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Everyone Needs A Best Buddy, Especially During A Pandemic

Everyone Needs A Best Buddy, Especially During A Pandemic

Everyone Needs A Best Buddy, Especially During A Pandemic

Dec 9, 2020 | News Archive |
Best Buddies Philippines with 25 participants in a Zoom video chat meeting

Best Buddies Philippines is taking their friendship activities up a notch with its #BBPSaturdaySeries online.

There’s no doubt that the pandemic has taken a toll on everyone — parents, kids, teachers, pregnant moms… and now that Christmas is just around the corner, we’re definitely feeling it more…

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