Best Buddies encourages lasting friendships; Club members play games, make memories

MEGHAN KALCK SSC Editor/Studio Manager

Best Buddies is a club for people who want to make long lasting friends. They have monthly meetings along with holiday parties, according to senior Andrew Mohr.

“I have been in Best Buddies for close to a year now,” he says. In the meetings, they tend to talk about fun things they are doing at the time while also playing games. “[They] enjoy each other’s company,” and do their best to have as much fun with each other in the time that they can, according to Mohr.

“We have parties for each holiday,” he continues. The club had a Christmas party back in December. They had a “little Hal- loween get together,” as well.

“We play games that work on life skills and will help each other in friendship,” Mohr also says.

One of the games that they played back in October for their Halloween party was where they had to separate a bunch of skittles into different colored categories. At the end, they ate all of the skittles. “We listen to music and overall just have fun,” he says.

Another game that they played was at their Valentine’s Day get together where they played a “relay race” that taught them teamwork and to encourage each other. Senior Gene Martin is also a member of the Best Buddies club, and she enjoys it because she “likes to hang out with different people” in school. Martin had