• Best Buddies
     
    Sponsors: Yolanda Jackson, Derek Bahler, Frank Mendoza
    Members meetings: Meetings are held every other Thursday during Advisory in the Student Union
    Officers Meetings: Biweekly meetings on Tuesdays during advisory in the Tech Center.
      
    What is Best Buddies?
    Best Buddies is to establish a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
     
     
    Learn More:
    Learn more at Best Buddies of Arizona. 

    We invite you to check out the following video that sheds a deeper light into Best Buddies Organization and showcases one local Buddy Ambassador-Charles Calhoun. http://vimeo.com/41513793

     

    Join Metro Tech's Best Buddies,
    Interested in joining Metro Tech's Best Buddies go to https://www.bestbuddiesonline.org/default.aspx. Go to membership application and click on high school and select Metro Tech.  Follow the prompts from there.  Make sure your parent's are with you so they can consent to the application if you are under age. 
     
     
    Tax Credit Link
     Please make a contribution to Metro Tech's Best Buddies Program through the Arizona Education Tax Credit for 2016.  You can go to PayPal link at www.phoenixunion.org/taxcredit to make a donation.  Please make sure you state where you want your money to go (Metro Tech's Best Buddies Program).  If you prefer to donate with a hardcopy, please go to Metro Tech's Bookstore and ask for a donation form.  Your donation is a money back guarantee.  Any individual who pays taxes in Arizona can participate, and it doesn’t have to be for the full $200 or $400 limit ($200 for singles; $400 for couples).  The deadline is December 31 to receive the dollar-for-dollar tax credit on your 2017 taxes.