Colorado

One-To-One Friendships

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Builds friendships between people with and without IDD, offering social mentoring while improving the quality of life and level of inclusion.

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Integrated
Employment

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Secures jobs for people with IDD, allowing them to earn an income, pay taxes, and support themselves.

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Leadership Development

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Educates and empowers people with and without IDD, to be leaders, public speakers and advocates.

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Inclusive
Living

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Providing a vibrant, integrated living opportunity for people with and without IDD.

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Family
Support

Family support and resources to raise a child with IDD.

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“Best Buddies gives people with special abilities a chance to make friends, speak up, be heard and advocate for themselves and others within their community.”

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Your one-time or monthly donation will help us create more opportunities for enhancing the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Events

Champion of the Year: Aspen & Denver

Fall 2025
Aspen and Denver, CO

Champion of the Year is a fundraising competition featuring prominent community leaders.

Espresso Yourself

Last Friday of the Month
Littleton, CO

Join a monthly parent meetup with no pressure, just connection.

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Best Buddies Friendship Walks: Colorado

Spring 2026
Denver & Roaring Fork

Join us as we walk in support of Best Buddies’ mission of inclusion.

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News & Stories

Two teenage girls smile while standing outdoors on a sunny day. One wears a blue shirt and a dark Best Buddies baseball cap, and the other wears a light green crop top and denim shorts. They stand close together, with arms around each other, showing friendship and inclusion. The background is filled with greenery and blurred buildings.

Friendship, inclusion, and the power of showing up: How Best Buddies is building belonging in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley

Rachael Fischer is a skier, a storyteller, and a state director with a mission. The Indiana native now leads Best Buddies in Colorado, part of a global nonprofit born from the Kennedy-Shriver legacy, that’s redefining inclusion for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Best Buddies Global Ambassador and Journalist, Savannah Guthrie sits down in a TV interview with Founder, Chairman & CEO, Anthony Kennedy Shriver.

Best Buddies’ Anthony K. Shriver Featured on NBC’s Today Show

On May 21, Anthony K. Shriver, Founder and CEO of Best Buddies International, was interviewed by Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s Today Show. They discussed Best Buddies’ mission to foster inclusion for the IDD community and the new initiative, Eunie’s Buddies.