Tag: Best Buddies
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Best Buddies Miami 2016
We were in Miami this past weekend attending the Best Buddies gala. Best Buddies is a non-profit that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities with friendships, jobs, and leadership development. The annual gala in Miami is always a fun event to attend—both in terms of helping a very worthy cause and because Miami has…
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Best Buddies Miami 2014
In case you hadn’t noticed, fall is a busy time for us. 🙂 We traveled down to Miami for the Best Buddies gala, which was held on November 21. Best Buddies is a non-profit organization that helps developmentally disabled folks by providing them with friendships, jobs, and leadership training. We flew down on Friday morning.…
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Best Buddies DC 2014
The annual Best Buddies bike ride/run/walk in DC was held on Saturday, October 18. Best Buddies is a non-profit that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, both socially (hence its name) and professionally, by encouraging companies to hire people with disabilities and by providing leadership development. The annual event is made up of a…
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Best Buddies Miami 2013
We flew down to Miami last weekend to attend the Best Buddies Miami gala. Best Buddies is an organization that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities with friendships, employment, and leadership development. We’ve been involved with the organization for 20 years, and Jim is on the board. The Miami event is especially entertaining because…
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Best Buddies Challenge 2013
October 19 was the date of the Best Buddies Challenge in Washington, DC. (It was also the date of Homecoming for our high schooler, and Jim was in Japan for the weekend, but I digress.) Best Buddies is a charity that helps folks with intellectual disabilities with friendship and job prospects. The organization was founded…
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Best Buddies Miami
We took the kids with us and spent this past weekend in Miami where we attended the Best Buddies Miami gala. Best Buddies (www.bestbuddies.org) is an organization that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by providing them opportunities for friendship, employment assistance, and leadership training. We’ve been involved with the organization since 1994, and…