Recruitment II 4-22-06

Discovery Recruitment III

Date: Saturday, April 29

Time: 9 am to 11 am

Where: Rivera Library Mall Near the Arches

Active Members of March!

Active Members of March

No associate member was picked for March.

College buddies of March are Ariel Bohr and Andrew Pham!

College Buddy: Ariel Bohr

Buddy: Jade Porter

Ariel has been a member of Best Buddies since the beginning of the school year! She is a sweet young lady who has attended many events this year such as the November Ice Cream Social, the January Dance, the Christmas Party, and various meetings. She has spent time with her buddy Jade shopping in Downtown Riverside, visiting her buddy at Ability Counts, and had other one to one outings. You are Jade's first committed buddy! Thank you for everything, especially for your patience!

Jade Porter has been very active! Jade has been to the Honors Community Service Recruitment in Summer of 2005, the Spaghetti Factory Matching Social, the "Love, Inc" TV Taping, the Halloween Party, the Christmas Party, the January Dance, the Valentine's Party, and much more! Jade also participated in the See's Candy Sale Fundraiser. Her mother turned in a nomination for the "Outstanding Student Organization" of the year for UCR! Her mother has also helped us provide rides. Great job Jade and thank you Mrs. Porter!

College Buddy: Andrew Pham

Buddy: Kevin O'Donnell

Andrew has also been very active since the beginning of the year! He has watched Harry Potter, played video games, ate dinner with Kevin, and much more! Andrew has attended the Spaghetti Factory Matching Social, the Ability Awareness Training, both TV Tapings, the Ice Cream Social, and more! He also raised $40 for the March Bash! Kevin greatly appreciates your friendship. You have made Kevin's first year at Project TEAM exciting and fun!

Kevin has been very active too! He's been to the Spaghetti Factory Matching Social, the November Ice Cream Social, the Halloween Party, the Christmas Party, the Valentine's Party, and other events. He also helped Project TEAM win during the Special Olympics Soccer Game in March! Thank you Kevin!

Discovery Day Recruitment Recap

Hey all!

Yesterday, Anna, Thi, and I set up a booth at the Discovery Day for incoming freshman. Many high school seniors and their parents learned about Best Buddies and our mission to enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. Many seemed interested and hopefully they will be joining us next year! Though many hadn't heard of Best Buddies, we also found people that were very familiar with Best Buddies. Many high schools have very successful and active chapters. Some of the high school seniors we met were part of Best Buddies one on one friendships at their high schools. We learned that the Inland Empire is a strong region for Best Buddies! SO BE PROUD!

Thanks to Karisma Kothari for making our sweeeet flyers... and to Christopher Tran and my friend Dee for helping me make our new display board!

- Kevin

Discovery Day Recruitment I

Thank you Thi Mai, Anna Nguyen, and Kevin Izquierdo for recruiting!

Inland Empire Bash!

The Inland Empire Bash was held at the Edward's Mansion from 7-10pm on Friday, March 31st. Thank you Becky, Kieu, Kevin, Anna, and Hugo for coming! We ate Mexican food, chatted, and some of us danced that night! It was great exploring the mansion and the chapel there.

March 31st Special Olympics at California School of the Deaf

During the last day of school before Spring Break started for the buddies, many of them played Special Olympic soccer against many high schools such as Arlington and California School of the Deaf. The buddies at Project Team were very talented, winning five games! Some of the most active and athletic players included Kevin O'Donnell and Jason Albert, who helped Project TEAM immensely! Trent's father was there filming the event while Kevin's father cheered the buddies on. At the end of the event, all the buddies received a Special Olympics Medal, including the two members at UCR who came, Stephanie Do and Anna Nguyen. Congrats buddies and good luck on your next tournament, the Softball Special Olympics on May 19, 2006!