Snack Station
Ivy and Jared Kirschenbaum, Dillon and Hunter Greenberg and friends held a bake sale last month to benefit Friendship Circle. The kids raised more than $180 throughout the afternoon selling cookies, brownies and cake...
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Girl Scouts Craft Cards of Friendship
Girls Scouts from Troop No. 22789 came to the Friendship Circle this week, but they weren’t here to sell any cookies; rather, the 32 fourth-graders came to offer their friendship to children with special...
How Do You Sign Friendship?
Actions speak louder than words for 25 Friendship Circle teen volunteers who are spending the next five weeks learning the basics of American Sign Language. The course, which is being taught by Barbara Warter,...
Throwback Thursday
Summer just wouldn’t be the same without Allie’s Camp, and it’s almost time for camp to start. While we’re busy getting things ready for our campers — camp begins on Aug. 17, we thought...
Fire Up the Grill!
Sixty parents came to the Friendship Circle last week for a barbecue dinner and a brainstorming session. There were plenty of laughs, conversation and camaraderie at the indoor event as the parents of children with...
Throwback Thursday
The countdown is officially on for this year’s FC Walk, to be held on Sunday, October 26 at LifeTown. Now’s the time to start recruiting people to join your walking team, or getting into...
Putting Shabbat in a Box to Help Others
A hundred children and adults gathered at the Friendship Circle recently for the launch of a new initiative, “Shabbat in a Box.” For nearly an hour, the youngsters noshed on pizza and snacks, talked with...
A Pre-Shabbat Treat: Challah Baking 101
What could be more exciting to youngster than the chance to get their hands gooey and sticky, and to nosh on yummy snacks? Not much, which may explain all the smiles that were flashing...
Lemony Goodness
A group of friends found a good way to help their neighbors cool off on a hot summer day and do a mitzvah, a good deed. Joseph, Jacob, Jonah and Scarlett Mandil and Gabrielle Halpern set...
Throwback Thursday
This FC teen, shown at a Children’s Circle program back in 2002, just celebrated his 25th birthday. Learn more about our programs for teens with special needs here.