Best Buddies International

Help Best Buddies win $250,000 to develop 1,100 leaders for the Disability Movement

A $250,000 Refresh Everything grant will support the 21st annual Best Buddies Leadership Conference by establishing the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Leadership Fund. The 2010 Leadership Conference will provide personalized training to 100 community advocates with intellectual and developmental disabilities and 1,000 top student leaders without disabilities. Last year, 800 participants spent 4 days in July at the Conference enhancing their knowledge of the Best Buddies movement. The EKS Leadership Fund will allow us to select and educate 300 additional students needing financial assistance, including 100 with disabilities.