Founded in 1989 by Anthony K. Shriver, Best Buddies is an international organization with nearly 3,000 chapters worldwide, positively impacting the lives of over 1.3 million people with and without IDD. Providence is one of over 40 friendship chapters in North Carolina schools.
Best Buddies is a nonprofit organization dedicated to 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. Providence's mission is to spread inclusion and teach students to embrace each another's differences.