Zenith Partners with Best Buddies International
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Zenith Partners with Best Buddies International

By Kong · May 31, 2012 · 2 replies
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Kong highlights Zenith's partnership with Best Buddies International, an organization dedicated to supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This post details Zenith's role as official timekeeper for the 13th Annual Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port, featuring celebrity ambassador Tom Brady.

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An historical Swiss “Manufacture” with  almost  a century  and  a half of watchmaking history, Zenith  is famed  as the inventor of the legendary El  Primero movement, and  continues to cultivate its  enduring  values including innovative daring, pleasure and authenticity. It has shown a consistent interest in noble causes  dedicated to the advancement of humankind, including through supporting research, exploration as well as sporting accomplishments and  scientific  progress. This  ongoing  commitment  has   naturally   led  it  to serve  as  official  timekeeper for  the  philanthropic organization Best  Buddies International, and to play an active role in the latter’s 13th  Annual Best  Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port.



Tom Brady

Best Buddies International, a non-profit  organization dedicated to creating opportunities for friendship,  employment and leadership training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), will be holding the 13th Annual Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port, on June 1 and 2, 2012. More than 1,500 people are expected to participate in the Challenge – a charity walk, run and ride to benefit Best Buddies International. Tom Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback and a Best Buddies Global Ambassador, will serve as Honorary Chairman and lead his team to the finish line.



Anthony Kennedy Shriver

“We are looking forward  to  another tremendous Challenge in Massachusetts,” says Anthony Kennedy Shriver, Founder and Chairman of Best Buddies International. “It’s  incredible to see the multitude of participants who come out to support such a great cause each year. We are also extremely honored to have Tom Brady on board. To have someone of his stature, celebrity and athletic talent pay attention to our population is really unheard of in today’s day and age.”


AN ACTION-PACKED PROGRAM

The Tom Brady Football Challenge, which will take place at Harvard Stadium on Friday, June 1, will kick off the weekend’s festivities.




During the game, Brady will play quarterback alongside Best  Buddies participants and  supporters. Last  year, several New England Patriots past and present, including Tedy Bruschi, Julian Edelman, Rob Gronkowski, Brian Hoyer, Dan Koppen, Nate Solder, Wes Welker, and Pierre Woods, as well as Arizona Cardinals kicker Jay Feely, played in the game. The public is welcome and encouraged to come out and cheer them on, and for free tickets to the game, visit www.hpchallenge2012.org . As  official timekeeper of the organization, Zenith Watches will sponsor a team in the Football Challenge.





This incredible game will be followed by the Guy  Fieri  Celebrity Chef Tailgate Party, hosted by celebrity chef Guy Fieri, a best-selling cookbook author and host of several Food Network shows, including “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” and “Guy’s  Big Bite”. Fieri will work with several lucky Best Buddies participants, who will serve as his sous-chefs and help him prepare food for this fabulous feast.

On Saturday, June 2, hundreds of cyclists will take the starting line at Boston’s John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum for the picturesque 100-mile ride portion of the Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port, from Boston to Hyannis Port. The Challenge is open to participants of all ages and abilities and is designed to showcase the Best Buddies mission in action. It also features alternative 50 and 20-mile cycling routes, as well as the Carl Lewis Challenge, a 5K run or walk led by the Olympic gold-medalist himself. To register and/or donate, visit www.hpchallenge2012.org

Several other celebrities, professional athletes and special guests are also expected to participate in the Challenge, including New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, former New England Patriot Tedy Bruschi, actors Michael Chiklis and Verne Troyer, actress Lauren  Potter, television sports journalist Andrea  Kramer, sportswriter and television analyst Adam Schefter, and many others. They will all be invited to compete in “Friendship Races” on tandem bicycles. There will also be a special “Friendship Race” in honor of the late Eunice  Kennedy  Shriver  and Sargent  Shriver  called the Family Challenge,  during which participants will be invited to team up with their mothers and fathers to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals.




The  Challenge  will be capped off by a New England-style clambake and private concert by Indie-Pop  band The  Plain White T’s, which  all participants  and special guests are invited to attend.


ABOUT BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL
Best  Buddies® is a nonprofit  501(c)(3)  organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement  that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated  employ- ment and leadership development  for people with intellectual and developmental  disabilities. Founded  in 1989 by Anthony Kennedy Shriver, Best Buddies is a vibrant organization that has grown from one original chapter  to almost 1,500 middle school,  high school,  and  college chapters  worldwide. Today, Best Buddies’ seven formal programs – Middle Schools, High Schools,  Colleges,  Citizens, e-Buddies® , Jobs  and  Ambassadors – engage participants in each of the 50 states  and in 50 countries, positively  impacting  the lives of nearly 700,000 people with and without  disabilities around  the world.  As a result  of their  involvement  with  Best  Buddies, people  with intellectual and developmental  disabilities secure rewarding jobs,  live  on  their  own,  become  inspirational leaders,  and make lifelong friendships. For more information, please visit www.bestbuddies.org , facebook.com or  twitter.com es.

ABOUT ANTHONY KENNEDY SHRIVER
Anthony  K.  Shriver  is the  Founder  and  Chairman of Best Buddies  International, which  he  created   in  1989  to  foster one-to-one friendships  between  people with and without  intellectual disabilities.  Recognizing the tremendous volunteer potential of university students, Shriver  first inspired his college peers  to personally  collaborate  in expanding  the realm of opportunities that persons with intellectual disabilities should   experience. Today,  through   Shriver’s  stewardship and entrepreneurial spirit,  Best  Buddies® has grown into a leading nonprofit  entity  with increasing  international reach across  six continents. A graduate  of Georgetown  University, Shriver  has been recognized  for his work on behalf of Best Buddies with diverse  international accolades  and  honorary degrees.  He resides  in Miami  Beach, together with his wife Alina and their five children.



ABOUT TOM BRADY
Tom   Brady   who   serves   as   Honorary   Chairman  of  the Challenge is a multi-sport star and a gifted catcher  who was originally drafted by a team competing in Major League Baseball. However, he chose American  football and  rose  to fame with the New England Patriots as the only quarterback in the history of the NFL to start and win three Super  Bowls before the age of 28. Tom and his wife, Brazilian supermodel Giselle BĂĽndchen, have one son. Despite his huge national and international fame, he is known for taking time for people as well as being eager to give something back to society, and Best Buddies International offers him a hands-on opportunity  to do just that.


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Jun 4, 2012
Here's Zenith Best Buddies Challenge video on YouTube

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Jun 4, 2012
Here are more Zenith event pics - 13th Annual Best Buddies Challenge

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