Best Buddies Leadership Development programs represents one of our organization’s five key mission pillars. The programs educate and empower people with and without IDD to become leaders, public speakers and advocates. Best Buddies passionately believes that its program participants can lead the effort within their community and beyond to build a more inclusive world for people with IDD.
BESTBUDDIES® Ambassadors
Offers people with and without IDD the opportunity to gain the public speaking skills, self-esteem and confidence needed to successfully advocate for themselves, their peers and Best Buddies in communities, workplaces and government.
BESTBUDDIES® Promoters
Empowers youth to become advocates for people with IDD and help open new Best Buddies chapters and programs by organizing special events that promote awareness to the disability rights movement.
BESTBUDDIES® Transitions
Offers a combination of classroom-based training, experiential learning, and corporate mentorship to help students with IDD explore post-secondary options, prepare for independent living, and identify career ambitions. Workshops and activities offer experiences that aid youth with IDD in their transition into adulthood.
How the Ambassadors Program Works
How the Promoters Program Works
How the Transitions Program Works
Kentucky Chapter Listing
Elementary Schools 
Middle Schools
High Schools 
Colleges To join a chapter, click a school name below
Elementary Schools
- Byck Elementary (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 2328 Cedar St, Louisville, KY, 40212-1625, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Chenoweth Elementary School (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 3622 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, KY 40207, Louisville, KY, 40207, US, null, null, 38.2629011, -85.6694038, null]
- Cumberland Trace Elementary (Bowling Green, KY)
API address [ 2464 Cumberland Trace Rd, Bowling Green, KY, 42103, US, null, null, 36.9634224, -86.3974906, null]
- Eubanks Elementary School (Eubank, KY)
API address [ 285 Kentucky 70, Eubank, KY, 42567, US, null, null, 37.2755037, -84.6489387, null]
- Goldsmith Elementary (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 3520 Goldsmith Ln, Louisville, KY, 40220, US, null, null, 38.2085925, -85.65294790000002, null]
- North Jackson Elementary (Glasgow, KY)
API address [ 2002 N Jackson Hwy, Glasgow, KY, 42141, US, null, null, 37.019552, -85.90378799999999, null]
- Norton Commons Elementary (Prospect, KY)
API address [ 10941 Kings Crown Dr, Prospect, KY, 40059-6578, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Oak Hill Elementary (Somerset, KY)
API address [ 1755 WTLO Rd, Somerset, KY, 42503, US, null, null, 37.0612162, -84.6584563, null]
- Parker-Bennett-Curry Elementary (Bowling Green, KY)
API address [ 165 Webb Dr, Bowling Green, KY, 42101, US, null, null, 37.0026332, -86.4385787, null]
- Wellington Elementary School (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 4800 Kaufman Ln, Louisville, KY, 40216-1152, US, null, null, null, null, null]
Middle Schools
- Farnsley Middle School (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 3400 Lees Ln, Louisville, KY, 40216-2013, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Knight Middle (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 9803 Blue Lick Rd, Louisville, KY, 40229, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Northern Middle School (Somerset, KY)
API address [ 650 Oak Leaf Ln, Somerset, KY, 42503, US, null, null, 37.1155579, -84.60350890000001, null]
High Schools
- Assumption High School (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 2170 Tyler Ln, Louisville, KY, 40205-2950, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Ballard High School (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 6000 Brownsboro Rd, Louisville, KY, 40222-6437, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Boyle County High School (Danville, KY)
API address [ 1637 Perryville Road, Danville, KY, 40422, US, null, null, 37.6505313, -84.7981226, null]
- Butler High School (Shively, KY)
API address [ 2222 Crums Ln, Shively, KY, 40216-4242, US, null, null, 38.1930432, -85.8150994, null]
- Christian Academy of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 700 South English Station Road, Louisville, KY, 40245, US, null, null, 38.2296864, -85.49904819999999, null]
- Eastern High School (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 12400 Old Shelbyville Rd, Louisville, KY, 40243-1506, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Elizabethtown High School (Elizabethtown, KY)
API address [ 620 N Mulberry St, Elizabethtown, KY, 42701, US, null, null, 37.7043752, -85.85326189999999, null]
- Fairdale High School (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 1001 Fairdale Rd, Louisville, KY, 40118-9653, US, null, null, 38.1146442, -85.7533962, null]
- John Hardin High School (Elizabethtown, KY)
API address [ 384 W A Jenkins Rd, Elizabethtown, KY, 42701, US, null, null, 37.7554811, -85.90401849999999, null]
- North Bullitt High School (Hebron Estates, KY)
API address [ 3200 E Hebron Ln, Hebron Estates, KY, 40165, US, null, null, 38.0486337, -85.6719043, null]
- Pulaski County High School (Somerset, KY)
API address [ 511 University Dr, Somerset, KY, 42503, US, null, null, 37.1070192, -84.60281909999999, null]
- Saint Xavier High School (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 1609 Poplar Level Rd, Louisville, KY, 40217, US, null, null, 38.2188216, -85.72728049999999, null]
- Seneca High School (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 3510 Goldsmith Ln, Louisville, KY, 40220-2314, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Shelby County High School (Shelbyville, KY)
API address [ 1701 Frankfort Rd, Shelbyville, KY, 40065-9451, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- South Oldham High School (Crestwood, KY)
API address [ 5901 Veterans Memorial Parkway, Crestwood, KY, 40014, US, null, null, 38.3321342, -85.46894259999999, null]
- Southwestern High School (Somerset, KY)
API address [ 1765 WTLO Rd, Somerset, KY, 42503, US, null, null, 37.0608221, -84.6552688, null]
- duPont Manual High School (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 120 W Lee St, Louisville, KY, 40208-1954, US, null, null, null, null, null]
Colleges
- Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY)
API address [ 2001 Newburg Rd, Louisville, KY, 40205-1863, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Centre College (Danville, KY)
API address [ 600 W Walnut St, Danville, KY, 40422-1309, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- Murray State University (Murray, KY)
API address [ 102 Curris Ctr, Murray, KY, 42071-3369, US, null, null, null, null, null]
- University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
API address [ 410 Administration Dr, Lexington, KY, 40508, US, null, null, 38.0389784, -84.5050021, null]
- University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
API address [ Grawemeyer Hall, Louisville, KY, 40208-1838, US, null, null, 38.2150536, -85.76014339999999, null]
- Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY)
API address [ 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY, 42101-1000, US, null, null, null, null, null]
Citizens
- Berea Citizens (Berea, KY)
API address [ null, Berea, KY, null, null, null, null, null, null, null]
- Lexington Citizens (Lexington, KY)
API address [ null, Lexington, KY, null, null, null, null, null, null, null]
- Louisville Citizens (Louisville, KY)
API address [ null, Louisville, KY, null, null, null, null, null, null, null]
