Best Buddies Massachusetts & Rhode Island offers One-to-One Friendship, Integrated Employment and Leadership Development programs – positively impacting over 65,000 individuals with and without disabilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Events
March 20, 2019
June 17, 2019
Lake of Isles Golf Club & Resort
North Stonington, CT
Join us for a day of golfing fun benefiting Best Buddies MARI! Golf with us as an individual or recruit a foursome. Ticket includes golf, cart, lunch, and post-golf reception
February 27, 2019
September 22, 2019
McCoy Stadium
Pawtucket, RI
Join us for the Best Buddies Friendship Walk, the number one walk in the country raising awareness and funds to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
February 26, 2019
October 5, 2019
Schrafft’s Center
Boston, MA
Join us at the Best Buddies Friendship Walk, the number one walk in the country raising awareness and funds to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
News & Stories
March 25, 2019
Gregorio is a student in Pembroke High’s special needs class, and Lambiase is a defensive tackle on the football team. The two met in the fall of 2017 through the school’s Best Buddies club, and have since formed a special bond…
March 1, 2019
“I thought that signing up for this program would mean I was making a difference in someone else’s life, but she’s made a difference in mine and has shown me what it means to truly be someone’s best buddy!”
March 1, 2019
“Having Autism has changed my life. People didn’t want to be my friend. I felt segregated from my school community. Today, however, my life, my experiences with Best Buddies, and my experiences with my school community have been changing for the better.”