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Champion of the Year: Template

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

Friday, November 12, 2021

6:00 – 10:00 PM | Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville

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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!

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

Saturday, November 12, 2021

6:00 – 10:00 PM

Location

Aqua Turf Club
556 Mulberry St
Plantsville, CT 06479

Meet our Template Champion Candidates…

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Congrats to our 2020 Connecticut Champion of the Year

 

Peter Ramsay

Raised $6,125.00 for Best Buddies in Connecticut

 

Click here for our Nationwide Champion Winners

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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For sponsorship opportunities and other event inquiries, please contact:

LynnSimon@bestbuddies.org
203.234.3996