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Two new Citizen friendship matches were made in the month of June!

Meet Matt and Zindzi, recently hired Best Buddies Jobs participants in Wisconsin!

Best Buddies participants took part in a three-part Job Preparation and Employment Panel series…

Thank you to all who participated in our first-ever Project Inclusion series!

Hi! I’m Sophia Azim and I am currently a senior at Oak Creek High School.

Nicole and Beth have been matched since September 2019…

My name is Lizzy Bauer and I am an Intern at Best Buddies!

We are excited to share a question and answer with two of our Best Buddies Citizens Friends: Becky and Steph.

Best Buddies in Wisconsin welcomes intern Brittany Rusch!

Best Buddies in Wisconsin welcomes intern David Annis!

Best Buddies in Wisconsin welcomes, Christine Schulz, as Program Manager of Community Engagement!

Best Buddies in Wisconsin welcomes, Jaimee Hrabik, as an Employment Consultant for the Best Buddies Jobs program!

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March is Best Buddies Month and what a month it was! Best Buddies Wisconsin got to celebrate our friends with intellectual and develop-mental disabilities…

On February 8, 2020, Best Buddies in Wisconsin hosted Project: Inclusion at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School and welcomed over 100 excited student leaders.

Best Buddies in Wisconsin is proud to partner with Bethesda College…

Kelly and Emily were matched in October of 2018 and have enjoyed spending time together over the past year…

It is with great sadness that we share the loss of Abby Meihsner. Abby was born to eternal life on July 13, 2019.

Best Buddies WI is proud to honor Sarah Binder as our 2019 Advisor of the Year.

This past school year, we directly impacted more than 36,000 students, parents, teachers, and community members through our friendship and leadership programs…

March is Best Buddies Month, a perfect time to highlight all the wonderful characteristics and abilities of our friends with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Before becoming involved in Best Buddies, I had an unfulfilled passion within me to advocate for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)…

Best Buddies in Wisconsin partnered with Associated Bank to host its inaugural Leadership Academy Training.

Steinhafels Sponsors Six Wisconsin Best Buddies Friendship Programs.

2018 has been filled with many new adventures, and of course, another year of friendship and inclusion. As we dive into our 30th anniversary, let us first reflect on all we accomplished in 2018.

On January 12, 2019, nearly 200 Best Buddies student leaders, faculty advisors, and parents came together for our annual Project: Inclusion event.

On Thursday, November 1st, 2018, Best Buddies in Wisconsin hosted our annual Leadership Breakfast at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.

During the month of October, our middle school, high school, and college chapters host Match Parties to reveal their chapter’s new buddy pairs for the year.

Heart of Canal Street is Potawatomi Hotel & Casino’s signature community program that raises funds for children’s charities – and Best Buddies Wisconsin is in the running to be a 2018 beneficiary!

With the start of the new school year comes new and exciting changes here at Best Buddies Wisconsin. We are thrilled to welcome four new staff members to the BBWI team.

If you imagine the purest, most beautiful thing you could see, that’s Tatyana Spidell to me. We’ve been matched since fall of 2017. She’s a ray of sunshine that on many occasions has turned the worst days completely around…

Best Buddies Wisconsin welcomed 64 participants from across the state to the 29th Annual Best Buddies Leadership Conference in Bloomington, Indiana. These high school and college students, ambassadors, volunteers, and staff met almost 3,000 Best Buddies participants from around the world, all while strengthening their leadership skills.

This April, Best Buddies WI held our annual Brewers Game and Tailgate. We had a record number of Best Buddies participants attend! This event welcomed all Best Buddies Wisconsin Chapters to enjoy an afternoon of games, food, and the opportunity to meet some of the Brewers players!