Best Buddies International
Cause Area
Advocacy & Human Rights
Children & Youth
Community
People with Disabilities
Seniors
Location
2600 Ventura Street Fresno, CA 93721
United States
Active Opportunities (2)
Flexible Schedule
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Tulare, CA 93274
Get to know a friend with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and get to be a part of something bigger. Build friendships between people with and without IDD, offering social mentoring while improving the quality of life and level of inclusion for a population often isolated and excluded. Best Buddies Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools & Colleges Creates an inclusive school environment for students with IDD during times of social and emotional development. Best Buddies Citizens Helps adults with and without IDD develop meaningful friendships and become more involved in their local communities. e-buddies Offers an online program in which a participant with IDD communicates online with a friend without IDD. _____________ Why Best Buddies? What does Best Buddies do differently that sets our programs apart from other disability organizations? INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES Best Buddies provides equitable leadership roles and sets equal expectations for participants with and without disabilities in all programs. VOLUNTEER-CENTRIC Best Buddies is a global volunteer movement committed to empowering volunteers to create new opportunities for their communities to engage and provide inclusive experiences. LIFE-CYCLE Participation in the Best Buddies movement engages volunteers as soon as they enter school through adulthood with programs at all school levels in addition to community and employment opportunities. [WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR INTEREST FORM, PLEASE PROVIDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOURSELF AND YOUR PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE BEST BUDDIES OPPORTUNITIES.] WSupport Inclusion Today! Learn more @ https://www.bestbuddies.org/california/
Date Posted: 2024-06-21
Flexible Schedule
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Fresno, CA 93721
Get to know a friend with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and get to be a part of something bigger. Build friendships between people with and without IDD, offering social mentoring while improving the quality of life and level of inclusion for a population often isolated and excluded. Best Buddies Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools & Colleges Creates an inclusive school environment for students with IDD during times of social and emotional development. Best Buddies Citizens Helps adults with and without IDD develop meaningful friendships and become more involved in their local communities. e-buddies Offers an online program in which a participant with IDD communicates online with a friend without IDD. _____________ Why Best Buddies? What does Best Buddies do differently that sets our programs apart from other disability organizations? INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES Best Buddies provides equitable leadership roles and sets equal expectations for participants with and without disabilities in all programs. VOLUNTEER-CENTRIC Best Buddies is a global volunteer movement committed to empowering volunteers to create new opportunities for their communities to engage and provide inclusive experiences. LIFE-CYCLE Participation in the Best Buddies movement engages volunteers as soon as they enter school through adulthood with programs at all school levels in addition to community and employment opportunities. [WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR INTEREST FORM, PLEASE PROVIDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOURSELF AND YOUR PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE BEST BUDDIES OPPORTUNITIES.] Support Inclusion Today! Learn more @ https://www.bestbuddies.org/california/
Date Posted: 2024-06-21
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Mission Statement
Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, and inclusive living for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Description
Best Buddies is the world’s largest organization dedicated to ending the social, physical, and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Our programs empower the unique abilities of people with IDD by helping them form meaningful friendships with their peers, secure successful jobs, live independently, improve public speaking, self-advocacy, and communication skills, and feel valued by society.
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