Best Buddies is up for a $250,000 grant! Let’s help them get it!

Update! Since this morning, we’ve jumped up to #5! Remember, the top two vote-getters get the grant, so let’s keep voting! I added this widget below that allows you to vote from here, so hit it up, homies! If you vote, leave a comment showing your support!

Hey, everybody! It’s Verne, and I need your help one more time.

Best Buddies (bestbuddies.org), the non-profit organization I’ve been working with for the last few years that provides opportunities for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is currently in the running to receive a $250,000 grant from Pepsi Refresh Project. This money will go towards the development of leaders for the disability movements in their communities by allowing us to send them to a 4 day conference at Indiana University this July. There, 100 community advocates with disabilities, and 1000 without will receive personalized training on things like leadership development and public speaking, they will be able to use in their own Best Buddy chapters all over the U.S.

You all know how much Best Buddies means to me, and I would really appreciate your support on this one. $250k is going to allow a lot of people receive this training that would otherwise not be able to afford it, in turn helping thousand of other in their communities.

How to help? All you have to do is vote. Go to the Best Buddies page on Pepsi’s Project Refresh site by clicking here, and give us a vote. You can vote once a day, so vote often! Spread the word by connecting to Facebook and telling your family and friends about it. If it didn’t mean so much to me, I wouldn’t be asking you for help, but this is an amazing opportunity for an amazing organization. As of right now, we in 6th place, and the top two vote-getters get the money! Let’s get there!

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