{"id":109023,"date":"2019-02-27T13:32:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T18:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=109023"},"modified":"2020-11-06T13:24:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T18:24:03","slug":"meet-ethan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/missouri\/meet-ethan\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Ethan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #f37735;\"><strong>Leadership Development<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-109028 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Ethan-Schroeder-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Best Buddies Missouri: Ethan Schroeder\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Ethan-Schroeder-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Ethan-Schroeder-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Ethan-Schroeder.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cBeing a part of Best Buddies is giving me a chance to get to know and become friends with a lot of new people. I am a leader for my chapter and help others learn how they can be leaders for Best Buddies, too.<\/p>\n<p>I serve as the Buddy Director for the Chapter at Maryville University, and am on the Advisory Board. Being a leader is important and so is being a good friend. I try to help other people like me get involved with my chapter and make new friends. When I see someone alone I always try to include them, especially when they are new to my chapter.<\/p>\n<p>Best Buddies is like a family to me. My friends have helped me believe in myself and show people all of the amazing things I am really good at like being a DJ, break dancing and talking to groups about Best Buddies. The young kids always ask questions and really like when I talk with them. I also like to make them laugh and am helping them be more understanding of people who are different than them.<\/p>\n<p>Since being a part of Best Buddies in 2016 it has helped me learn how to overcome challenges, especially on how to sharing my feelings with others in a positive way.<\/p>\n<p>My abilities are what makes me special and my friends at Best Buddies help me dream higher and reach for my goals.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a part of Best Buddies is giving me a chance to get to know and become friends with a lot of new people&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"mo-single-post.php","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[610],"class_list":["post-109023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-missouri-news","tag-missouri-news","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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