{"id":83385,"date":"2016-03-19T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T00:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=83385"},"modified":"2016-03-29T21:01:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T21:01:47","slug":"best-buddies-ball-under-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2016\/03\/19\/best-buddies-ball-under-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Buddies Ball \u2013 Under the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BBRI_BuddyBall2016_300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-83386 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BBRI_BuddyBall2016_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, March 19<sup>th<\/sup> over 350 participants from Best Buddies in Rhode Island\u00a0attended the &#8220;Under the Sea&#8221; themed <em>Best Buddies Ball<\/em>.\u00a0 This is the biggest programmatic event all year and the students LOVE the ball.\u00a0 This year was no exception!\u00a0 The music was on point featuring\u00a0Joel Romero.\u00a0 A special THANK YOU to Ed Brady for his help in getting the photo booth and the DJ!\u00a0 The line for the photo booth was out the door all night!!!<\/p>\n<p>The decorations really brought this event over the top and a THANK YOU goes out to the Programs Committee at Best Buddies in Rhode Island\u00a0and students from the OT program at NEIT!<\/p>\n<p>Our media partner, NBC 10 stopped by to chat with the attendees. \u00a0Click on the link for the full story:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/turnto10.com\/news\/local\/teens-and-adults-hit-the-dance-floor-for-a-meaningful-prom\">Buddies Ball on NBC 10<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, March 19th over 350 participants from Best Buddies in Rhode Island\u00a0attended the &#8220;Under the Sea&#8221; themed Best Buddies Ball.\u00a0 This is the biggest programmatic event all year and the students LOVE the ball.\u00a0 This year was no exception!\u00a0 The music was on point featuring\u00a0Joel Romero.\u00a0 A special THANK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[543,544],"tags":[597],"class_list":["post-83385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-rhode-isand","category-rhode-island-news","tag-rhode-island-news","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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