Best Buddies Pennsylvania offers One-to-One Friendship and Leadership Development programs – positively impacting nearly 51,950 individuals with and without disabilities in Pennsylvania.
Events
August 20, 2019
November 15, 2019
Drexelbrook Special Events Center
Philadelphia, PA
Join us at the Champion of the Year Gala, an event benefiting Best Buddies in Pennsylvania. Along with food, drinks, silent auction, and live music, the evening will be filled with friendship and celebration as we crown Philadelphia’s Best Buddies Champion of the Year.
January 11, 2019
Starting April 2020
Philadelphia & Pittsburgh
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).
August 15, 2018
November 18, 2019
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Tastebuds is a unique tasting event that features talented chefs from around the area serving signature dishes while showing the power and positivity of friendship. The restaurant chefs team up with a buddy pair, who serves as the “sous chefs” for the evening.
News & Stories
March 1, 2019
“When I started school at Plymouth Whitemarsh (PW), my social skills were very low, I had trouble connecting with peers and I didn’t have many friends. One of my teachers recommended that I join Best Buddies. I was unsure at first.”
March 1, 2019
“Zoe and I have been buddies since the Upper St. Clair High School Best Buddies program started two years ago. We do a lot of fun things together; we participate in the school musical, watch movies, go shopping, cook pancakes, and sing in the car as we cruise around town.”
January 11, 2019
The Main Line Girls Basketball Association is a recreational youth league for girls of ALL abilities in grades K-12.