Parents Get a ‘Time Out’
More than 60 Friendship Circle parents gathered for the annual “Parents Night Out” Barbecue. The evening brought together new and old FC families for a few hours of relaxation and conversation. Some parents...
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FC Presidents Plan Future Programs
FC Teen Presidents gathered at LifeTown last week for dinner and a planning session that focused on upcoming programs. The 35 teens presented their ideas for the upcoming Friendship Circle Volunteer Celebration on Tuesday, May 24. They also strategized...
2016 Friendship Circle Banquet Recap
A night of milestones LifeTown groundbreaking announced to record crowd By Faygie Levy The applause was thunderous, the standing ovations numerous and the air electric with anticipation as 900 people gathered April 4 to...
Thanks for Another Awesome Year of Torah Circle!
It’s hard to believe that another year of Sunday morning Torah Circle programs has come to an end. Thanks to all the volunteers — teens and adults — FC staff and FC families who...
Hoop Dreams Come True
A dozen members of Team Friendship Circle took on the varsity basketball team from Golda Och Academy high school in West Orange for a friendly game of basketball. The winner? Everyone! (But Friendship...
Iris Berman Preschoolers Visit Friendship Circle
Children from the Iris Berman Early Childhood Center at Suburban Torah Synagogue visited Friendship Circle last week. The kids from the “4s” class colored “Shabbat Shalom” cards to be included in Shabbat in a...
Bat Mitzvah Celebrates With Friendship Circle Concert
“Are you ready to party?” With that one question and a lot of clapping, Friendship Circle transformed into a musical venue Sunday morning with a live band and plenty of songs and smiles....
Annual Tradition Brings Families Together to Do Mitzvot
It was billed as “Mega-Mitzvah Mania,” and it certainly lived up to the hype as nearly 200 children and adults gathered at Friendship Circle on Dec. 25 to make their own challahs, create...
Camp Fun Isn’t Just for Summer
It was quite the week at Friendship Circle and, happily, not a moment of it was quiet, as we welcomed kids, teens and volunteers for our annual Allie’s Winter Camp. Excited smiling faces came...