Westland junior Dessi Tzankova, right, flips through the pages of a commemorative Elvis Presley book, reading facts of his life and looking at pictures of the singer with Renee Ringel, a 45-year-old Mount Pleasant resident, at her home Sunday afternoon. Elvis is Ringel's favorite musician. Tzankova and Ringel were paired through the Best Buddies program, a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. "Renee is outgoing, fun-loving, caring, talkative and actually sometimes shy," Tzankova said. "Everywhere we go, someone knows her by name. She make a big impact on people."
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