Valley Teen Beating The Odds, One Football Game At A Time MaryEllen Resendez It's Friday night lights and Desert Ridge High School's varsity football team is hitting the field. Among the pads and the helmets is number 34, Jerry O'Toole...Date: 10/7/2011 Best Buddies Benefitting From Special Melting Pot Menu Catherine Holland | azfamily.com Buddy Ambassadors Taylor Ray and Kelly Janssen joined Maggie Speer with Tara Hitchcock on Good Morning Arizona...Date: 9/9/2011 Five Phoenix Area High School Athletes Making A Difference Scott Bordow | The Arizona Republic These 5 Valley students are reaching out to help people the world over...Date: 8/18/2011 Best Buddies Arizona Wins Donation From American Express Phoenix has spoken! Thanks to your votes, Best Buddies Arizona has won a $5,000 donation from American Express through its Members Project® program...Date: 6/7/2011 Wrestler with Special Needs An Inspiration Dan Spindal Higley High School student Vassa Pugmire seems like your every day student athlete from Gilbert, until you get to know him. The wrestling champion has been inspiring others on his personal journey... Date: 11/23/2010 AZ Insider: KTVK-TV’s Tara Hitchcock on "Dancing with the Stars"? Kathy Shayna Shocket Kathy Shayna Shocket got the inside scoop from Celebrity Guests at the Best Buddies Arizonas Seventh Annual Spirit of Friendship: Brazilian Carnival... Date: 11/5/2010 Mountain Pointe Best Buddy Pair Honored at Chase Field Travis Roemhild Mountain Pointe High Schools Best Buddy Pair: Cecily Abbadessa and Brett Gobel were joined by friends and family on the field to accept the oversized check courtesy of the Pepsi Refresh Project, a community outreach program that gives money to support local humanitarian projects and organizations...Date: 10/5/2010 Higley High Best Buddies Club Is Tops In The World Hayley Ringle Higley High School's Best Buddies Club received its award as the world's overall most outstanding high-school chapter during the 21st annual Best Buddies International's leadership conference in Bloomington, Ind., in July. Heres more information about the chapters winning attitude...Date: 9/18/2010 Gilbert High School Students World’s Best Buddies Jay Reynolds The Best Buddies chapters at Higley High School was presented with Outstanding Chapter Award at Best Buddies Internationals 21st Annual Best Buddies Leadership Conference, July 23-26, 2010. Chosen from more than 800 Best Buddies high school programs and 62 Outstanding Chapter applicants Higley High School was chosen as the 2009-2010 Overall Most Outstanding Chapter (best in the world) for its dedication to the Best Buddies mission... Date: 9/3/2010 Help Best Buddies Arizona Win a $200,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant Best Buddies Arizona Starting today through Tuesday, August 17th, Justin Upton and the D-backs are competing to fund the “Batter up for Buddies” project which matches Arizona’s youth with developmental disabilities into one-to-one friendships with student volunteers through the Best Buddies Arizona Program...Date: 7/13/2010
