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Seneca Valley champions friendship and inclusion at Best Buddies Walk

Attendees line up to walk in Seneca Valley's Best Buddies Walk on Saturday, May 31 at North Boundary Park in Cranberry Township. Hunter Muro/Butler Eagle

CRANBERRY TWP — Despite the unseasonably frigid air Saturday, May 31, plenty of warmth radiated from the crowd at North Boundary Park where students, families and community members banded together for Seneca Valley’s second annual Best Buddies Walk.

The symbolic half-mile trek supported Best Buddies International, a nonprofit dedicated to serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through friendship, inclusion and compassion.

About 300 participants registered for the event, which saw a notable uptick from its inaugural year in 2024.

“I’m thrilled (with the turnout),” said Dr. Kathleen Mahon, a psychologist and lead adviser of the Best Buddies Chapter at Haine Elementary School. “I think that it just really speaks to how important this is because we did have such great attendance on a freezing cold day.”

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