unites and recognizes the community’s most active leaders in the name of inclusion.
October 27, 2022
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST| Los Angeles, CA
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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! View the photo gallery from our extraordinary celebration here. Let the countdown for Champion of the Year 2023 begin!
Best Buddies Champion of the Year is a competitive fundraising campaign that unites and recognizes the community’s 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!
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 27, 2022
6pm-7pm: Cocktails
7pm – 10pm: Dinner and program
Location
The Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N Sepulveda Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Event Contact

Congrats to our 2022 Los Angeles Champion of the Year
Carlos Lopezleon
Raised over $25,000 for Best Buddies in Los Angeles
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.
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