FC Delivers Winter Fun for Hundreds of Children
As her car pulled up to a stop at the door at LifeTown. Sharon Stoch rolled down her window and greeted the teen volunteers, who disappeared back into the building. From the backseat, her...
Category: Covid-19
Federation calls Friendship Circle a ‘Vital Source of Hope’
By Johanna Ginsberg Since the pandemic began, the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ has allocated more than $100,000 to Friendship Circle. These emergency funds have helped ensure Friendship Circle can continue and expand...
LifeTown Reopens!
Kids and volunteers returned to LifeTown on November 1 for the first in-person Torah Circle since the start of the pandemic. Many precautions were taken to ensure the safety of all. Virtual sessions were...
Allie’s Virtual Summer Camp ‘a Blast’ for Families
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...
ASHER’S READING BUDDIES
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...
Dine-In Balloon Show
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...
Federation Celebrates Friendship With COVID Grant
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...
YOUNG ADULTS LOG INTO CAMP FUN
* Your gift to the Summer CAMPaign makes this and other programs possible! A group of young adults with special needs have been spending their weekday mornings in camp, virtually, where they recite morning...
Carnival Brings Out Families for Summer Fun, Social-Distance Style
Mark Henderson had barely entered the CARnival on Sunday when he proclaimed “this is the most fun we’ve had in a long time.” Sitting beside him, his son Louis, was eager to show his...
Morristown Gets Visit by FC Car Parade
Emergency vehicles, including local police and fire trucks, joined the staff and volunteers of Friendship Circle as they drove through Morristown and Morris Township recently to “visit” children with special needs. It was the...