One-To-One Friendships
Builds friendships between people with and without IDD, offering social mentoring while improving the quality of life and level of inclusion.
Integrated
Employment
Secures jobs for people with IDD, allowing them to earn an income, pay taxes, and support themselves.
Leadership
Development
Educates and empowers people with and without IDD, to be leaders, public speakers and advocates.
Inclusive
Living
Providing a vibrant, integrated living opportunity for people with and without IDD.
“Best Buddies gives people with special abilities a chance to make friends, speak up, be heard and advocate for themselves and others within their community.”
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Events
October 19, 2023
Princeton Junction, NJ
A celebration of the inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
November 3, 2023
Totowa, NJ
Join us for our annual fundraising competition and gala.
News & Stories
Students at Donald M. Payne Sr. Tech have been practicing skills in the Pre-ETS program.
Meet Bret, a Best Buddies in New Jersey Advisory Board Member and a Best Buddies Global Ambassador with William’s Syndrome.
Watch Pre-ETS participant, Danny, play holiday hits on his steel drum!
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