unites and recognizes the community’s most active leaders in the name of inclusion.
November 2, 2023
5:00 PM | Milwaukee, WI
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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!
As one of Wisconsin’s most anticipated events, hundreds of guests will be one of the first to experience the newly renovated Grand Ballroom at The Pfister Hotel. Guests will enjoy a hosted bar with handcrafted cocktails, passed hors d’oeuvres, chef prepared dinner, and fascinating silent & live auctions. It will be a night to show your support for the mission of Best Buddies and inclusion throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Best Buddies in Wisconsin would like to thank our partners, sponsors and Champion Candidates for being trailblazers for inclusion in Wisconsin!
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, November 2, 2023
5:00pm VIP Reception
5:30pm Cocktails, Silent Auction
7:00pm Dinner, Live Auction, Awards
9:15pm Champion of the Year announced
Location
The Pfister Hotel
Grand Ballroom
424 E. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Event Contact

Congrats to our 2022 Wisconsin Champion of the Year
Madison Dettmann and her Campaign Manager, Amelia Jennings
Raised $36,000 for Best Buddies in Wisconsin
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.
For sponsorship opportunities and other event inquiries, please contact:
CarolineTyson@bestbuddies.org
LauraBrackett@bestbuddies.org
414.271.1470