Best Buddies Wisconsin is proud to join the Wave of Hope for the Milwaukee Wave professional indoor soccer team’s 2011-12 M&I Bank Charitable Jersey Program.
Best Buddies and the Milwaukee Wave are partnering on the December 10, 2011 game. The promotion will include an honorary “first kick” representative, a customized Best Buddies Milwaukee Wave jersey, and announcements during the game.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Support Best Buddies - Bingo!
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Join us on Friday, December 9, 2011 for the Miracle Bingo Bash to help support Best Buddies Wisconsin as one of this year’s Miracle on Canal Street Charities. This will be a night of celebration and fun as BBWI will be presented with a Miracle on Canal Street donation.
Guests will play bingo for cash prizes of, at least, $1,000 per game and represent BBWI for the three special charity games of $3,000 (if you win the $3,000 prize, so will BBWI!).
Registration will be open until November 1 but BBWI only has 50 spots and they will be first come first serve, so don’t wait - register today!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
2011 Leadership Breakfast
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
You're invited to attend the fifth Annual Leadership Breakfast of Best Buddies Wisconsin on Thursday, September 29, 2011. The theme of this event is "Creating Leaders for Tomorrow" and our guest speaker is Aliza Claire Bible, a college graduate with many talents who also happens to have Down Syndrome.
Claire will tell her inspiring story about her college career and share her contagious enthusiasm as she describes the benefits of a college experience for students with disabilities. Claire hopes to open doors for post-secondary education and enhanced employability for others with disabilities.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Best Buddies Friendship Walk: Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is a fun-filled community fundraiser to support your local Best Buddies programs of inclusion. Our friendship, integrated employment and leadership programs educate people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities to be advocates for social inclusion in your community.
Throw your support for Best Buddies at a bag toss (cornhole) tournament. This tournament will be held in conjunction with Wisconsins only sanctioned American Cornhole Organization event.
The Pettit Center 500 South 84th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53214 www.thepettit.com
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Spread the Word to End the Word Day
Worldwide
Respectful and inclusive language is essential to the movement for the dignity and humanity of people with intellectual disabilities. However, much of society does not recognize the hurtful, dehumanizing and exclusive effects of the word “retard(ed).”
It is time to address the minority slur “retard(ed)” and raise the consciousness of society to its hurtful effects.
Visit www.r-word.org to learn how you can Spread the Word to End the Word.
