion with the opportunity to form a unique Best Buddies friendship, especially for those who are not already in a Best Buddies program or have never been matched in a Best Buddies friendship.

You can support Best Buddies and Champion of the Year by purchasing a ticket to the gala, supporting a champion’s campaign, becoming an event sponsor, donating an auction item or making a general donation to Best Buddies. For more information on Best Buddies and Champion of the Year, visit www. bestbuddieschampion.org or contact Natalie Seibert at NatalieSeibert@ bestbuddies.org.

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