The Best Buddies Club activities consists of having a event each month for the group to get together. This includes playing games with each other, such as bingo, or even going to the cinema to watch a movie. The bigger events that they hold include Best Buddies Prom, and Halloween parties that they throw every year. The Board of the club usually gets together two to three months to discuss plans on next events. All of these events are an opportunity to get everyone together in having an awesome time, while at the same time building new relationships among buddies and peers.
When interviewing Natalie Lindsay, who’s the President of the club who has been involved for four years, and officer Ben Siglin who’s been involved …show more content…
Lauren had said she had learned that, “ Everyone has a story, and you can’t be so quick to judge in life, because everyone is unique and special in their own individual ways”. Lauren had learned from one of her buddies to, “ Appreciate the little things in life more”, such as the blue sky, which her buddy loved more than anything and still reminds her of every time she looks up to the beautiful blue sky. Natalie had said that within those four years of involvement, she has learned about having more ,“ Acceptance, while appreciating the different qualities in all of us”. She had also talked about the importance of being a role model, sort of like being a big brother or sister to the wonderful people she and many others worked with. Ben had learned to have more empathy for disabled and challenged people, and learned to have more patience in life. Within the organization, he has made many new friends that have impacted his life in a positive