unites and recognizes the community’s most active leaders in the name of inclusion.
October 5, 2023
Time: 6:00 PM | Louisville, KY
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Best Buddies Champion of the Year is a competitive fundraising campaign that unites and recognizes leaders of inclusion in local communities nationwide.
Champion Candidates commit to raising funds and awareness for Best Buddies throughout their campaign. Our Champions advocate for the Best Buddies mission and will generate countless opportunities for friendships, jobs, and leadership development. At the Best Buddies Champion of the Year celebration, we honor the Champions’ collective impact and name the ultimate Champion of the Year!
Registration Deadline: Ticket sales will close on Friday, September 29th or when the event sells out. Don’t wait to purchase your tickets!
Event Features: Your ticket includes passed hors d’oeuvres, drinks from the hosted bar, plated dinner with dessert, entertainment, and access to the silent auction, live auction, and other exciting activities throughout the evening.
What to Wear: Cocktail attire. This event is outdoors under a permanent pavilion with a concrete floor, but please keep this in mind. If it’s cool, we will have heaters around the pavilion.
We hope to raise $155,000 at this event – all funds will be used locally to support Best Buddies programs and participants in Kentucky. You can support Best Buddies and help us continue to provide meaningful opportunities to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting a Champion’s campaign, purchasing tickets, becoming a corporate sponsor, donating to and/or participating in the auction, or making a general donation to the cause.
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
Thursday, October 5, 2023
6:00 PM – Silent Auction & Cocktail Hour
7:00 PM – Dinner, Event Program & Live Auction
10:00 PM – Event Ends
Location
Farmington
3033 Bardstown Rd
Louisville, KY 40205
Event Contact
Congrats to our 2022 Kentucky Champion of the Year
Meghan Strite and Cam Brian
Raised $19,402 for Best Buddies in Kentucky
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.
