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OUR PROGRAMS 81% of all revenue goes directly to Best Buddies programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), while only 19% is spent on administration and fundraising. When people with IDD are unable to attain or maintain a job, it is most often due to an absence of social skills rather than an inadequacy to perform the work required. Best Buddies introduces socialization opportunities and job coaching, providing the necessary tools for people with IDD to become more independent and, consequently, more included in the community. Best Buddies Citizens Best Buddies Citizens matches people with IDD in one-to-one friendships with individuals in the corporate and civic communities. Friends and family are the foundation that help human beings become successful. Without love, support, and friends, our lives would be empty - a life people with IDD have been forced to live throughout history. Since 1993, volunteers are changing lives by simply sharing their time with a new friend.
Best Buddies envisions a world where people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are so successfully integrated into our schools, our workplaces and our general communities that our current efforts and services will be unnecessary.
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October 1, 2012
BE S T B U DDI E S Best Buddies Colleges Best Buddies Colleges pairs people with IDD in one-to-one friendships with college students. In the past, individuals with IDD have not had the opportunity to have friends outside of their own environment. By becoming a College Buddy, volunteers offer a Buddy the chance to explore a new way of life. College chapters have grown from one single chapter at Georgetown to active chapters on more than 425 campuses worldwide.
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Best Buddies High Schools Since 1993, Best Buddies High Schools has paired students with IDD in one-to-one friendships with high school students. By introducing Best Buddies into public and private high schools, participants are crossing the invisible line that too often separates those with disabilities from those without. Today, Best Buddies boasts more than 900 high school chapters worldwide.
Audi Best Buddies Challenge: Washington, D.C. October 20, 2012 - Washington, D.C. Cycle, run or walk in our nation’s capital on a challenge like no other as we ride through the best of Washington, D.C. and the surrounding areas. The event features three options for cyclists:
Best Buddies Jobs Best Buddies Jobs continues the integration of people with IDD into the community through supported employment. The program helps individuals attain and maintain jobs of their own choosing by providing ongoing support and training, enabling people with IDD to earn an income, pay taxes, and work in an environment alongside others in the community. Since its inception, Best Buddies Jobs has placed more than 500 individuals in integrated employment positions.
100 mile, 50 mile or a 20 mile bike ride, as well as a 5K run or walk. No matter which distance you choose you'll be treated to an up-close and personal view of the monuments and history of Washington, D.C. All finishers will celebrate with a victory celebration at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia featuring a concert by Sugar Ray and a gourmet dinner.
Mission.Vision.Goals Our mission: to establish a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Our vision: to put Best Buddies out of business. Our goals: Best Buddies created the 2020 Initiative in 2011, with the goal of opening offices in all 50 states, expanding into 100 countries, and impacting 3 million people with and without IDD worldwide by the end of 2020. The initiative also includes plans to train 4,000 Buddy Ambassadors, develop 1,000 jobs for people with IDD around the world, and increase the number of school-based chapters to 2,500. As a result of these ambitious expansion efforts, Best Buddies hopes to become a household name by the end of 2020. Best Buddies is a volunteer-based organization. There are many ways for you to volunteer. Our eight programs ensure that there is one perfect for you.
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October 1, 2012
BE S T B U DDI E S Best Buddies Middle Schools In today’s middle schools, students with IDD often enter the same building and walk the same hallways as their peers, but they are left out of social activities. Started in 2001, Best Buddies Middle Schools is already active on 145 middle school campuses pairing students with IDD in one-to-one friendships.
e-Buddies e-Buddies® is an e-mail pen pal program for people with IDD of all ages (10 years old and up) and peer volunteers from across the United States and around the globe. e-Buddies is a fun and safe way to make a new friend in a secure online setting, and is available to anyone who has an e-mail address. e-Buddies can also be a great teaching tool for a special education classroom that can help teach social skills, as well as literacy and computer skills. Joining e-Buddies is quick and easy. Simply visit www.ebuddies.org to read more and to complete the online application.
Best Buddies Ambassadors Best Buddies Ambassadors educates and empowers people with IDD to be leaders and public speakers in their schools, communities, and workplace. Best Buddies Ambassadors is the next step in the Disability Rights Movement- teaching people with IDD the skills needed to successfully self advocate. Best Buddies Ambassadors prepares people with IDD to become active agents of change.
Global hq • 100 Southeast Second Street, Suite 2200 • Miami, FL 33131
October 1, 2012
BE S T B U DDI E S Best Buddies® is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Join our team! Best Buddies International, an equal opportunity employer, is a dynamic nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. At Best Buddies, we believe that to achieve our goals, the most important element of our strategy is to attract, retain and develop the best and brightest talents.
Founded in 1989 by Anthony K. Shriver, Best Buddies is a vibrant, international organization that has grown from one original chapter to almost 1,500 middle school, high school, and college chapters worldwide. Best Buddies programs engage participants in each of the 50 United States, and in 50 countries around the world. Best Buddies’ seven formal programs – Best Buddies Middle
Schools, High Schools, Colleges, Citizens, e-Buddies, Jobs and Ambassadors – positively impact nearly 700,000 individuals with and without disabilities worldwide. Best Buddies volunteers annually contribute, at no cost to their communities, support services that equate to more than $155.2 million USD.As a result of their involvement with Best Buddies, people with IDD secure rewarding jobs, live on their own, become inspirational leaders, and make lifelong friendships. Although Best Buddies has advanced tremendously in its short existence, many areas of the country and many regions of the world still lack programs to help people with IDD become part of mainstream society. With that in mind, Best Buddies is systematically implementing its 2020 Initiative, which will witness the organization’s continued significant growth, both domestically and overseas.
D O N A TE N O W Underwrite the cost of an integrated job for a Buddy
$8,500
Fund a High School or College Chapter:
$8,000
Sponsor a Citizens Buddy Pair:
$2,000
Send a student to Leadership Conference:
$1,000
Sponsor a campus-based Buddy Pair:
$250
Sponsor an online e-Buddies Pair:
$50
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