The Friendship Circle Street Team

FC street team

As the leaders of the newly founded “FC Street Team” we are extremely excited to get our peer community pumped up for the Walk4Friendship.  It is apparent to us that our generation holds a lazy and selfish stigma; but it is our hope that our vigor and dedication to igniting the Walk4Freindship and the Flash [...]

Going Green: Friendship Circle’s New Organic Garden

Organically Grown

This summer, Friendship Circle is planting roots and going green! Organically Done is a Michigan-based organization dedicated to reducing our carbon footprint by providing organic-agriculture products. This summer, they are partnering with Friendship Circle to build a modular, raised-bed vegetable garden on the Meer Family Friendship Center. Hand in hand with the organic garden is [...]

Why I signed up as a PowerWalker

Mother and Daughter participate in Friendship Circle's annual Walk4Friendship.

Our family has been looking to participate in some form of selfless giving for quite some time.  Over the last 5 years, we’ve lived in Atlanta, GA, Stamford, CT and now West Bloomfield MI. As a result, we have not been able to settle into a community long enough to find that special place to [...]

A League of Our Own!

A League Of Our Own

The Friendship Circle  families have spoken and we are excited to announce The Friendship Circle Sports League! This is a real, competitive league with try outs, practices, games and playoffs. But here’s the twist…each team will be comprised of players that are typical kids AND kids with special needs. We are thrilled to introduce another [...]

Keeping The Ball Rolling

Rolling Ball

In 2009, we received some amazing news from the federal government…Friendship Circle was the recipient of a $1,000,000 grant! Upon receipt of the grant, we dove head-first into planning our new programs. We contacted Adam Brode (longtime supporter and amazing therapist) from The PLAY Project. Together with Adam, we have been training 100 teen volunteers [...]

Welcome to “Among Friends”

Growing up in Oak Park, Michigan I was surrounded by a warm community and welcoming synagogues. I always knew that I wanted to go out and bring this warmth to a far away community. When my older sisters got married they moved to “remote places” such as Anchorage, Alaska and Charlotte, North Carolina. Then my [...]