Join us as we walk in support of Best Buddies’ mission of inclusion.
Best Buddies Friendship Walk: Sacramento
May 1, 2021
9:00 AM | Virtual Event
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The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is the leading walk in the country supporting inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (also known as IDD).
Join 40,000 walkers across the country to support the Best Buddies programs in your schools, workplaces and communities. You’ll be making the world more welcoming to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities – one friendship, one job, and one life-changing connection at a time.
How to Participate from the comfort of your neighborhood:
Step 1: Register yourself and your team and share it with your personal network. Start fundraising; we’ve got some amazing stuff you can earn the more you raise.
Step 2: Month of Movement: During the month of April, we challenge you to get outside and focus on your mental and physical health.
Step 3: Walk Week: In your community, raise awareness by walking for 89 minutes during the week of April 25- May 1 with your friends, family, team, or colleagues while maintaining safe social distancing recommendations.
Step 4: Walk Day: At 10:00 am PST join us for a brief 30-minute celebration ceremony at the event website or on Facebook, then join our emcee on Instagram Live immediately following while you walk in your neighborhood. You may even get the opportunity to be added in live! Please ensure you are practicing social distancing and safety recommendations.
For sponsorship opportunities and other event inquiries, please contact: KatelynQuintero@bestbuddies.org.
Schedule
Saturday, May 1, 2021
10:00am – Virtual Celebration Ceremony
10:30am – Walk in your neighborhood
Location
Friendship Walk Website and at Best Buddies California Facebook
Mission Movers – Top Fundraisers
Going the extra mile for Best Buddies.
2021 Friendship Walk Fundraising Incentive Program
Introducing the all-new Friendship Walk Fundraising Incentive Program. Each time you hit a fundraising incentive level, we’ll send you an email confirming your shipping address and that item will be immediately sent to you. Incentive levels start at $50 and go up to $1,500. Get all six and you’ll be repping Best Buddies to the fullest!


Fundraise
Let’s change the world for people with intellectual & developmental disabilities.

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 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.
The IDD community that Best Buddies serves includes, but is not limited to, people with Down Syndrome, Autism, Fragile X, Williams Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, traumatic brain injury and other undiagnosed disabilities.
We Love Our Sponsors!
For sponsorship opportunities and other event inquiries, please contact:
KatelynQuintero@bestbuddies.org
415.371.1169
Best Buddies in Sacramento 1900 Point West, Suite 146, Sacramento, CA
Frequently Asked Questions
Sign up to volunteer at www.bestbuddies.org/volunteer/.
The Best Buddies Team is currently assessing alternative Friendship Walk plans for scenarios in which social distancing practices are set in motion. As soon as we can, we’ll be sharing that with you. As always, thank you for your support of the Best Buddies mission.