9 85 355219! 138 9 #BESTBUDDIESMONTH Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Best Buddies Month has begun! Share the good news on your social media pages Post pictures of you and your buddy, your chapter, or you at your job to promote our mission Talk to engaged community partners about employment for people with disabilities Learn more about employment for people with disabilities by visiting www.imintohire.org Sign the I’m In To Hire Pledge at www.imintohire.org Wear your Best Buddies gear to kick off Best Buddies Month Make posters about what Best Buddies means to you and share in your community or on campus Ask teachers to show a Best Buddies promo video in their classes! Plan a community service project to show-case the mission of leadership and service Plan a fundraiser for the spring to continue sharing the mission of Best Buddies! Make a school announcement or write to the editor of your local paper to share it is BB Month Wear Best Buddies pins or ribbons and share the mission with new people Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by wearing matching green outfits with other BB members Ask buddy pairs visit a school or community sports team to talk about their friendship Give out Best Buddies pins or sell t-shirts to keep up morale through May! Spread the Word to End the Word day! www.r-word.org Write an article about the disability rights movement for your local or campus paper Pass out I’m In To Hire pins and promote employing people with disabilities Connect with a like mind-ed community organization to partner on a disability rights project Host a Spread the Word banner signing Pass out Spread the Word pins or bracelets to promote the initiative Host an event at lunch, Recruit new in the student union, members to join or at a community March activities venue to bring visibility to Best Buddies Plan a Best Buddies gathering to help bring in new community members Flash mob! Lead the Best Buddies cheer in the busiest place on your campus or in town Celebrate the first day of spring by planting a tree or starting a community garden Bring the mission to your community. Go out on the town with your buddy or chapter Visit a community partner to collect pledges for Spread the Word Share the impact of the disability rights movement on your social media pages Movie night! Gather members to watch a movie about disability rights and inclusion Now that the weather is warming up, host a picnic for new members to learn about Best Buddies For more information or ways to get involved, contact your local office or visit www.bestbuddies.org!
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