{"id":168908,"date":"2022-11-17T11:51:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=168908"},"modified":"2022-11-17T17:10:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T22:10:59","slug":"patrick-elmore-named-best-buddies-minnesota-2022-champion-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/minnesota\/patrick-elmore-named-best-buddies-minnesota-2022-champion-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Elmore Named Best Buddies in Minnesota 2022 Champion of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-168909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Patrick-Elmore.webp\" alt=\"Patrick Elmore holds a trophy for Best Buddies Minnesota\u2019s 2022 Champion of the Year.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Patrick-Elmore.webp 767w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Patrick-Elmore-150x100.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Our 5th annual Champion of the Year gala was a tremendous success, and we are proud to announce Patrick Elmore as our 2022 Grand Champion! He and his Mission Partner, Jessica Scheu, set a Best Buddies Minnesota record raising over <strong>$68,000 <\/strong>to support Best Buddies programs throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Elmore is a graduate of Bethel University in their BUILD Program, where he earned a certificate in Business &amp; Communications. Patrick now works in Front End Support at DICK\u2019S House of Sport. Patrick joined the Twin Cities Citizens program over a year and a half ago, where he was matched with his buddy \u2013 and mission partner \u2013 Jessica. Since then, Patrick has participated in many Best Buddies events such as the Best Buddies Friendship Walk and past Champion of the Year events. Patrick is an avid Minnesota sports fan who enjoys going to events and loves everything Vikings. He is also a fantastic bowler, as his buddy Jessica can attest to.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick was nominated for Champion of the Year by Jessica and graciously accepted the nomination because of his past experiences of being bullied in school. He feels that if everyone had Best Buddies, a lot of bullying in schools would stop.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I feel honored, happy, and excited [to have won Champion of the Year]. We had a lot of donors, plus some friends share [about our campaign].\u201d &#8211; Patrick Elmore<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Patrick\u2019s success was supported by his \u2013 and Jessica\u2019s \u2013 amazing network: aunts, uncles, cousins, employers, peers, friends of friends, parents, and so many more showed up to support Patrick on his mission for the Grand Champion title. This was truly a team effort!<\/p>\n<p>Best Buddies Minnesota is incredibly grateful to all the 2022 Champions and Mission Partners for their incredible efforts to raise funds and awareness for the Best Buddies mission of inclusion. The 2022 Champion of the Year gala raised more than $250,000 in essential funds to continue growing Best Buddies\u2019 one-to-one friendship and leadership development programs in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\">About Champion of the Year:<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Best Buddies Champion of the Year is a competitive fundraising campaign that unites and recognizes the community\u2019s most active leaders of inclusion. Champion Candidates commit to raising funds and awareness for Best Buddies over an 8\u201312-week campaign. Our Champions are advocates for the Best Buddies mission and will generate countless opportunities for friendships, jobs, leadership development, and inclusive living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). At the campaign\u2019s conclusion, we will celebrate at the Best Buddies Champion of the Year Gala to honor the Champions\u2019 collective impact and name the ultimate Champion of the Year!<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Champion raises a record-breaking $68,000 for Best Buddies programs in Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"mn-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1603,1605],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-minnesota","category-minnesota-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Patrick Elmore Named Best Buddies in Minnesota 2022 Champion of the Year - Best Buddies International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/minnesota\/patrick-elmore-named-best-buddies-minnesota-2022-champion-of-the-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patrick Elmore Named Best Buddies in Minnesota 2022 Champion of the Year - 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