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FSC Chapter named
Outstanding Best Buddies

LAKELAND, Fla. (Sept. 30, 2002) - Florida Southern College's Chapter of Best Buddies was awarded the highest honor at Best Buddies International's Leadership Conference in Houston July 27. 

Named an Outstanding Best Buddies Chapter for the second year in a row, the FSC student group was recognized by the Best Buddies International Board of Directors for its diligence in enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities in the Lakeland community. The FSC Chapter was chosen from more than 700 chapters nationwide. 

Best Buddies, founded in 1989 at Georgetown University, promotes one-to-one friendships between student volunteers and individuals with intellectual disabilities. Best Buddies has grown into an international organization involving over 750 middle school, high school and college campuses in the United States, Canada, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, Ireland and Sweden.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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