🤘Talawanda High School

Best Buddies 🤘

Our next meeting is Wednesday, April 14 at 2pm. Email Mrs. Sammons for the Zoom link!


🎉Our Club🎉

Talawanda Best Buddies is a club dedicated to creating inclusion at THS. Best Buddies creates friendship matches between individuals with and without disabilities. The club usually meets once per month for activities, games, food, and friendship. During remote learning, Best Buddies will meet virtually via Zoom to socialize and play games. Talawanda Best Buddies was named the "Ohio High School Chapter of the Year" in 2019. Anyone can join the club at anytime! Email Mrs. Sammons to sign up!

🌎Best Buddies International🌎

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).

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 special 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.

🔗Important Links:

To join, complete an application on Best Buddies Online

Best Buddies Ohio

Email Mrs. Sammons with questions about joining.

📞Text 81010 with message @4gb7f3 to receive text reminders!

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