Sixty-five teens representing high schools across the region gathered at LifeTown earlier this week as they prepared for the end of the programming year. The students, all members of the FC President’s Club, have volunteered tirelessly...
Covid-19 / Families / General / Volunteers
By Johanna Ginsberg Most Wednesday afternoons the scent of fudge brownies, chocolate cookies, and other sweet confections wafts through the Teicher home in Scotch Plains as Jonah Teicher, 12, bakes with his Friendship Circle...
In response to the Zoom-fatigue challenge, the flagship Friends@Home program has been enhanced with a new electives program, allowing participants and teen volunteers to choose specialized hobbies that they are interested in. Packages containing...
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...
Over the last two weeks, dozens of Friendship Circle families in Livingston, Short Hills, Millburn and West Orange, took part in a car parade organized by Friendship Circle. The parades included FC staff and...
camp / Families / Volunteers
One could understand if 9-year-old Jasper didn’t have any time to talk on Tuesday. After all, there was plenty to see and do during the third day of Allie’s Summer Camp. “I saw the...
There wasn’t a sound as Daniel Defur, 19, stepped to the podium wearing his uniform khakis. A member of the Israel Defense Forces Special in Uniform division, Daniel held more than 230 teens and...
General / Photos / Volunteers
The festive air of a birthday celebration filled the Friendship Circle offices last week as volunteers gathered to pack birthday gifts for FC participants. While no one was actually singing “Happy Birthday” the volunteers all...
Events / General / Volunteers
They came out to salute Friendship Circle’s amazing volunteers, but those who gathered at this year’s annual FC Volunteer Celebration also came away with a strong appreciation for the power of perseverance in the...
It was a packed house as more than 60 teens gathered to say goodbye to the current FC school presidents and welcomed the incoming leadership whose term begins in the fall. The teens reflected...