Want to learn more about Best Buddies programs and volunteer opportunities? 🤝 If so, join us this Thursday, August 8th @ 6:30 PM EST for our next virtual Volunteer Orientation. 💻 These quarterly orientations are a great way to learn how you can get more involved in our programs. RSVP at https://lnkd.in/eTkPrqsu
Best Buddies International
Non-profit Organization Management
Miami, FL 24,991 followers
Friendship, Jobs, Leadership Development & Inclusive Living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
About us
Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, inclusive living, and family support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). 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. Best Buddies is 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.
- Website
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http://www.bestbuddies.org
External link for Best Buddies International
- Industry
- Non-profit Organization Management
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Miami, FL
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1989
- Specialties
- social inclusion, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, integrated employment, and leadership development
Locations
Employees at Best Buddies International
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Lisa Derx
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Linda Kordek-Milton
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Kathy DiRusso (she/her/hers)
Passionate Includer and Director of Jobs Operations, supporting staff in 22 states & 39 locations offering supported employment for people who…
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Jessica Schwartz
Innovative Marketing Director | Elevating Brand Awareness and Visibility through Strategic Partnerships | Building Campaigns that Enhance Community…
Updates
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Some of our incredible Best Buddies in California Jobs participants in LA took a big step towards their dream careers by completing a mock interview workshop hosted by the wonderful Team One. This special event honors the memory of Byron, a beloved member of Team One who brought joy and positivity to the office for 10 years before he sadly passed away last year. Byron's former coworker shared, “Byron was an integral part of the Team One family. His bright smile and kind words were the first thing we saw each day, making our workplace feel like home. To know him was truly to love him.” In tribute to Byron's enduring impact, Team One dedicated this workshop to our participants shine in their job search. With professional headshots and interview practice, they’re now more ready than ever to secure their dream jobs. ⭐️ A heartfelt thank you to Team One for honoring Byron’s legacy and championing inclusive employment opportunities. #BestBuddiesJobs #IntegratedEmployment
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Great news for #InclusiveEmployment! We're excited to announce our Best Buddies Jobs partnership with Eurest USA and ESFM® USA! This new partnership will foster meaningful job opportunities and enhance workplace inclusion for individuals with IDD. #BestBuddiesJobs #WorkplaceWednesday
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📰 "The disability rights movement has made significant strides over the past decades, fighting against discrimination to advance equal access and inclusion. An ongoing challenge, however, remains expanding competitive integrated employment, where people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can earn livable wages and contribute their talents in regular workplace settings."
Best Buddies Jobs: A Model for Integrated Employment Opportunities
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Best Buddies International would like to congratulate the following staff members who participated in the most recent 2023-2024 Leadership Best Buddies program. This program brings together a diverse group of leaders from across all levels of the organization for a leadership journey. These participants gained important insights into their own leadership style, broadened their understanding of the organization through conversations with senior leaders and departments at Best Buddies, and experienced opportunities to collaborate with other class members and alumni for their final presentations. Our staff is fortunate to work for an organization that invests in leadership development opportunities like this!
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📢 Exciting news! We have teamed up with Miracle Recreation Equipment Company on an ambitious new program to develop Best Buddies inclusive commercial playgrounds and Buddy Benches. Best Buddies + Miracle Recreation playgrounds will be designed to provide a new standard of best-in-class inclusive and accessible playground equipment for all ages and abilities! Together, we are dedicated to delivering play experiences that embody true inclusion—starting with kids at the grade-school level, when they first form their social awareness and behaviors. For more information on Best Buddies + Miracle inclusive playgrounds, which will be launching in 2025, visit https://lnkd.in/ehgWspVb. #BestBuddies #MiracleOfPlay #InclusivePlayground #InclusiveDesign #PlaygroundDesign
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A good job is more than a source of income; it’s a pathway to realizing your potential and a foundation for achieving your dreams. 🌟 #BestBuddiesJobs #IntegratedEmployment #InclusionLivesHere
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Congrats, Connor, on landing your new job at Mend Coffee in Atlanta, GA! ☕️ Cheers to an amazing first week and many more with your awesome new colleagues! #WorkplaceWednesday #BestBuddiesJobs #IntegratedEmployement #coffee #coffeeshop #Atlanta #Buckhead
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From cap and gown to the adventures ahead, Best Buddies Living residents are there for each other for all of life's milestones, big and small! 📸 Rodrigo recently graduated with his master's degree from American University, and he invited Peter, his roommate, and Hannah, his good friend and Best Buddies Living resident, to join his family at the graduation ceremony. #BestBuddiesLiving #InclusionLivesHere #AmericanUniversity #Graduation
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Anthony Shriver joins the Today Show and Savannah Guthrie to announce our new initiative called EUNIE'S BUDDIES, in honor of his mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, that offers parents and caregivers early support and resources upon receiving their child’s diagnosis of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Learn more and get involved at https://lnkd.in/eTS7CsNp #EuniesBuddies #FamilySupport #IntellectualDisabilities #IDD #DisabilityParenting #YouGotThis #WeGotYou