A Recipe for a successful Friendship (Best Buddies or other)

2 cups of contacts with your friends. Use Facebook or texting to keep in touch with them.
2 cups of outings with your friends. Why not go to a movie, bowling or go to breakfast.
3 quarts of pictures to document your friendship. If you are goofy, a few funny pictures.
3 1/2 teaspoons of fun times with your friends

For Best Buddies,
3 1/2 cups of one-to-one friendships which are successful from several chapters.
2 1/2 cups of chapter events and meetings per month
1 teaspoon of BBAZ Events
2 cups of fun at Leadership Conference. Let's go BBAZ!!!!!
Party with friends, make friends and see your program manager. PM's and staff come by dorms at 11:00 to see if everyone is in bed.

Get Pumped up: LC 2011

Photo taken by Rachel Southard

Tim Lhotka, Julia Banahan and Lindsey Eaton

Photo taken by: Adrienne Nelson

Tim Lhotka, McKenzie Rosser, Tim Bolen and Maggie Speer

The countdown has begun for Indiana!!! 30 more days. I am getting so excited to be reunited with Emma Kitnick. I also get to see my friends Charles Calhoun, Rick Shugroue and Whitney Brodersen, but I also can't wait to make more friends.

I plan to look for the representative from Corona Del Mar High School in California.

One of the details on the parent packet for LC reads

All attendees must be in bed before 11:00.

Best Buddies staff will be doing checks to make sure everyone is in bed and in their dorm.

Program staff members

Tim Lhotka, Maggie Speer, McKenzie Rosser, Tim Bolen and Deona Cole will be in Indiana.

There will be a dance party one night while we are in Indiana. It's going to be such fun to bring my moves to the dance floor.

As for communication, I will not have a laptop with me, but I will have my cell phone with me. I will call home when necessary or if needed so I don't get homesick. If I don't call, don't worry; it will mean I am the best time and making new friends from all over the world.

Summer 2011

Summer 2011 has been great so far....I have enjoyed all my trips I gone on. Pinetop and Newport Beach, CA are the two destinations I've been too. I am getting excited for Hawaii and Indiana.

It's been quite fun staying connected with current and former Chaparral students such as Shari Hilton and Jenn Greer and current students, Ryan Bond and Gianna Canivez

Trevor Wood and Andrew Croft, friends of my cousin Travis had siblings graduate this year so they received graduation posts from me. Trevor said he hopes he sees me soon!! (:

I have also taken time to thank Cameo Studios for their work they put into photography-related tasks for our yearbook this year and they liked my Wall Post.

I will post pictures of my summer travels on Facebook and share some via email. This coming week- I am going to hang out with Elaine Helton, my Best Buddy. I am also going to hang out with Emily Eaton one day. Pictures will be taken that day


Happy Father's Day!!!!

Eaton= a Background of Photography

1. Year of Photo 1

I completed a year of Photo 1 and learned from an expert in the field of Photography.....Mrs. Lineberger. She taught her Photo 1 class about the experts of Photography such as Richard Avedon.

She is why I am not shy in front of the camera anymore! Thank you, Mrs. Lineberger! What would I do without you at Chaparral? Nothing....You helped me grow my love for Photography.

2. 1 year of Yearbook

Despite of going in and out of yearbook, I took the skills I learned from Photo 1 into Yearbook.

3. Learned from experts

I learned from our photography teacher, her Photo II photographers and best of all Best Buddies Arizona program supervisor, Maggie Speer. I saw Maggie photograph Best Buddies at the Best Buddies AZ Homecoming Makeover.

4. Best Buddies Assistant Public Relations (PR):

I was able to photograph Buddy Pairs and Chaparral Best Buddies events.

All in all and All for One

Lindsey Eaton is becoming an expert photographer.

Inspirational people

Elaine and Lindsey

Photo taken by: Rachel Southard, Best Buddies Arizona

Ryan, Travis, Elaine and Lindsey

Photo taken by: Riley Eaton

Elan Meshkatai and Lindsey

Photo taken by: Kelly Eaton

Emmie Ray and Lindsey Eaton

Photo taken by: Mrs. Lineberger

Mrs. Lineberger and Lindsey

Mrs. Imafidon with Life Skills students, Taylor Taft and Lindsey Eaton

Photo taken by: Kelly Eaton

1. Anthony Kennedy Shriver

Anthony inspired me to apply to get the Buddy Director position this year. He also also inspired me accept everyone for their strengths and abilities.

