There was fun in the sun and on the courts for our annual Summer Smash benefit clinic on August 26^th at Swim and Racquet Club.   Buddy...

Our 2nd Annual Swing for Success golf/tennis/pickleball event was held on June 19th at the New Albany Country Club. Proceeds from the event will help support our Columbus programming...

In 2020, we created a completely virtual Buddy Up for Life Jump Fundraising event for our Athletes and Buddies. This year, we took it in a different...

Buddy Up for Life Athletes and Coaches joined Swim & Racquet and Players Club members along with The Women’s Ohio State Tennis Team for a swinging Tennis and...

February 26th, 2022 was a magical and amazing night for Buddy Up for Life and our supporters, volunteers and Athletes. Over 350+ plus people joined the meaningful...

On August 28th, we held our ANNUAL Buddy Up for Life Summer Smash event, and this year was better than ever before! Our Columbus Athletes, Coaches, and...

2021 marked the FIRST-EVER Buddy Up for Life National Games! In celebration of World Down Syndrome Day, we celebrated our Athletes by enabling them to showcase all...

Tennis players, gym goers, and artists? Our Athletes and Buddies do it all! We partnered with Paper Clouds Apparel and provided a wonderful opportunity for our Athletes and Buddies...

The challenges of 2020 enabled us to create a unique and completely virtual event that would provide our Athletes and Buddies with the exciting opportunity to work...

It looked a bit different this year, but tennis, fitness and fun still ruled the day at the Fourth Annual Summer Smash fundraiser benefitting Buddy Up Tennis Columbus. A...

As a wife, mother, and the Founder and President of Buddy Up Tennis, a nationwide organization providing adaptive programming for individuals with Down syndrome, I have found...

Back by popular demand, Buddy Up Kickboxing and Buddy Up Zumba were stellar experiences for our Athletes this summer, as these well-loved classes continued to foster strong,...

The cornerstone of Buddy Up Tennis Programming is the relationship built between Athlete and Buddy. In an effort to keep this foundation intact in these challenging times,...

At the 2020 Gala, “Something EXTRAordinary,” Buddy Up Tennis revealed the “Buddy Up For Life Program,” which combines our Buddy Up Tennis philosophy, high expectation environment, and...

Times are changing, and so is Buddy Up Tennis! We wanted to ensure that our Athletes were staying strong, fit and confident while at home, and so...

On March 3, Philanthropitch, a fast pitch competition providing capital and exposure for nonprofit organizations, paid a visit to the Riffe Center in...

The extra day in 2020 yielded an unforgettable evening. On the night of February 29, Buddy Up Tennis supporters gathered to celebrate our EXTRAordinary Athletes at the...

Cody (16) wants to stand tall as a police officer.

Buddy Up Tennis has a critical mission: We help individuals with Down...

In July 2019, Buddy Up Tennis was chosen as the beneficiary of the ReVision Gives Back Program. Each month, ReVision Lasik and Cataract Surgery chooses a nonprofit...

Naperville Junior Coach Ashwin Ramesh rallied, together with fellow Buddies Arjun Ramesh and Abi Molhotra, to hold the “Serving 4 Buddy Up Tennis” tennis tournament benefiting Buddy...

From Buckeyes to Swim & Racquet Boot Campers to Buddy Up Tennis Athletes and Coaches, the Swim & Racquet Club Courts were packed for the third annual...

Buddy Up Tennis celebrated our 10th invitation to the Western & Southern Open with our exciting second Adaptive Team Challenge event on August 18, 2019. 40 Athletes,...

Over 70 Athletes and 80 Buddies from four different locations participated in our half-day, week-long Buddy Up Summer Camp Program this summer. Buddy Up Summer Camp began...

The first weekend in May was a record-breaking one for the Columbus Classic, as they celebrated their 8th annual tennis tournament and raised $2500 for Buddy Up...

And he did it again! Tennis enthusiast Gianluca Audia (age 14) believes that everyone should be able to play tennis, and with this passion, Gianluca created Swing...

“That hug means more to me than being in the Hall of Fame.” So spoke tennis legend Nick Bollettieri as he addressed the crowd that gathered at...

The Buddy Up Tennis Naperville location knows how to end a year of tennis and fitness clinics on a strong note: with a community wide celebration! For the past...

Thirty Athletes. Thirty-five Buddies. Six Coaches. One Coordinator. This is the team that brought the heat to our 22nd location launch in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, March...

Each year, sports fanatics from all over the world attend the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio. This year, our Buddy Up Tennis Athletes from Columbus got...