Buddy Talent 2012 - Win a Trip to Perform at Leadership Conference Best Buddies International Best Buddies would like to showcase the gifts of our participants with intellectual and developmental disabilities by hosting an online talent contest. We invite our participants with disabilities to submit a video featuring their talent(s)...Date: 4/3/2012 Best Buddies Chapters Lobby At The State Capitol To Remove The R-Word From State Legislation Laura Holms Best Buddies Chapters helped lobby at the State Capitol to remove the R-Word from state legislation...Date: 3/20/2012 City High Leader Welcomes Diversity Max Friedman As the president of City High’s Best Buddies chapter, Francesca Crutchfield-Stoker proves to be a model student...Date: 3/4/2012 The ‘R’ Word Is Officially Yanked From Iowa Law Des Moines Register As the president of City High’s Best Buddies chapter, Francesca Crutchfield-Stoker proves to be a model student...Date: 3/4/2012 Take the pledge to end use of the ‘R’-word Mark A. Reed & Laura Holms The word hurts, even if it is not directed at a person with intellectual and developmental disabilities...Date: 3/2/2012 Best Buddies Iowa Chef Challenge Laura Holms Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Country Club Market win the 2011 Best Buddies Iowa Chef Challenge...Date: 10/14/2011 Iowa Buddy Ambassadors meet with Anthony Kennedy Shriver Laura Holms Ben Meyer and Danielle Kraayenbrink, Best Buddies Iowa Ambassadors met with Best Buddies Founder Anthony Kennedy Shriver at the annual Leadership Conference...Date: 10/14/2011 Meredith Special Interest Media partners with Best Buddies Iowa Laura Holms Carlos Avecedo, senior food editor with Meredith Special Interest Media, teamed up with his Buddy, Carmen Parrott, to create an exciting dish for the Best Buddies Chef Challenge...Date: 10/14/2011 13Cares: Best Buddies Erin Kiernan High School proms sometimes leave some students out, but a local group is making sure everyone and their buddies have a night of glitz and glamour... Date: 5/5/2010 Michigan Athletes Mingle, Play With Special Needs Children AnnArbor.com Contributor About 375 special athletes from all over Washtenaw County converged in Crisler Arena to meet and learn sport skills from University of Michigan student-athletes... Date: 3/28/2010 Dirty Little Six-letter Word Samantha Foster Some University students are dedicated to raising awareness about something they see as a common problem: the use of the word "retard..." Date: 3/4/2010 Best Buddies Program Offers Lifelong Relationships, Lessons For Students Sherri Keaton There are 100 involved in CMU’s program — 50 students and 50 "buddies." Students in the program must have one-on-one outings at least once a month and make contact with their buddy once a week by phone, e-mail or through the mail... Date: 2/1/2010 We Are Best Buddies: Join Our Global Movement! Best Buddies International In 2001, Best Buddies International (BBI) made a commitment to enhance the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities around the world by setting a goal to expand our programs into 50 countries by the end of 2010...Date: 1/5/2010 Best Buddies A Big Hit Marleen Linares As Laura Vukelich and Erin Schubert sat in a local ice-cream shop talking and laughing, they raised their arms to touch their fists together. “Best friends forever,” Schubert said with a bright smile on her face. “And ever and ever,” Vukelich responded reassuringly... Date: 12/17/2009 Benihana Partners With Best Buddies And FIJI Water to Kick-off A Season Of Giving Best Buddies International Throughout the month of November, Benihana will donate 100% of proceeds from the sale of bottled FIJI Water at all 76 U.S. restaurant locations to Best Buddies International, a nonprofit organization with a mission to change the lives of people with intellectual disabilities... Date: 11/2/2009 Urbandale teacher opens window for her special education students Dave Dolmage Urbandale's special-ed teacher has revived Best Buddies program to help students with disabilities... Date: 7/9/2009 City's Best Buddies Best In The State Missy Collins Alex Hansche said he originally decided to join the Best Buddies chapter at City High because he wanted to gain some community service experience before he graduated later this month... Date: 5/4/2009 Miss USA Pays Visit To Best Buddies Bradford Pearson When the 60-plus members of Walter Johnson High School's Best Buddies program gathered for a group meeting Friday morning, they expected a usual day. What they got was anything but... Date: 12/17/2008 Students Bond With Their Best Buddies Katie Rodgers This fall, Joe Walker, a 19-year-old special needs student at Dover High School, made a new best friend, Mitchell Moore... Date: 12/14/2008 City Hall Aide Is 'performance-driven' John Canalis Imagine job hunting with a developmental disability. David Gauthier, who has cerebral palsy, says he put his challenges aside, as he has done all his life, when he applied to work for Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster...Date: 12/7/2008
