{"id":176063,"date":"2023-12-01T15:50:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T20:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=176063"},"modified":"2023-12-12T15:35:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:35:53","slug":"best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Buddies to be Featured on A&amp;E&#8217;s &#8220;Cake Dynasty&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;176064&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW235116186 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235116186 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;b2fb11cd-a189-4202-8f3e-f3b8b7224ee1|40&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">Miami, FL, Dec. 1, 2023 &#8212; <\/span><\/span><\/strong>This <strong>Saturday, Dec. 2,<\/strong> Best Buddies Founder, Board Member and CEO <strong>Anthony K. Shriver<\/strong> will be featured alongside Best Buddies participants from the\u00a0<strong><em>Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port<\/em><\/strong> at <strong>10\/9c<\/strong> on the A&amp;E show <strong>&#8220;Cake Dynasty.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCake Dynasty\u201d is a reality TV show that follows the life of Buddy Valastro, the owner of Carlo\u2019s Bake Shop, and his family as they navigate the challenges of running a rapidly expanding business empire while balancing their personal lives. The show also provides a behind-the-scenes look at the bakery\u2019s operations and the family\u2019s interactions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0wJE9UYRFxA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch a preview of the episode.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><strong><u>About Best Buddies<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nBest Buddies<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated\u202fto establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development and inclusive living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Founded in 1989 by Anthony K. Shriver, Best Buddies is a vibrant organization that has grown from one original chapter to nearly 3,000 middle school, high school, and college chapters worldwide. Today, Best Buddies\u2019 11 formal programs \u2014 Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Colleges, Citizens, e-Buddies\u00ae, Jobs, Ambassadors, Promoters, Transitions and Inclusive Living\u2014 engage participants in\u202feach of the 50 states and in 49\u202fcountries, positively impacting the lives of nearly one million people with and without disabilities around the world. In many cases, as a result of their involvement with Best Buddies, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities secure rewarding jobs, live on their own, become inspirational leaders, and make lifelong friendships. For more information, please visit www.bestbuddies.org or connect with us via Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><strong><u>Media Inquiries<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nJacob Pasternack<br \/>\nManager of Marketing and Communications<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:JacobPasternack@BestBuddies.org\">JacobPasternack@BestBuddies.org<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday, Dec. 2, Best Buddies Founder, Board Member and CEO Anthony K. Shriver will be featured alongside Best Buddies participants from the\u00a0Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port at 10\/9c on the A&amp;E show &#8220;Cake Dynasty.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2081,"featured_media":176086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,676,819,4485],"tags":[1794,4625,113],"class_list":["post-176063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-archive","category-news-front-page","category-news-sidebar","tag-best-buddies-challenge-hyannis-port","tag-cake-dynasty","tag-hyannis-port"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Best Buddies to be Featured on A&amp;E&#039;s &quot;Cake Dynasty&quot; - Best Buddies International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On Dec. 2, Best Buddies participants from the\u00a0Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port will be featured on the A&amp;E show &quot;Cake Dynasty&quot; at 10\/9c.\" \/>\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\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Best Buddies to be Featured on A&amp;E&#039;s &quot;Cake Dynasty&quot; - Best Buddies International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Dec. 2, Best Buddies participants from the\u00a0Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port will be featured on the A&amp;E show &quot;Cake Dynasty&quot; at 10\/9c.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Best Buddies International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-01T20:50:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-12T20:35:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cake-Boss-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"378\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jacob Pasternack\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jacob Pasternack\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jacob Pasternack\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b937019a1ecd0f108dec02751d9d848e\"},\"headline\":\"Best Buddies to be Featured on A&amp;E&#8217;s &#8220;Cake Dynasty&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-01T20:50:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-12T20:35:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/\"},\"wordCount\":316,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cake-Boss-1.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port\",\"Cake Dynasty\",\"Hyannis Port\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"News Archive\",\"News Front Page\",\"News Sidebar\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/\",\"name\":\"Best Buddies to be Featured on A&amp;E's \\\"Cake Dynasty\\\" - Best Buddies International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cake-Boss-1.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-01T20:50:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-12T20:35:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"On Dec. 2, Best Buddies participants from the\u00a0Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port will be featured on the A&E show \\\"Cake Dynasty\\\" at 10\/9c.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cake-Boss-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cake-Boss-1.webp\",\"width\":700,\"height\":378},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Best Buddies to be Featured on A&amp;E&#8217;s &#8220;Cake Dynasty&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\",\"name\":\"Best Buddies International\",\"description\":\"Best Buddies is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Best Buddies International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png\",\"width\":115,\"height\":113,\"caption\":\"Best Buddies International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b937019a1ecd0f108dec02751d9d848e\",\"name\":\"Jacob Pasternack\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/author\/jacob\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Best Buddies to be Featured on A&amp;E's \"Cake Dynasty\" - Best Buddies International","description":"On Dec. 2, Best Buddies participants from the\u00a0Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port will be featured on the A&E show \"Cake Dynasty\" at 10\/9c.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Best Buddies to be Featured on A&amp;E's \"Cake Dynasty\" - Best Buddies International","og_description":"On Dec. 2, Best Buddies participants from the\u00a0Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port will be featured on the A&E show \"Cake Dynasty\" at 10\/9c.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/","og_site_name":"Best Buddies International","article_published_time":"2023-12-01T20:50:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-12T20:35:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":378,"url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cake-Boss-1.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Jacob Pasternack","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jacob Pasternack","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/"},"author":{"name":"Jacob Pasternack","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b937019a1ecd0f108dec02751d9d848e"},"headline":"Best Buddies to be Featured on A&amp;E&#8217;s &#8220;Cake Dynasty&#8221;","datePublished":"2023-12-01T20:50:41+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-12T20:35:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/"},"wordCount":316,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cake-Boss-1.webp","keywords":["Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port","Cake Dynasty","Hyannis Port"],"articleSection":["News","News Archive","News Front Page","News Sidebar"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/","name":"Best Buddies to be Featured on A&amp;E's \"Cake Dynasty\" - Best Buddies International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cake-Boss-1.webp","datePublished":"2023-12-01T20:50:41+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-12T20:35:53+00:00","description":"On Dec. 2, Best Buddies participants from the\u00a0Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port will be featured on the A&E show \"Cake Dynasty\" at 10\/9c.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cake-Boss-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cake-Boss-1.webp","width":700,"height":378},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2023\/12\/01\/best-buddies-to-be-featured-on-aes-cake-dynasty\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Best Buddies to be Featured on A&amp;E&#8217;s &#8220;Cake Dynasty&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/","name":"Best Buddies International","description":"Best Buddies is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization","name":"Best Buddies International","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png","width":115,"height":113,"caption":"Best Buddies International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b937019a1ecd0f108dec02751d9d848e","name":"Jacob Pasternack","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/author\/jacob\/"}]}},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2025-01-21 22:24:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2081"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176063"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176212,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176063\/revisions\/176212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}