MOD Pizza, a fast-casual pizza concept with 450 locations nationwide, is joining an inclusion campaign with a pledge to provide job opportunities to those with disabilities or individuals who would otherwise face barriers to employment.
MOD’s inaugural Value(s) Menu partner – now through August 22 – is Best Buddies International, the world’s largest organization dedicated to helping people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). With today’s announcement, MOD plans to donate $500,000 to Best Buddies to help support their mission of inclusion through programs that support integrated employment, one-to-one friendships, leadership development, and inclusive living communities.
Glenn Hiro is a role model for people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities or IDD. He’s also a role model for those who don’t.
BOSTON (WHDH) - Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has cemented his impact both on and off the football field this season. In addition to being an MVP candidate in just his second season, he has also teamed up with Boston-based nonprofit Best Buddies. Best Buddies helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities find jobs and lead full lives.
A global movement aimed at ending isolation for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is coming to the Cayman Islands, with the launch of a local Best Buddies chapter led by Inclusion Cayman.
Best Buddies is dedicated to improving the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In honor of World Down Syndrome Day, Tara Sanders and her mom Pat stop by the TODAY plaza to talk about what the organization means to them.
Hundreds of students with intellectual disabilities from across San Bernardino County filled the dance floor at the National Orange Show on March 6 as the annual Best Buddies Prom returned for a night centered on friendship, inclusion and belonging.