{"id":111251,"date":"2019-05-20T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=111251"},"modified":"2020-11-06T13:22:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T18:22:22","slug":"best-buddies-friendship-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/missouri\/best-buddies-friendship-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Buddies Friendship Walk &#8211; Moving INCLUSION forward!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-111267 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bbmo-walk-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bbmo-walk-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bbmo-walk-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bbmo-walk.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Thank you for making our 2019 Best Buddies Friendship Walk in Missouri such a success! Over 650 walkers gathered to celebrate Best Buddies&#8217; 30th birthday and promote inclusion across Missouri, and our community collectively raised more than $80,000. You helped show your community that <strong>#InclusionLivesHere<\/strong> and are why the Best Buddies mission keeps moving forward!<\/p>\n<p>Because of you, thousands of people with and without disabilities continue to demonstrate how friendship teaches how to adapt and accept each other&#8217;s differences for the better of a community. Thank you for going above and beyond to ask for support and making more Best Buddies programs possible across the Show-Me State. We&#8217;d like to give a shout-out to the following individuals and groups who were recognized for their achievement as top fundraisers of the year:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Individual Fundraiser<\/strong> \u2013 Aaron Hempel<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Fundraising School Team<\/strong> \u2013 Marquette High School<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Corporate Team<\/strong> \u2013 CTS Group<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Community Team<\/strong> \u2013 Team DeStefano<\/p>\n<p>The event is over, but there is still work to be done and opportunities to achieve your goals. At Best Buddies, inclusion is a way of life. Something you get to practice every day.<\/p>\n<p>You can volunteer on a committee (like 2019 BBMO Walk Chairs, Dawn Baumgartner &amp; Dianne Collins), help start a new program in a school or your community or even serve as a leader on the Advisory Board.<\/p>\n<p>To get more involved, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:Missouri@BestBuddies.org\">Missouri@BestBuddies.org<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;111256&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/bestbuddiesmo\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2292460800869571\" class=\"hb-button hb-default hb-default-button no-three-d\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius: 2px;-moz-border-radius: 2px;border-radius: 2px;\"><i class=\"icon-chevron-right\"><\/i>View all photos<\/a>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">2019 Friendship Walk Sponsors<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;111258&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 650 walkers gathered to celebrate Best Buddies\u2019 30th birthday and promote inclusion across Missouri&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":111267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"mo-single-post.php","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[610],"class_list":["post-111251","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 v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Best Buddies Friendship Walk - Moving INCLUSION forward! 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