unites and recognizes the community’s most active leaders in the name of inclusion.
November 11, 2022
6:00 PM | Cleveland, OH
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Best Buddies Champion of the Year is a competitive fundraising campaign that unites and recognizes the communities most active leaders of inclusion. Champion Candidates commit to raising funds and awareness for Best Buddies over an 8-12 week campaign. Our Champions are advocates for the Best Buddies mission and will generate countless opportunities for friendships, jobs, leadership development and inclusive living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). At the campaign’s conclusion, we will celebrate at the Best Buddies Champion of the Year Gala to honor the Champions’ collective impact and name the ultimate Champion of the Year!
You can support Best Buddies and continue to provide these meaningful opportunities to people with IDD by becoming a Champion, supporting a Champion’s campaign, purchasing tickets, becoming a corporate sponsor, or making a general donation to the cause. We hope you’ll join the movement!
We are excited to announce that this year’s event will be chaired by Matt Cox.
Thank You!!!
Thank you for participating in this year’s Champion of the Year event! Because of you, we were able to raise funds to sustain and help expand our Best Buddies programs in the area. We look forward to having you at next year’s event. With your help and support, our mission of inclusion lives on!
Schedule
Friday, November 11, 2022
6:00 PM – Doors Open, Registration, Cocktails & Silent Auction
7:00 PM – Introductions
7:15 PM – Dinner & Event Program
9:30 PM – GRAND CHAMPION ANNOUNCEMENT & Dancing!
Location
Tenk West Bank
2111 Center St.
Cleveland, OH 44113
Event Contact

Congrats to our 2021 Cleveland Champion of the Year
Megan and Scott Sumser
Raised $26,400 for Best Buddies in Cleveland
Click here for our Nationwide Champion Winners
A Glimpse of the Party…

Why Participate...
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.
We Love our Sponsors!
For sponsorship opportunities and other event inquiries, please contact:
CatlinSkufca@bestbuddies.org
813.514.5818