Best Buddies Champion of the Year 2021

FMD was honored to sponsor the 2021 Best Buddies Champions Gala to unite and recognize the community’s most active leaders in the name of inclusion. On Friday, November 19 at the Henry Ford Museum guests enjoyed an evening full of games, auctions, dancing, and exploring the Museum’s exhibits. Congratulations to the 2021 Michigan Champion of the Year, Rachel Mueller.

Best Buddies is the world’s largest organization dedicated to ending the social, physical and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Our programs empower the special abilities of people with IDD by helping them form meaningful friendships with their peers, secure successful jobs, live independently, improve public speaking, self-advocacy and communication skills, and feel valued by society.