By Heather Fordham, New Jersey News Network For families like the Gendels, celebrating holidays already poses its own challenges, especially during the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The Gendel family thought they’d have to forego this year’s...
As Leo, 12, stuck his head out the sunroof of the car window, he couldn’t help but be excited. He was at LifeTown in Livingston to take part in the 2020 FCwalk CARnival and try his luck at a few games. Friendship Circle celebrated its annual post-walk event keeping social distance, but while being socially connected.
Allie’s Summer Camp was, in many ways, different than in the past, but in the ways that count most, the program was a huge success. Gone was the strong sense of COVID-19 isolation, replaced...
Covid-19 / Families / General / Volunteers
Twelve-year-old Asher Rosenfeld loves reading and he’s hoping to spread that love to children at Friendship Circle. Asher has handpicked four different Jewish books and is offering to send FC participants one of the...
Why was light the first thing G-d created in the universe? The answer to this and many others questions are discussed with a growing number of people each week during Friendship Circle’s virtual Lunch...
More than 1,000 people in Livingston and West Orange participated in one of 18 public shofar blowings conducted by Friendship Circle and Chabad of Livingston on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish...
Events / Families / General / Living Legacy
The run-up to Rosh Hashanah found LifeTown parking lot a buzz of activity as dozens of families gathered under the big tent for the annual Rosh Hashanah Shofar Factory. Held outdoors and with social...
The LifeTown parking lot was transformed into an outdoor auditorium, as families gathered for dinner and a 45-minute balloon-art performance by Todd from the Twisted Balloon Show. During the program, kids watched with amazement...
Friendship Circle continues its fun, interactive summer programming slate with an event just for Dad! A group of FC dads gathered together online recently to learn the basics of making pickles – from what...
Since the pandemic began, Friendship Circle has continually offered an array of virtual programs and social-distancing events to ensure that people with special needs and their families feel a communal connection during these unprecedented...