Best Buddies

Best Buddies is a UF student service organization that provides an opportunity for UF college students and persons with mild to moderate mental retardation to become friends.   

Website: https://www.studentinvolvement.ufl.edu/StudentOrganizations/StudentOrganizationListing

http://www.bestbuddies.org

Contact: Bobbie Jo Dixon, bdixon77@ufl.edu 

What YOU can do to help : If you are a student at the University of Florida, you can join this service organization and become a friend to someone with mental retardation.  The time commitment is three days every month of contacting your buddy and socializing with your buddy.