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Best Buddies is a program that builds one on one relationships and friendships between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities. This club and program is a great way to get involved at WCU especially if you are an education major! This is a beautiful club and program that is beyond welcoming and that provides love and friendships to all.

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Official Link to Best Buddies Pennsylvania

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Official Link to Best Buddies Pennsylvania

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Best Buddies Friendship programs represent one of our organization's four key mission pillars. These programs build one-to-one friendships between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), offering social interactions while improving the quality of life and level of inclusion for a population that is often isolated and excluded. Through their participation, people with IDD form meaningful connections with their peers, gain self-confidence and self-esteem, and share interests, experiences and activities that many other individuals enjoy.

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Friendship (Pennsylvania) - Best Buddies International

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Best Buddies Friendship programs represent one of our organization's four key mission pillars. These programs build one-to-one friendships between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), offering social interactions while improving the quality of life and level of inclusion for a population that is often isolated and excluded.

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Here at West Chester University there is the direct opportunity to join the Best Buddies club!! As a member you can chose to have a one on one buddy relationship. The club holds one event per month that allows the members to socialize and have fun with fellow club members. This club is a great way to become involved in WCU community.

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Volunteering!

Best Buddies organization has the option of volunteering to help end the isolation of 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. There are opportunities in every state if you are looking to get further involved.

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Best Buddies is important to us for many different reasons but the main reason is we are all early education majors. When working in the education field you are working with kids who are all different. We think it is important to get involved in best buddies and help children that have disabilities. By helping with this non-profit organization, we will be exposing ourselves to what we will be doing in our future careers.

In high school, we all were in different clubs that helped with special needs children and doing different activities with them. It was so rewarding being involved in this club and we all loved helping with disabled students.

At WCU, best buddies does different activities throughout the year to help get students involved around campus!

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Best Buddies gives people with special needs a chance to speak up and speak for what they believe in. It gives them a platform to become strong leaders, public speakers, and an active leader in their community. Best Buddies improves quality of life for people with IDD. Giving them resources and friends and peers that are needed with everyday life.

Without Best Buddies people with IDD would have a much harder time making connections and getting involved in their community. Giving people these easy access opportunities improves their quality of life and provides happiness and fun through families of people with IDD.

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Attend an event!

Attending local or national events is one way to get involved in Best Buddies organization. At these events you will be given the opportunity to experience Best Buddies' mission in action.

For further information contact Scott Tracy Vice President, Special Events, Development & Sponsor at 305-374-2233 ext. 217 or by e-mail: ScottTracy@bestbuddies.org.

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Advocate!

You can have a big impact on the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by spreading the word. Whether that is done through word of mouth or social media both are extremely powerful. Advocating for the Buddies mission can help enhance the world.

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Best Buddies is an international nonprofit organization that initiates a world wide volunteer movement in which they create opportunities to build friendships, one on one for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

One to One Friendships

Best Buddies creates these friendships through people who do and do not have IDD. They provide friendships during this time of heightened social and emotional development, which can be hard on people.

Leadership Development

Through this program Best Buddies educates and empowers people with and without IDD to become strong impactful leaders, public speakers, and advocates for what they believe in. Best Buddies believes in creating a strong leader within communities to create an inclusive world for everyone to fit in.