# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Best Buddies Friendship Walk: Maryland
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 08:30 am (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is the leading event in the country supporting inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Join more than 50,000 participants at 80 events across the globe to support the Best Buddies programs in schools, workplaces, and communities. You’ll be making the world more welcoming to people with IDD — one friendship, one job, and one life-changing connection at a time.

https://www.bestbuddiesfriendshipwalk.org/maryland/

Schedule
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Check-in: 8:30 AM
Opening Ceremonies: 9:30 AM
Walk: 10:00 AM
Celebrate Until: 12:00 PM

Location
La Plata Beach
University of Maryland College Park

Walk Route
Approximately 1 mile

Event Contact
Maryland@bestbuddies.org
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/college-park/best-buddies-friendship-walk-maryland/200029984114756
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 14

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: College Park
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: University of Maryland, College Park
- **lat**: 38.9872355
- **long**: -76.9353321
- **full address**: University of Maryland, College Park, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Best Buddies Friendship Walk: Maryland being held?
  - **A:** Best Buddies Friendship Walk: Maryland takes place on Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 08:30 am to Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 08:30 am at University of Maryland, College Park, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Best Buddies Friendship Walk: Maryland?
  - **A:** Best Buddies Friendship Walk: Maryland is organized by Best Buddies Maryland.

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