Best Buddies International is pleased to announce that Tom Brady, Quarterback for the AFC Champion New England Patriots, has agreed to lead Team Tom Brady in this year's Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port, presented by Country Kitchen, on June 2.  The Challenge is a walk, run and cycle fundraiser benefitting Best Buddies, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for one-to-one friendship, integrated employment and leadership training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Best Buddies International previewed its annual Miami Gala Auction on October 27 with a reception hosted by its 2012 auction sponsor, Aventura Mall. This strong partnership is led by the shopping center’s successful Best Buddies greeter program, which began in 2009 and currently employs six individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Best Buddies International, a groundbreaking nonprofit founded in 1989 by Anthony K. Shriver to establish a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is pleased to announce that the Fifteenth Annual Best Buddies Miami Gala: Italia will take place at the Fontainebleau on Friday, November 18. 

“Finding Balance: Obesity and Children with Special Needs” is a landmark study that focuses exclusively on how the obesity epidemic affects children with disabilities and special needs. For the first time, Finding Balance brings together in one place not only the devastating extent of the problem and its complex causes, but also presents practical and carefully researched solutions for families and others caring for children with disabilities and special needs.