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Thank you for making our 2019 Best Buddies Friendship Walk in Missouri such a success! Over 650 walkers gathered to celebrate Best Buddies’ 30th birthday and promote inclusion across Missouri, and our community collectively raised more than $80,000. You helped show your community that #InclusionLivesHere<\/strong> and are why the Best Buddies mission keeps moving forward!<\/p>\nBecause of you, thousands of people with and without disabilities continue to demonstrate how friendship teaches how to adapt and accept each other’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’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
Top Individual Fundraiser<\/strong> \u2013 Aaron Hempel<\/p>\n
Top Fundraising School Team<\/strong> \u2013 Marquette High School<\/p>\n
Top Corporate Team<\/strong> \u2013 CTS Group<\/p>\n
Top Community Team<\/strong> \u2013 Team DeStefano<\/p>\n
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
You can volunteer on a committee (like 2019 BBMO Walk Chairs, Dawn Baumgartner & 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
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