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BFF Goals! Teacher and Woman with Intellectual Disability Celebrate 20-Year Bond on Friendship Day

BFF Goals! Teacher and Woman with Intellectual Disability Celebrate 20-Year Bond on Friendship Day

BFF Goals! Teacher and Woman with Intellectual Disability Celebrate 20-Year Bond on Friendship Day

Aug 5, 2019 | News Archive |
BFF Goals! Teacher and Woman with Intellectual Disability Celebrate 20-Year Bond on Friendship Day

Lisa Buchanan and Ruth Goddard were paired through the Best Buddies program in the ’90s — and they’ve been inseparable ever since.

Time flies when you’re having fun with friends — just ask Lisa Buchanan and Ruth Goddard.

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