Just Amazing!
Throngs of people came to the festivities at the LifeTown campus on Sunday, October 30, for the annual Friendship Circle walk, now a walk and run. For the first time, the walk was preceded...
Author: Johanna Ginsberg
Inaugural 5k Run brings out sweat, grit and inspiration
The runners, more than one hundred of us, gathered at the starting line on the LifeTown campus for the inaugural 5K run on Sunday, October 30. The horn sounded, and we were off! Feet...
1-2-3 Eyes on Me
Young Adults Learn Critical Social Skills Listening actively, asking questions, not interrupting, maintaining eye contact: they are all communication skills, often the keys to building relationships. And they can prove tricky to learn. They...
Powerful Messages to Shatter Stigma
Friendship Circle’s UMatter is harnessing the power of social media, so often criticized for amplifying and exacerbating social ills, to create awareness and help shatter the stigma surrounding mental health challenges. The engaging campaign...
Learning Life Skills as Business Booms
The yellow school buses outside LifeTown can mean just one thing: school programs at LifeTown have resumed! The LifeTown Shoppes brimmed with activity as kids from three schools navigated their way around town. Oohs...
Sweet Deliveries
Friendship Circle is bringing Rosh Hashana to people who are stuck in hospitals and unable to attend synagogue or enjoy a meal with families. This week, Friendship Circle volunteers delivered over 250 Shabbat kits...
Run (or walk). Just come!
Annual FCwalk now also a USATF 5K run! The LifeTown campus is expected to host 2,000 people who will gather Sunday, October 30, for the annual FCwalk. This year marks the first that an...
Around and around and around we go!
A round challah sweet and fluffy, studded with raisins, dipped in honey announces the arrival of Rosh Hashanah as loudly as any shofar blast. Join us for a round challah bake this Wednesday, Sept....
Teenagers of Valor
The presidents, the elite group of teen volunteer leaders at the Friendship Circle, kicked off the year with their first working meeting on September 11. The 80 teens who gathered, from schools around the...
Catching the Bug!
They came to make the world a better place, to gain skills, to take responsibility. Over 200 teens gathered at LifeTown for the annual teen volunteer kickoff on September 6. Some have been volunteering...