Champion of the Year: Maine

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

Friday, October 22, 2021

6:00 – 10:00 PM | Portland, ME

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Through raising funds and awareness for Best Buddies, our Champions 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 join together to celebrate each other’s accomplishments, honor the Champions’ collective impact, and name the ultimate Champion of the Year!

Help us continue to provide these meaningful opportunities to people with IDD by supporting a Champion’s campaign, purchasing tickets, becoming a corporate sponsor, or making a general donation to the cause. We hope you’ll join us in this global movement!

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Schedule

Friday, October 22, 2021
6:00 – 1000 PM

Location

Brick South
8 Thompson’s Point Rd
Portland ME 04102

Meet our 2021 Maine Champion Candidates…

Will Fuller

Julia Bretz

Michele Cecere

Piper Strunk

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Congrats to our 2020 Maine Champion of the Year

Jaime Kiesow

Raised $9,500 for Best Buddies in Maine

Click here for our Nationwide Champion Winners

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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