PDX COMMUNITY IMPACT SPOTLIGHT: BEST BUDDIES IN OREGON

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Our April 2022 spotlight is on Best Buddies in Oregon! Best Buddies in Oregon offers One-to-One Friendship and Leadership Development programs for individuals with and without intellectual disabilities.

One-to-One Friendships:

Builds friendships between people with and without IDD, offering social mentoring while improving the quality of life and level of inclusion.

Leadership Development:

Educates and empowers people with and without IDD, to be leaders, public speakers and advocates.

Best Buddies Friendship Walk – Saturday, May 21, 2022

The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is the leading walk in the country supporting inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (also known as IDD).

Join 40,000 walkers across the country to support the Best Buddies programs in your schools, workplaces and communities. You’ll be making the world more welcoming to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities – one friendship, one job, and one life-changing connection at a time.

For sponsorship opportunities and other event inquiries, please contact: Oregon@bestbuddies.org.