1. ELEVATE PARENT INVOLVEMENT

2.  Program Manager
 Officers
 Advisors
 Chapter Members
 School administration
PARENTS
WHO ARE YOUR COPILOTS AND
PASSENGERS?

3. How are parents in your
chapter involved?

4. Parent
Liaison
BB
Chapter
BB
State
Office
Chapter
Parents
ROLE OF A PARENT LIAISON

5.  Identify a parent
 Training and support provided by Best
Buddies program staff
 Provide parent liaison with all chapter
parent email and phone contacts
 Maintain communication
PREPARING FOR
PARENT LIAISON SUCCESS

6.  Distribute chapter meeting/event
information and other updates
 Coordinate parent coffee hours or
informal gatherings
 Attend the chapter’s Parent
Information Meeting
 Create a Facebook page for the
chapter’s parents
 Organize a fundraising event for the
chapter to help raise funds for the
chapter
 Secure parent chaperones for
chapter activities
 Organize an opportunity for a Best
Buddies Ambassador to give a
speech in your community
 Facilitate transportation and carpools
 Assist with food/drink supplies for
chapter events/meetings
 Create a team for the Friendship
Walk
 Volunteer at a Best Buddies state
event
 Volunteer as a speech coach at an
Ambassador training
FLIGHT PLAN FOR PARENT LIAISON
Identify the Parent Liaisons Responsibilities

7.  Parent liaison at
Fishers HS (Indiana)
 Served as parent
liaison for three years
 Member of the BBIN
Friendship Walk
committee
ONE-ON-ONE WITH A PARENT LIAISON
Zenobia (second from left) with sons, Nick and Zach,
and BB middle school advisor, Emily.
Special Guest – Zenobia Curtis

8.  Organize a parent team
for the Friendship Walk
 Chapter theme basket to
be sold as a silent
auction item
 Secure corporate
sponsorships
 Purchase tickets to a BB
state fundraising event
 Serve on the Friendship
Walk or other state
event committee
NEW HEIGHTS
Parent Involvement in State Fundraisers

9.  How are parents involved in the Friendship
Walk and other state events in your state?
 What obstacles do you face when working
to include parents in fundraising initiatives
(chapter or state)?
NEW HEIGHTS
Parent Involvement with State Fundraisers