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BOSTON, June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The thrill of victory, joy and fatherhood will be celebrated in Boston this weekend as the city welcomes the 2012 Special Olympics Massachusetts Summer Games. From June 15-17, athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities - supported by their coaches, families and dedicated volunteers - will challenge each other and themselves as they compete in aquatics, athletics, gymnastics, power lifting, tennis and volleyball....
- Maria Shriver, Meredith Vieira and Jane Seymour Shared Personal Experiences with Alzheimer's Disease - WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After being awarded the Sargent and Eunice Shriver Profiles in Dignity Award at the Alzheimer's Association National Dinner on Tuesday, April 24, University of Tennessee Women's Basketball Head Coach Emeritus Pat Summitt and her son, Tyler Summitt, told an audience of nearly 1,000 advocates that they were proud to join the...
-- Tom Brady, New England Patriots Quarterback & Best Buddies Global Ambassador, to serve as Honorary Chairman of the Challenge -- Tom Brady Football Challenge and Guy Fieri Celebrity Chef Tailgate Party to kick-off the festivities -- More than 1,500 people expected to participate in the charity walk, run and ride this year BOSTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Best Buddies International, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment...
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Association will present University of Tennessee Women's Basketball Head Coach Emeritus Pat Summitt and her son, Tyler Summitt, with its Sargent and Eunice Shriver Profiles in Dignity Award at the Alzheimer's Association National Dinner on Tuesday, April 24. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Representative Mike Burgess, M.D., (R-TX), Colonel Karl E. Friedl, Ph.D. and advocate Garrett Davis will also be honored for...
HERNDON, Va., Oct. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Audi is on a mission to help Best Buddies International raise a record-setting $1.7 million in total donations at the 2011 Audi Best Buddies Challenge: Washington, D.C., a charity walk, run and ride on October 22. Founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver in 1989, Best Buddies is dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment and leadership training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). As the largest...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Best Buddies International, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment and leadership training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), is pleased to announce that Johan de Nysschen, President, Audi of America, will serve as Chairman of the Audi Best Buddies Challenge: Washington, D.C. More than 1,200 people are expected to participate in the Challenge - a charity walk, run and ride...
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. J. Larry Brown, a veteran of the Peace Corps between 1966-2009, is in Washington, D.C. to meet with Peace Corps officials and members of Congress to discuss reforms. Brown's just released book, Peasants Come Last: A Memoir of the Peace Corps at Fifty, challenges that the agency's leadership has lost its passion and mission. This book is timely as many Peace Corps' former volunteers are gathering in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the half-century...
-- Maria Shriver and Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom to serve as Honorary Co-Chairs -- More than 1,500 people to participate in charity walk, run and ride benefiting Best Buddies International CARMEL, Calif., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Best Buddies International, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship, employment and leadership training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), is pleased to announce that author, journalist and...
HERNDON, Va., June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Audi returns for the fourth year as the official vehicle of Best Buddies International and the Title Sponsor of the 2011 Audi Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port. Founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver in 1989, Best Buddies is a nonprofit dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental...
Presented by Country Kitchen -- Tom Brady, New England Patriots Quarterback & Best Buddies Global Ambassador, to serve as Honorary Chairman of the Challenge -- The Tom Brady Football Challenge & Tailgate to kick off the festivities -- More than 1,500 people expected to participate in the charity walk, run and ride this year BOSTON, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Best Buddies International (www.bestbuddies.org), a groundbreaking nonprofit founded in 1989 by Anthony Kennedy...
