2024 Gala
Dear Friends,
I am beyond excited to welcome you to our 2024 Champion of the Year Gala. I find myself feeling to grateful when I think about all of the incredible things we have been able to accomplish together for Best Buddies in Washington.
Tonight, I would love to extend a special thank you to all our sponsors, advisory board members, and committee members who have helped make this event an extraordinary success. Most notably, I want to say thank you, our Champions, who have demonstrated the true spirit of giving by working tirelessly over the past several months to raise funds and awareness for the Best Buddies’ mission! On behalf of Best Buddies in Washington, we thank you for your thoughtfulness and generosity by attending our event. Please sit back, relax and enjoy The Great Gala!
Jordan Lavallee State Director
Event Planning Committee
Jody
MaryKylie
Eric Matthes
Taylor Orms
Hannah Comitz
Jordan Green
Katherine Hirai
Austin Landon
Maddy McCrosky – Gala Chair
Seibel
Cranford
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
$10,000
• 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!
$5,000
• A middle school, high school, or college Chapter for a year
• The cost of the room and food to host 250+ Best Buddies members to the statewide Friendship Ball
$2,500
• 10 buddy runners to participate in the ION Bank Cheshire Half Marathon or 5K or Team Best Buddies Relay
$1,000
• The cost to send a Buddy to the Leadership Conference (Registration and Air)
• A tent at the walk
• DJ or photo booth for a statewide Best Buddies event
$500
• Bus to transport a school chapter to the Friendship Walk or Friendship Ball
• Registration for a buddy to attend the Leadership Conference
• The cost of a flight to send a student leader to the Leadership Conference in Indiana
$350
• Citizens/Ambassador bowling party
• 1 buddy runner to participate in the ION Bank Cheshire Half Marathon
• The cost of buying t-shirts for a school chapter
$250
• The cost to send 4 buddies to the Buddy Ball
• The cost to send a buddy to the Party with a Purpose
• Transportation for 2 ambassadors to give public speeches
• The cost of a pizza party for a school chapter
$100
• Fund an online Best Buddies friendship pair utilizing our E-Buddy program that supports both social skill development and technological literacy
Courtney Block Raised $45,000 for Best Buddies in Washington
Candidates
Gina Kette
Kate Baxter Acacia MacDonald
Eric Matthes Maxwell Spiritos
Evan Long
Maddy McCrosky & David Franklin
This Year’s Platinum Sponsor: i4cp
“Our purpose is to discover and advance next practices in human capital. We produce more research than any other human capital research firm in the world...”
How to Bid
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
