Is a Proud Sponsor of
BEST BUDDIES and INCLUSION
Mission Best Buddies International is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to -one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development and inclusive living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Who We Serve The IDD Community that Best Buddies serves includes, but is not limited to, people with Down syndrome, autism, fragile X syndrome, Williams syndrome, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury and other undiagnosed disabilities.
Programs Best Buddies programs sit on the four key mission pillars below:
Best Buddies 2021 Featured Buddy Pair Megan & Bella, University of Louisville
Megan and Bella are Best Buddies participants who have been matched in a one-to-one friendship through the UofL Best Buddies program. Bella & Megan enjoy going for ice cream, going to the movies, and participating in the Best Buddies monthly chapter get-togethers. Friendship looks a little different in 2020-2021, but our buddy pairs have found new ways to connect so that physical distance doesn’t turn into social isolation. The Best Buddies mission is more important than ever.
How Donations = Programmatic Support
$5,000
$3,000
$2,500
Gift of Friendship
Party With A Purpose
Training Day
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.
Create a magical evening where buddy pairs celebrate and have fun at the Best Buddies Friendship Ball, similar to a prom for our middle school, high school and college members.
Fund an Ambassador training session for up to 50 people with and without IDD, giving them the public speaking skills to champion for inclusion throughout Kentucky
$1,000 Prepare Future Advocates Give a student leader, Ambassador, or Faculty Advisor the opportunity to attend the annual Best Buddies Leadership Conference, where they will learn to advocate for themselves and the IDD community.
$100
$350
$250
Gift of Chapter Dues
It’s A Match!
Help alleviate a high school or college chapter of its $350 annual dues which provides a library of online resources, membership management program, use of the Best Buddies name and logo, and liability insurance.
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.
$50
You’ve Got Mail!
Prep For Success
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.
Provide an hour of job coaching, where an employment candidate with IDD has the opportunity to practice interview skills, prepare for job readiness, or receive on-the-job support so he or she can excel in a new placement.
$25 Teach Inclusion At An Early Age Supply instruction for interactive activities, lesson plans and tool kits for school students in a Best Buddies chapter so that they can learn about acceptance and inclusion at a young age.
Many THANKS to Our Sponsors: Table Sponsors
Friendship Sponsors
MEET THE CHAMPIONS
Erica Hassoun, University of Louisville Student
JD Steer, Nationwide Services LLC
Jack Pilgrim, Kentucky Sports Radio
Lee Cooper, Strothman
Sami Yussman, Centerfield Elementary School,
MEET THE CHAMPIONS
Mark Brockman, Jr. M.D. Norton Children’s
Leslie Arnold, Kentucky Planning Partners
Kena Patel, High School Senior at duPont Manual High School
Chelsea Cooper, JCPS
Kasey Phelps, AmeriCorps Vista
MEET THE MISSION PARTNERS
MEET THE MISSION PARTNERS
Saturday, April 30, 2022 E.P. Tom Sawyer Park Register Your Team Today: BESTBUDDIESFRIENDSHIPWALK.ORG/KENTUCKY Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities Available!
Contact Kentucky@BestBuddies.org
Friendships for Adults: CITIZENS Best Buddies Citizens creates one-to-one friendships between adults with and without intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) in workplaces and the community. To get involved, contact Kentucky@bestbuddies.org
Kentucky School Programs COLLEGE CHAPTERS
HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTERS
Bellarmine University
Ballard High School
Centre College
Barren County High School
Morehead State University
Butler High School
Murray State University
duPont Manual High School
Northern Kentucky University
Eastern High School
University of Kentucky
Fairdale High School
University of Louisville
Fern Creek High School
University of Pikeville
Iroquois High School
Western Kentucky University
Pleasure Ridge Park High School Shelby County High School Southern High School
MIDDLE SCHOOL Farnsley Middle School John L. Ramsey Middle Noe Middle School
Shelby County East Middle Thomas Jefferson Middle Knight Middle School Westport Middle School Crosby Middle School
Trinity High School Assumption High School Waggener High School
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHAPTERS Farmer Elementary School Hawthorne Elementary School Middletown Elementary School Norton Commons Elementary Wellington Elementary School Wheeler Elementary School Indian Trail Elementary
Many THANKS to Our Sponsors: Bar Sponsors
Media Sponsor
A special thanks to our event photographer:
Anatéa Cahill And a HUGE Thank You to our Gala Chair: Sydney Brooks
Circle of CHAMPIONS Best Buddies will be forever grateful for the Champions that have been helping Best Buddies push our mission forward since 2010, including these past winners: 2010 - NICK PHELPS 2011 - BRUCE CORWIN 2012 - AMANDA MERTZ 2013 - BRIAN COXON 2014 - HARPER GRAY 2015 - CHRIS JONES 2016 - SUSAN BROOKS 2017 - PEYTON GRAY 2018 - MERRITT ROBINSON 2019- DANIELLE DAVIS
2020 Grand Champion, Audrey Davis
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