{"id":171446,"date":"2023-03-20T11:26:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=171446"},"modified":"2023-03-20T11:31:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T15:31:41","slug":"albany-best-buddies-heads-to-fox-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newyork\/albany-best-buddies-heads-to-fox-23","title":{"rendered":"Albany Best Buddies heads to Fox 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;171449&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;15px&#8221;][vc_column_text]To continue the celebration of Best Buddies Month, Buddy pair Trinity and Megan made a special appearance on Fox 23 in Albany\u2019s morning show! Trinity Hogben and Megan Phelps have been friends for 9 years. They met in their middle school gym class and joined Best Buddies together. Through their almost decade long friendship, they have attended hundreds of Best Buddies chapter meetings, many Friendship Balls and Friendship Walks, and hang out together whenever they can. Trinity and Megan were also invited to discuss the importance of the movie \u201cChampions\u201d .<\/p>\n<p>This was Trinity and Meg\u2019s first experience at a local news station and it has always been a dream of Meg\u2019s to do so! Trinity and Meg are excited to see a film together!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople with disabilities have such a broad range of talents, its really important that they are final recognizing that especially in the media\u201d- Trinity[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;15px&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;171448&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;15px&#8221;][vc_column_text]The segment covers a range of Best Buddies topics, including joining Best Buddies together. Meg and Trinity were also featured as the 2022 Champions of the Year for Albany raising almost $10,000 for their event. 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