We Are Best Buddies: Join Our Global Movement! Best Buddies International In 2001, Best Buddies International (BBI) made a commitment to enhance the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities around the world by setting a goal to expand our programs into 50 countries by the end of 2010...Date: 1/5/2010 Benihana Partners With Best Buddies And FIJI Water to Kick-off A Season Of Giving Best Buddies International Throughout the month of November, Benihana will donate 100% of proceeds from the sale of bottled FIJI Water at all 76 U.S. restaurant locations to Best Buddies International, a nonprofit organization with a mission to change the lives of people with intellectual disabilities... Date: 11/2/2009 Miss USA Pays Visit To Best Buddies Bradford Pearson When the 60-plus members of Walter Johnson High School's Best Buddies program gathered for a group meeting Friday morning, they expected a usual day. What they got was anything but... Date: 12/17/2008 Students Bond With Their Best Buddies Katie Rodgers This fall, Joe Walker, a 19-year-old special needs student at Dover High School, made a new best friend, Mitchell Moore... Date: 12/14/2008 City Hall Aide Is 'performance-driven' John Canalis Imagine job hunting with a developmental disability. David Gauthier, who has cerebral palsy, says he put his challenges aside, as he has done all his life, when he applied to work for Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster...Date: 12/7/2008 Annual Best Buddies Ball Rolls to a Glitzy Finale Anthony Gomez The inaugural benefit two decades ago was just a low-key dinner hosted by a Georgetown undergraduate to support his fledgling charity that would pair people with intellectual disabilities with... Date: 10/20/2008 Best Buddies and the Best Ride Anthony Gomez How a charity bike ride and party featuring celebrities, a clambake and the B-52s helps support an international charity called Best Buddies...Date: 9/30/2008 Rafael Nadal Becomes a Best Buddy Anthony Gomez Best Buddies International founder and chairman, Anthony Kennedy Shriver, is privileged to announce the gracious support of the organization's mission by Olympic Gold Medalist, and the world's number one-ranked tennis champion, Rafael Nadal of Spain... Date: 9/12/2008