INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE FOR BEST BUDDIES

CHAPTERS

Best Buddies Alternative Spring Break (BSB)

Engaging Everybody

“Everybody can be great because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”

--- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Changing the Paradigm

Why am I doing all the

work??

COMM-UNITY!

Why service…

…if it causes so much

pain?

Spring Break

Cancun who?

Go BSB!

MOVIE

Movie

Inclusion

(because everyone loves ice cream!)

I already finished mine…

True Inclusion

Win-Win

Life Maps

Challenges

Liability

Helmet, please!

Make that two.

Fundraising

A critical piece of the puzzleHelps to bring awareness to your ideas (i.e.

the trip)A good way to get your school as a whole to

support Best BuddiesBegin with the assumption that the buddies

cannot pay their fees

Best Buddies Gala

Best Buddies Gala

Pump up the environment and community excitement for BSB along with Best Buddies

Months in advance Venue, Date, Time Music Food Entertainment Ticket sales Involvement with the school organizations

Goals

Maintain the spirit of Best BuddiesRaise awareness of Best Buddies, intellectual

differences etc. etc.Raise moneyHave fun

Expectations

Watch yo’self!

Pillow fight!

Movie - Adrian

Useful Tips

Partnerships

ACCESS AmericorpsState OfficesVanderbilt Kennedy Center UCEDDAssociation of University Centers of

Disabilities www.aucd.org

Faculty SupportPostsecondary Education Programs

www.thinkcollege.net http://NextStep.Vanderbilt.edu

Advice from Cassidy

Contact Information:

Alice G.H. Kim Email: a.kim@vanderbilt.edu

Zach Heath Email: zachary.w.heath@vanderbilt.edu

Jessi Solomon Email: jessica.solomon@vanderbilt.edu

Adrian Ewing Email: adrian.jackson5.ewing@gmail.com