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Get Involved with the Best Buddies Alumni Association

Join or Start a Chapter

Find a Best Buddies Chapter at your college or start a new chapter.

Hire a Buddy

Help place a Buddy in a job with your employer or identify employers who are interested in offering jobs to Buddies.

If the inspiration of your Best Buddies experience continues to empower your life, take the next step in your commitment to inclusion and join our fun, creative and mission-focused team of staff across the country because we’re looking for talent like you.

Contact local Staff

Find out if there’s an adult friendship program, Best Buddies Citizens, in your area by contacting your local Best Buddies staff.

Donate

Expand our program opportunities by supporting Best Buddies.

Volunteer

Continue to volunteer for Best Buddies by participating in the Citizens friendship program or E-Buddies friendship program.

Learn about Best Buddies Living

This program fosters an integrated experience for people with and without IDD to become active, contributing citizens who live independently in a dynamic environment where they can learn, grow, and thrive.

Join e-Buddies

Provides a safe place online to develop one-to-one friendships between people with and without IDD.

News, Profiles, & Events

Best Buddies Friendship Program participants Maggie and Jenna smiling outside

What to do after Graduation

How to continue your involvement with Best Buddies after you graduate.

Jennifer Allen and buddy, Ashley, at Miami University of Ohio in 2009.

Staff Profile: Jennifer Allen

After an accident that left her father with a traumatic brain injury, Jennifer Allen, Best Buddies’ Director of International Programs, was inspired to unite…

Buddy Ambassador James Walker and Best Buddies Alumna Dr. Karen Valdes

Celebrating Friendship With Dr. Valdes and Ambassador James Walker

James Walker grew up in Florida in the Miami Gardens area and was first introduced to Best Buddies while in middle school in 2007…

David Quilleon with Buddies Steven Clarke and Caley Versfelt.

Staff Profile: David Quilleon

In often segregated landscapes including school and work, the need and dependency for friendships is vital…

Best Buddies Alumni Highlight: Sarah Leifeste ’09

Sarah Leifeste resides in the greater Houston, Texas area where she is the Director of a mobile dance company called Shine Music and Dance.

Best Buddies Alumni Highlight: Samantha Poyser ‘08

Samantha Poyser ’08 is currently a student at UC Santa Barbara pursing her PhD with a specialization in Special Education.

Best Buddies Alumni Highlight: Rowena Buted ’10

Rowena Buted ’10 is from Maui, Hawaii. She attended California State University, East Bay and obtained a bachelor’s…

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