americanflyer Posted September 21 Report Share Posted September 21 Hey everyone, I thought I'd reach out to the good people of the Miami board and see if anyone might have the right contacts to help the non-profit organization I work for here in Miami. I work for Best Buddies International, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment. As you may be able to imagine, people with intellectual disabilities often have a difficult time connecting to their peers and creating lasting friendships. So, Best Buddies pairs a person with intellectual disabilities to a person in their community with similar interests and of the same age in the hopes of establishing friendships that might not otherwise exist. Our Buddy Pairs enjoy doing all types of activities together such as going to sport events, the movies, the zoo, museums…etc. In Broward and Dade County alone we have over 1,000 participates! It truly is an awesome organization that brings tons happiness to a lot of people. How I’m hoping the people of the Miami board might be able to help out is by putting us in contact with people in the local community that might be able to give free or discounted stuff (movie passes, zoo passes, sports tickets, museum passes…anything) that we could give out to our local participants so that they can enjoy cheap and fun activities together. We are also having a local high school training day in two weeks where ~100 of our Best Buddies high school participants will be gathering to learn how to make their Best Buddies chapters better and we are always looking to give out all sorts of free stuff to our student participates! So then, if anyone has some contacts of local people or companies that you think would like to help out a really cool local non-profit please e-mail me at JeremiahAngel@bestbuddies.org with their info.Big thanks! For more info about Best Buddies International please visit www.BestBuddies.org! Jeremiah D. AngelExecutive Assistant to the VP, Programs & Merchandise CoordinatorBest Buddies International100 SE 2nd St., Suite 1990Miami, FL 331311-800-89-BUDDY Fax: 305-374-5305www.bestbuddies.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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