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Aug 4, 2016 | Uncategorized |

Best Buddies International is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  Your donation helps us provide them with opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development.

Annual Gift Levels

Join Team Rosemary today by donating $1,000 or more.

Yellow Member $1,000 - $4,999

BASIC TEAM ROSEMARY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

  • Recognition as a stakeholder through your investment in the world’s largest nonprofit organization devoted solely to providing opportunities for friendships, leadership development and jobs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting and encouraging the Best Buddies mission and programs
  • Invitations to Best Buddies activities, programs and events
  • Recognition on Best Buddies website’s Team Rosemary page
  • Recognition in Best Buddies online magazine, Byline
  • Name listed in state and national special event program books
  • Networking with fellow members
  • Opportunities to identify employment opportunities for partic ipants with IDD

Join Team Rosemary

Teal Member
$5,000 - $9,999

BASIC TEAM ROSEMARY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

  • Recognition as a stakeholder through your investment in the world’s largest nonprofit organization devoted solely to providing opportunities for friendships, leadership development and jobs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting and encouraging the Best Buddies mission and programs
  • Invitations to Best Buddies activities, programs and events
  • Recognition on Best Buddies website’s Team Rosemary page
  • Recognition in Best Buddies online magazine, Byline
  • Name listed in state and national special event program books
  • Networking with fellow members
  • Opportunities to identify employment opportunities for participants with IDD

All the above plus:

  • Complimentary tickets to attend one Best Buddies state event*

Join Team Rosemary

Orange Member $10,000 – $24,999

BASIC TEAM ROSEMARY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

  • Recognition as a stakeholder through your investment in the world’s largest nonprofit organization devoted solely to providing opportunities for friendships, leadership development and jobs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting and encouraging the Best Buddies mission and programs
  • Invitations to Best Buddies activities, programs and events
  • Recognition on Best Buddies website’s Team Rosemary page
  • Recognition in Best Buddies online magazine, Byline
  • Name listed in state and national special event program books
  • Networking with fellow members
  • Opportunities to identify employment opportunities for participants with IDD

All the above plus:

  • Two general admission complimentary tickets to one national event per year for duration of pledge
  • A special acknowledgment letter by Founder and Chairman of Best Buddies, Anthony Kennedy Shriver, Chairman’s Report and holiday gift, and invitation to attend Leadership Conference at Indiana University

Join Team Rosemary

Purple Member $25,000 - $49,999

BASIC TEAM ROSEMARY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

  • Recognition as a stakeholder through your investment in the world’s largest nonprofit organization devoted solely to providing opportunities for friendships, leadership development and jobs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting and encouraging the Best Buddies mission and programs
  • Invitations to Best Buddies activities, programs and events
  • Recognition on Best Buddies website’s Team Rosemary page
  • Recognition in Best Buddies online magazine, Byline
  • Name listed in state and national special event program books
  • Networking with fellow members
  • Opportunities to identify employment opportunities for participants with IDD

All the above plus:

  • A special acknowledgment call by Founder and Chairman of Best Buddies
  • Name on recognition panel and on list in special Team Rosemary ad in program books at national events, an upgrade for two VIP tickets to one national event every year for the duration of your pledge, and lodging and meals included at Leadership Conference

Join Team Rosemary

Gold Member
$100,000 - $499,999

BASIC TEAM ROSEMARY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

  • Recognition as a stakeholder through your investment in the world’s largest nonprofit organization devoted solely to providing opportunities for friendships, leadership development and jobs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting and encouraging the Best Buddies mission and programs
  • Invitations to Best Buddies activities, programs and events
  • Recognition on Best Buddies website’s Team Rosemary page
  • Recognition in Best Buddies online magazine, Byline
  • Name listed in state and national special event program books
  • Networking with fellow members
  • Opportunities to identify employment opportunities for participants with IDD

All of the above plus:

  • Your visit will include lunch/dinner with Founder and Chairman of Best Buddies
  • Six additional tickets for your guests (total of ten VIP tickets) with a reserved VIP table at one national event for the duration of the year, including hotel accommodations and a car and driver for you. Events you may select from include:

Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port, features opportunity for you to play football with Tom Brady, hotel accommodations at the Ritz-Carlton in Boston and at Anthony Shriver’s home in Hyannis Port, private VIP tour of the JFK Library

Best Buddies Challenge: Hearst Castle with hotel accommodations for you at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, and private VIP tour of the Hearst Castle

Best Buddies Challenge: Miami and Miami Gala, features opportunity for you to ride with police escort in Miami, private VIP tour of Marlins Ballpark with access to Marlins Clubhouse and lunch in the Owners Box, party all night in Miami

