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Funds raised through the Best Buddies Challenge benefit Best Buddies International – a global non-profit that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  Learn more.

Our 2016 event will be held on Friday, November 18, 2016.  Click here for a full Schedule of Events.

The ride starts and ends at one of Miami’s iconic sites.

Yes – In order to participate, each participant must commit to raise money to support Best Buddies International. And the more you raise, the more event benefits you’ll receive.

Click here to find out more information on our Fundraising Levels.

If you do not reach your fundraising commitment two weeks before the event, Best Buddies International will charge your credit card the outstanding balance left towards your fundraising commitment. This occurs regardless of your physical participation on event day.

If you do not meet your fundraising commitment and your credit card is charged the balance of what you owe, you will then have until one month after the event to continue fundraising. Any monies which you raise and submit before one month after the event will be refunded back to your credit card. You can get a refund for up to the amount that you were charged. A few follow-up or thank you letters can easily help bring in the additional donations, and then this money would be credited back to the credit card.

To help you meet your fundraising commitment, we provide a wealth of tools. Once registered, you’ll have access to your own fundraising webpage, which you can easily personalize. Your webpage makes it easy for donors to give and for you to ask for and keep track of donations. We’ll also provide you with fundraising materials, including email and letter templates, posters and step-by-step guides for holding your own fundraising events. And, you’ll have the support of a Best Buddies Challenge Coach. We’ve got all the tools you’ll need to not only meet, but exceed your fundraising goal.

Click here to see some of the Fundraising Tools we provide to our participants.

After registration, you have a 7-day period from the day you registered to withdraw from the event and you will not be held responsible for your fundraising commitment. If, within those 7 days you decide that you cannot make this commitment for any reason, just alert a Challenge Coach, and you will be released from the event. If we do not hear from you within that week, you will be responsible for your fundraising commitment made at the time of registration. Please note: Registration fees are non-refundable.

Yes, all donations are tax deductible.  Best Buddies is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Our Tax ID number is 52-161-4576.

Easy!  Simply click the donate button in the upper right hand side of your screen.  You can choose to either sponsor an event participant or make a general donation to Best Buddies.  All donations are tax deductible.

Easy! If you are going to sponsor a specific rider, ask them for an “offline donation” form. Make checks payable to “Best Buddies” and send the check and offline donation form to our headquarters:

Best Buddies Challenge
Attn: HP Donations
PO BOX 51597
Boston, MA 02205

To make a general donation, again make checks payable to Best Buddies and send to the address above.

Please mail the check to our headquarters:

Best Buddies
Attn: Miami Challenge Donations
100 SE 2nd Street
Suite 2200
Miami, FL 33131

Also, be sure to include an offline donation form so that we may appropriately apply the donation to your fundraising.

The data we collect is necessary to create accurate donor records and provide appropriate tax acknowledgement information. The information is not used for solicitation purposes. If you have any questions about the information that is being collected please email coach@bestbuddies.org or call 1-800-718-3536.

Matching gifts are the easiest way to double your donations! Keep in mind, most companies will only make matching gifts at certain times of year. Often it is every month, quarter, bi-annually or annually. This means that even if you put the matching form in today, it might not be posted for a bit of time. Which means, now is the best time to start asking about matching gifts.