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Champion of the Year: Michigan

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

Friday, November 19, 2021

6:30 PM – 11:00 PM | The Henry Ford Museum

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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!

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!

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Schedule

Friday, November 19, 2021
6:30 PM – Doors Open (you must show a vaccine card or negative COVID test within 72 hours of event)
6:30 – 7:30 PM – Passed H’ors D’oevres, Open Bar, Games, Silent Auction
7:30 PM – Program Starts, Seated dinner begins
8:10 PM – Silent Auction Ends
8:15 PM – Live Auction Begins
8:40 PM – Bid from the Heart
9:30 PM – GRAND Champion of the Year Announced
9:45 – 11:00PM – Drinking, Dancing, and Exploring the Museum Exhibits
10:00 PM – Check-Out Begins
11:00 PM – Event Ends

Location

The Henry Ford Museum
20900 Oakwood Blvd
Dearborn, MI 48124

Rachel Muller holding trophy

Congrats to our 2021 Michigan Champion of the Year

 

Rachel Mueller

Raised $12,906.67 for Best Buddies in Michigan

 

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A Glimpse of the Party…

  • Enthusiastic Best Buddy participant at podium giving a speech
  • Male Buddy Pair at podium giving a speech
  • Group of three gala attendees smiling for the camera
  • Gala attendees holding up auction bid signs
  • Group of gala attendee smiling for the camera
  • Female champion candidate standing next to her campaign manager
  • Female Buddy Pair on stage with their hands in the air in celebration
  • Best Buddies participant in formal attire and sunglasses striking a pose
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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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