Best Buddies club connects students in kindness, volunteerism
The Best Buddies club at Heritage High School has a mission of building friendships between students "with" and "without" disabilities, and growing those connections through shared volunteer work.
Posted — UpdatedThe Best Buddies club has a mission of friendship and charitable projects. It's creating friendly hallways and helping students build those important high school friendships.
Newkirk, a special education student at Heritage High School said, "It's so fun to have brand new friends."
Lavalle said she loves Newkirk's outlook on life. "She's just just so positive - with her giggle," said Lavalle.
They go to movies and and play games.
Jabari Shield, another special education student, built a connection with Gavin McCabe that started with Bey Blades.
"This one is my Bey: Turbo Achilles," said Shield.
These are genuine friendships.
Sophie Adgate said, "Forming the relationships that I've had with them has been the best part of my high school experience, for sure."
These club members also work together on charitable community projects. Their current project is a shoe drive.
They're collecting new or gently used shoes, which are then sold at a low cost to developing countries like Haiti. It helps citizens there start-up their own shoe businesses, which may help them break the cycle of poverty.
Lindsay Tobin, a club advisor, said, "We really need the help and support of our community in meeting this goal of collecting 2,500 pairs of shoes."
The club also helps special education students to find more volunteer work, as well as real jobs at local businesses.
It's key to the club's vision.
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