Tampa Bay, South Florida, Jacksonville, Palm Beach and Orlando

Champion of the Year is an annual fundraising competition organized by our staff, Event Committee and Advisory Board, featuring a select group of individuals, professionals and prominent community leaders.

November 3, 2018
Fort Meyers, FL
Cohen Center Ballroom at Florida Gulf Coast University

Best Buddies Southwest Florida, with presenting sponsor FGCU Best Buddies, will be hosting our first Friendship Ball on Saturday, November 3, 2018, at the Cohen Center Ballroom on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University.

November 16, 2018
Orlando, FL
Underground Public House

Come out to support Best Buddies by joining our last networking event of the year!

Backpacks.com is generously providing 100 backpacks to Best Buddies students throughout Florida to assist them in leading their chapters.

Every summer, the Best Buddies Leadership Conference (BBLC) is held in Indiana for all of our middle school, high school and college chapter leaders with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Students from all over the world come together to learn how to become advocates in their schools and […]

Best Buddies Month is a time for Best Buddies participants to reflect on the importance of friendship, jobs, and the development of future leaders. Most importantly, it is a time to show the world the significance of these essentials in every individual’s life.