{"id":36696,"date":"2024-01-15T13:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T18:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cap4kids.org\/columbus\/?p=36696"},"modified":"2025-09-04T15:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:26:40","slug":"buddy-up-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/buddy-up-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddy Up For Life for Youth with Down Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serves individuals with Down Syndrome by providing engaging activities that help athletic, social, and emotional development. Athletes are partnered with volunteer Buddies to provide support, develop friendships, and reinforce the coaches\u2019 instructions. Coaches are trained to implement the curriculum specifically created for athletes with Down Syndrome. Programs include tennis, pickleball, fitness, Zumba, and summer camp. The Columbus location offers a Life Skills program for students ages 14+ to learn skills like cooking, finance, and professional communication.<br \/>\n8000 Walton Parkway, New Albany, Ohio 43054<br \/>\n(614) 579-8808<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/buddyupforlife.org\/\">buddyupforlife.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serves individuals with Down Syndrome by providing engaging activities that help athletic, social, and emotional development. Athletes are partnered with volunteer Buddies to provide support, develop friendships, and reinforce the coaches\u2019 instructions. Coaches are trained to implement the curriculum specifically created for athletes with Down Syndrome. Programs include tennis, pickleball, fitness, Zumba, and summer camp. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[472,595,474,642],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-needs","category-down-syndrome-resources","category-fun-and-recreation","category-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36696"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36732,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36696\/revisions\/36732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}