Best Buddies Attend Indiana Conference

Eighteen delegates, including 13 high school and college students from across New Hampshire, attended the Best Buddies International Leadership Conference last week at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. New Hampshire is the 23rd state to open an office of Best Buddies and the newest state attending the conference. Delegates met with others representing 50 countries during the four-day conference to learn how to be Best Buddies advocates and bring about social change in their communities. Some even got the chance to strike a pose with Anthony Kennedy Shriver during 80s night.

In the top photo: Front rowf Karen Jorgensen. Milford High School. Back row: Carley Holtshouser, Milford High School, Tory Swillum, Timberlane Regional High School, Hannah Bourdeau, Concord High School, Anthony Kennedy Shriver, Founder of Best Buddies International, Katie Courtois, Salem High School, Cheyenne Boucher, Pembroke Academy, Michaela Morris, Phillips Exeter Academy. Students from UNH, Franklin Pierce University, and Saint Anselm College were also in attendance.

In the bottom photo: Back row (left to right): Laurie Renke, BBNH program manager, Peter Fleming, BBNH ambassador, Hannah Bordeaux, Concord High School, Katie Cortois, Salem High School, Cheyenne Boucher, Pembroke Academy, Michaela Morris, Philips Exeter Academy, Mackenzie Brewer, Franklin Pierce College, Maria Wilkinson, Concord High School, Emily Boysen, UNH, Tory Swillum, Timberlane High School, Beth Swillum, chaperone. Front row (left to right): Keith Venable, Buddy Director at UNH, Tucker Johnson, Bow High School, Melissa Dietz, Milford High School, Karen Jorgensen Milford High School, Karly Holtshouser, Milford High School, Bobby Celona ,Saint Anselm College, Sarra Dennehy, state director of BBNH (standing) .

Submitted by Best Buddies New Hampshire.