INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE FOR BEST BUDDIES CHAPTERS Best Buddies Alternative Spring Break (BSB)
Engaging Everybody “Everybody can be great because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” --- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Changing the Paradigm Why am I doing all the work?? COMM- UNITY!
Why service… …if it causes so much pain?
Spring Break Cancun who? Go BSB!
MOVIE Movie
Inclusion (because everyone loves ice cream!) I already finished mine…
True Inclusion
Win-Win
Life Maps
Challenges
Liability Helmet, please! Make that two.
Fundraising A critical piece of the puzzle Helps to bring awareness to your ideas (i.e. the trip) A good way to get your school as a whole to support Best Buddies Begin with the assumption that the buddies cannot pay their fees
Best Buddies Gala
Pump up the environment and community excitement for BSB along with Best Buddies Months in advance Venue, Date, Time Music Food Entertainment Ticket sales Involvement with the school organizations
Goals Maintain the spirit of Best Buddies Raise awareness of Best Buddies, intellectual differences etc. etc. Raise money Have fun
Expectations Watch yo’self! Pillow fight!
Movie - Adrian
Useful Tips
Partnerships ACCESS Americorps State Offices Vanderbilt Kennedy Center UCEDD Association of University Centers of Disabilities Faculty Support Postsecondary Education Programs
Advice from Cassidy
Contact Information: Alice G.H. Kim Zach Heath Jessi Solomon Adrian Ewing