The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is the leading walk in the country supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (also known as IDD). Join 50,000 participants at 80 Walks across the globe to support the Best Buddies programs in schools, workplaces, and communities. You’ll be making the world more welcoming to people with IDD — one friendship, one job, and one life-changing connection at a time
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Don’t see a walk in your area? Register to Walk Your Way — a new way to support Best Buddies and create an impact wherever you are!
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Can't find a Walk in your area? Register as a Global Walker!
Supporting Local Programs
Funds raised through the Friendship Walk benefits Best Buddies – 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 and families 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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Make a donation and help move our mission forward. Simply choose an event to designate where your funds should be directed. Every dollar raised goes towards making the world a more inclusive, accepting place.
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