I hope to be able to see and meet him at Leadership Conference this summer.

2. Brad Efune and Elan Meshkatai

Elan was an excellent chapter president and in my words he was CP of the Year. Elan truly believes that I will bring Best Buddies up to a new level this coming school year. I look forward to achieving his wish for me. I will miss you, Elan and good luck in college.

Brad also was an amazing Chapter President and I am glad I met him. I was so sad when I came time to see him leave Chaparral....I even cried for a few minutes at the potluck freshman year.

3. Our Best Buddies Special Education advisor, Mrs. Imafidon

Through asking members if Mrs. I left an impact on the potluck, I found out she left a mark on many Best Buddies members. I recognized her at the Best Buddies End of the Year party.

She was really appreciative, as a matter of fact she said this to me the day after the potluck

"Thank you for last night. That was the first time anyone ever did that for me."

Best Buddies and Mrs. I have changed my life since I was able to meet many new friends.

4. Mrs. Lineberger

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken
joy in creative expression and knowledge."
Albert Einstein

In the end of it all, there is one class that I wish I wasn't done with and it's Photo 1 with Mrs. Lineberger. I told her this on the last full day of Photo 1, "Lineberger, I am glad I had you this year."

I am glad I recognized her twice. The first time was during Photo 1 and she was surprised when I had the students clap as she came up to get the award which was "World's Top Photography Teacher and Teacher of the Year." She won Teacher of the Week as well.

I was super nice to her photographers from Photo II. I thanked them twice. Once during the first recognition ceremony for Mrs. Lineberger and again in the nomination for Teacher of the Week. She was super appreciative about how nice I was to them.

Students such as Emmie Ray were super glad I was so nice to Mrs. Lineberger. Emmie told me this on Facebook chat

"That was so nice of you to do what you did for Mrs. Lineberger."

I am so glad I was able to encourage her about events she had to do as a teacher and her Master's Degree, which she is working hard on obtaining from ASU.

5. My Best Buddies for life, Elaine Helton, Emmie Ray, Emma Kath and Emma Kitnick

Emmie and I are both juniors this coming year. She and I also had Mrs. Lineberger the same hour, which was 7th hour for Photo 1. Emmie was a great friend, since I talked to her during one of our fire drills during Photo 1.

Elaine inspired me to believe in myself both as an officer and student. Elaine and I would often catch up about Best Buddies when we hung out.

6. My cousins, Riley, Emily and Travis Eaton

Travis and Emily both were so nice to me and were both involved in Best Buddies. Emily was the greatest associate buddy I had. Riley has always been an inspiration to me.

During lunch, on a day when I was on Firebird Word Travis and a few of his friends said this to me "I saw you on the announcements. You did great."

Ryan would ask me about Travis a lot, as Travis was one of of associate buddies.

7. My friend, Blake Sykes

Blake was an excellent Sadie Hawkins date. He and I also are involved in Lookout Club and Best Buddies.

I had the pleasure of being able to recommend a few classes to him such as Yearbook and Photo 1. I am thrilled that he wants to take Photo 1 since I know Mrs. Lineberger liked having me in her class, so she'd like to have him.

Blake and I hung out in Pinetop at him cabin, and he and I would smile at each other a lot, while we watched a movie.

8. Best Buddies AZ staff members

Everyone from Best Buddies Arizona inspires me to do my best within Best Buddies. I am glad I am involved in Best Buddies

Notes

Image credits is something I learned about during Yearbook.

Best Buddies

Chaparral Best Buddies is outstanding. This year will be remarkable as our officers will make the chapter the best its ever been.

I have recruited two new members, who I will be great assests to our chapter. Caley Chapman and Dana Hartenstine are the two new members I recruited. They both know me.

As the Buddy Director, I will recruit new members and work with our program manager, our advisors and the rest of our officers. My new goal is to recruit 4+ members and I know I will reach that goal, as I know many teachers. I've met most of them through Yearbook. McKenzie got to look at my yearbook at the last chapter meeting.

I am excited for Indiana since I will have the BEST conference roommate, Emma Kitnick. Emma and I were Best Buddies freshman year. I look forward to seeing Maggie, McKenzie and Tim from Best Buddies Arizona. I can't wait to meet and make new friends.