Best Buddies at the State Capitol Joan Barnish, Dianne Gill Governor M. Jodi Rell recently recognized Best Buddies Connecticut and Department of Developmental Services (DDS) employees at the State Capitol...Date: 8/27/2010 Best Buddies Connecticut 2009 Annual Report Nikki Besitko Best Buddies Connecticut has released our 2009 Annual Report...Date: 7/30/2010 Annual Best Buddies Leadership Conference celebrates IDD opportunities Alex Brown, Indiana Daily Student The Connecticut Best Buddies chapter cheered while marching toward the IU Auditorium on Friday night for the 21st Annual Best Buddies International Leadership Conference...Date: 7/25/2010 Best Buddies Chapter Awarded $15,000 in Newman’s Own Campus Community Service Challenge UNOTES Daily News, Meagan Fazio The University of Hartford's Best Buddies chapter has won second place in the Newman's Own Foundation Campus Community Service Challenge...Date: 3/11/2010 Best Buddies call for an end to ‘R-word’ Amy Maciejowski, The Quinnipiac Chronicle Students will be making an effort to put an end to the use of the word “retard” through the Best Buddies organization on campus and Special Olympics event. The hope to eliminate this word from people’s vocabulary is the basis of the “Spread the Word to End the Word” event next week.Date: 2/24/2010 Best Buddies at SHU Means More than Just Friendship Tracy Deer-Mirek Erin MacDonald reflected on her experience being a buddy, Offering a friendship is a little act of kindness that goes an extremely long way. I think that the buddies benefit tremendously... Date: 2/22/2010 We Are Best Buddies: Join Our Global Movement! Best Buddies International In 2001, Best Buddies International (BBI) made a commitment to enhance the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities around the world by setting a goal to expand our programs into 50 countries by the end of 2010...Date: 1/5/2010 Making Friends At School Amy Renczkowski East Lyme Best Buddies Club celebrates friendship among all students...Date: 11/5/2009 Benihana Partners With Best Buddies And FIJI Water to Kick-off A Season Of Giving Best Buddies International Throughout the month of November, Benihana will donate 100% of proceeds from the sale of bottled FIJI Water at all 76 U.S. restaurant locations to Best Buddies International, a nonprofit organization with a mission to change the lives of people with intellectual disabilities... Date: 11/2/2009 Buddies Of All Dan Woog A tradition for 10 years, it’s the school’s gift to other Connecticut chapters. Best Buddies, a national organization, promotes friendships between people with intellectual disabilities, and those without...Date: 6/2/2009 Best And The Rest Of The Past Week Connecticut Post Staff (CONNECTICUT POST) Thumbs up to 17-year-old Kelly Zimmerman for volunteering her time and care to help disabled students at her school, Foran High School in Milford... Date: 4/2/2009
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