{"id":177481,"date":"2024-02-08T14:20:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=177481"},"modified":"2024-02-08T14:22:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:22:01","slug":"boston-celtics-host-fourth-annual-best-buddies-night-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/mari\/celtics-night","title":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics Host Fourth Annual Best Buddies Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;6&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1707420105153-a4d832e2-1e5a-2&#8243; include=&#8221;177330,177326&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Boston, MA, Feb. 6, 2024<\/strong> \u2014 The <strong>Boston Celtics<\/strong> held their fourth annual <strong><em>Best Buddies Night at the Celtics presented by Teddie Peanut Butter<\/em><\/strong> for participants of <strong>Best Buddies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island<\/strong>, the state subsidiaries of <strong>Best Buddies International<\/strong>, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment, leadership development and inclusive living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), on <strong>Jan. 30<\/strong> when they took on the Indiana Pacers. Hundreds of Best Buddies participants, including Best Buddies Founder, Chairman and CEO <strong>Anthony K. Shriver<\/strong>, attended the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics gave these participants the basketball experience of a lifetime. Before the game, the student participants were invited to shoot hoops on the court and participate in the Celtics\u2019 high-five tunnel, where they could interact with Celtics\u2019 players. To start the game, Best Buddies Global Ambassador <strong>Tori Ackley<\/strong> sung the national anthem, and <em>Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port <\/em>participants from <strong>Team Mali<\/strong> were recognized by the Celtics with the <strong>Heroes Among Us<\/strong> award, which is \u201cpresented to an individual or individuals who, through their unique commitment and humanitarian spirit, have made exceptional and lasting contributions to our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an honor to team up with the Boston Celtics and Teddie Peanut Butter for this wonderful event,\u201d <strong>Katelyn Labarre<\/strong>, the director of development for Best Buddies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, said. \u201cThey are all so supportive of our mission of inclusion and work hard to put on a wonderful evening for our participants, supporters and volunteers. It was truly an unforgettable night!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the game, the participants were highlighted on the jumbotron and sold 50:50 raffle tickets with the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation to benefit Best Buddies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a great time at Best Buddies Night, it was great to engage with the fans and see so much support for a great organization,\u201d <strong>Dudley Williams<\/strong>, a Best Buddies Massachusetts and Rhode Island Ambassador, said. \u201cI enjoyed selling the 50:50 tickets and chatting with new people about Best Buddies.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;177389&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Celtics gave our participants the basketball experience of a lifetime. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":177326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"state-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[490],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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