Join Team Rosemary

Silver Member
$50,000 - $99,999

BASIC TEAM ROSEMARY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

  • Recognition as a stakeholder through your investment in the world’s largest nonprofit organization devoted solely to providing opportunities for friendships, leadership development and jobs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting and encouraging the Best Buddies mission and programs
  • Invitations to Best Buddies activities, programs and events
  • Recognition on Best Buddies website’s Team Rosemary page
  • Recognition in Best Buddies online magazine, Byline
  • Name listed in state and national special event program books
  • Networking with fellow members
  • Opportunities to identify employment opportunities for participants with IDD

All the above plus:

  • Two additional tickets for your guests (total of four VIP tickets) to a national event
  • A personal visit with Founder and Chairman of Best Buddies

Join Team Rosemary

Platinum Member $500,000 & Above

BASIC TEAM ROSEMARY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

  • Recognition as a stakeholder through your investment in the world’s largest nonprofit organization devoted solely to providing opportunities for friendships, leadership development and jobs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting and encouraging the Best Buddies mission and programs
  • Invitations to Best Buddies activities, programs and events
  • Recognition on Best Buddies website’s Team Rosemary page
  • Recognition in Best Buddies online magazine, Byline
  • Name listed in state and national special event program books
  • Networking with fellow members
  • Opportunities to identify employment opportunities for participants with IDD

All the above plus:

  • A reserved VIP table for ten guests at all national events listed
    above for the duration of the year

Join Team Rosemary

*Benefit to be discussed with the development director from your area to determine the nature of the event and number of tickets.

Do you have questions about joining Team Rosemary?

Please email: John M. Carlin at johncarlin@bestbuddies.org or call 305.374.2233

Team Rosemary for Best Buddies

Team Rosemary For Best Buddies

Annual Giving Campaign Honoring Rosemary Kennedy

I started Best Buddies with the simple idea that friendship bridges gaps between people. Having grown up with my aunt Rosemary Kennedy, who had an intellectual disability, I learned at an early age that everyone is capable of something exceptional, especially with the support and encouragement of friends and family. Everyone has a special gift from God, and Rosemary could swim better than anyone in the family. Rosemary proved to be an incredible inspiration by displaying strength and courage in the face of adversity and illustrating to everyone around her that a network of support is the most valuable asset anyone can have, regardless of one’s abilities. Team Rosemary, named in honor of my aunt, is dedicated to providing life-changing opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Best Buddies serves as a lifeline of joy and fulfillment through the promotion of life-long friendships, integrated employment and leadership development. Given these opportunities, people with IDD create a real network of friends, earn income, pay taxes and continuously support themselves. With a friend and a job, you get a kick-start in life! You earn self-esteem, independence, and a place in the community. There is no greater joy than the satisfaction of contributing your time and energy to the enhancement of another person’s life. Team Rosemary offers you the opportunity to know that each and every day, you are making a difference in the lives of people in their communities, across the country and around the world.

I invite you to join Team Rosemary and honor Rosemary’s legacy and promote inclusion for people with disabilities.

All the best,
Anthony Kennedy Shriver Signature
Anthony K. Shriver
Founder and Chairman

TEAM CHALLENGE

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“Those of us who have seen children live in the shadows know that a country as rich as ours cannot possibly justify this neglect.”

– President John F. Kennedy (1961)

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are the most maligned and disenfranchised group of people in the world. Their access to healthcare, employment, education, and equality pales in comparison to those living without disability. Your support of Team Rosemary can help this neglected, undeserved community. The statistics on major issues are alarming:

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TEAM ACTION

  • Support the Best Buddies Jobs program, producing income-earning, tax-paying citizens, while reducing government costs for Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
  • Help eliminate bullying of students with disabilities; currently, 60% of students with IDD report incidents of bullying.
  • Support sensitizing middle school, high school and college student to the challenge facing people with IDD – creating a new generation of advocates.
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Your Support of Team Rosemary will:

  • Help Best Buddies impact 900,000 people in U.S.
  • Create Best Buddies offices in all 50 states and 100 countries.
  • Support chapter expansion in the U.S. from 1,900 to 2,500 Best Buddies chapters.
  • Support the placement of 2,500 people with IDD globally in fulfilling, white collar jobs world-wide, reducing the U.S. unemployment rate for people with IDD from 84% to 60%.

MEMBER BENEFITS

BASIC TEAM ROSEMARY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

  • Recognition as a stakeholder through your investment in the world’s largest nonprofit organization devoted solely to providing opportunities for friendships, leadership development and jobs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting and encouraging the Best Buddies mission and programs
  • Invitations to Best Buddies activities, programs and events
  • Recognition on Best Buddies website’s Team Rosemary page
  • Recognition in Best Buddies online magazine, Byline
  • Name listed in state and national special event program books
  • Networking with fellow members
  • Opportunities to identify employment opportunities for partic ipants with IDD
  • A special Team Rosemary pin
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