Best Buddies Champion of the YearBest Buddies Champion of the Year
Best Buddies Champion of the YearBest Buddies Champion of the Year
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SOUTH FLORIDA

December 7, 2018
6pm – 10pm
The Biltmore Hotel
1200 Anastasia Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Champion of the Year unites and recognizes the community’s most active leaders in the name of inclusion.

Through 8 weeks of raising funds and awareness for Best Buddies, our Champions will generate countless opportunities for friendships, jobs, and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. At the campaign’s conclusion, we will join together to celebrate each other’s accomplishments, honor the Champions’ collective impact, and name the ultimate Champion of the Year!

South Florida, meet your 2018 Champions!

Camila Luzarraga

Cristian LaCapra

Derek Gonzalez

Fatima Lalani

Jalyssa Marsans

Jorge Calil

Jorge Montalvo

Julianna Strout

Get in on the fun!

Become a fundraising Champion or support a Champion by joining us for a celebratory gala benefiting Best Buddies. Along with food, drinks, silent auction, and live music, the evening will be filled friendship and celebration as we crown our Champion of the Year.

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Supporting Local Programs

All funds raised benefit Best Buddies – the world’s largest organization dedicated to ending the social, physical and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Our programs empower the special abilities of people with IDD by helping them form meaningful friendships with their peers, secure successful jobs, live independently, improve public speaking, self-advocacy and communication skills, and feel valued by society.

The IDD community that Best Buddies serves includes, but is not limited to, people with Down Syndrome, Autism, Fragile X, Williams Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, traumatic brain injury and other undiagnosed disabilities.

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Presenting Sponsor

Additional Sponsors

For sponsorship opportunities and other event inquiries, please contact:

CynthiaBowles@bestbuddies.org
305-374-2233 ext. 243

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