29 Winners in the The Great Bike Giveaway!

Great Bike Giveaway Winners

For the last three weeks Friendship Circle has been running the Great Bike Giveaway, a nationwide contest where children with special needs can win an adaptive bike.  Over 400 people entered the contest. Congratulations to the 29 winners of the Great Bike Giveaway! William William is a happy 6 year old boy who longs to ride [...]

7 Adaptive Bike Companies You Should know About

Great Bike Giveaway Sponsors

For the last three weeks Friendship Circle has been running the Great Bike Giveaway, a nationwide contest where children with special needs can win an adaptive bike. To date  there have been over 300 entries in the contest and there are six days left for more families with a special needs child to enter the [...]

10 Reasons Why You Should Participate In The Great Bike Giveaway

Great Bike Giveaway

In case you missed it Friendship Circle launched the Great Bike Giveaway this past week.  The Great Bike Giveaway is a national contest giving away adaptive bikes to children with special needs. We are partnering with bike companies from around the U.S. to provide some of the best adaptive bikes to the children and young adults [...]

Announcing the Great Bike Giveaway: Adaptive Bikes for Children With Special Needs

Great Bike Giveaway

Do you remember the freedom you felt, the confidence you gained, the pride you had when you received your first bike? The Great Bike Giveaway will help give give children with special needs the same feeling you had when that shiny new bike arrived at your home. For the second consecutive year Friendship Circle is holding the Great [...]

Launching Keys4Friendship: 30 Days, 30 Ways, Be a Friend and Win A car!

Keys4Friendship Win a lincoln MKZ

If you live in Michigan you may want to read this, if you don’t live in Michigan consider moving:)  This is your chance to win a two year lease of a brand new Lincoln MKZ! The Basics Friendship Circle, a non-profit dedicated to providing support and friendship to children with special needs has partnered with [...]

Announcing The Great Bike Giveaway: 18 special bikes for 18 Special kids!

The Great Bike Giveaway

Many children with special needs require an adaptive bike to enjoy the freedom and fun of bike riding. Unfortunately many parents are unable to afford an adaptive bike. Here is your chance to win a free adaptive bike! Friendship Circle of Michigan has partnered with adaptive bicycle companies to give 18 children with special needs [...]

Friendship Circle is the Favorite Special Needs Regional Resource!

Favorite Regional Resource

In case you were wondering this is no April Fool’s Joke:) We are proud to announce that Friendship Circle is has been chosen as the About.Com Readers’ Choice Award for Favorite Special-Needs Regional Resource. Five special-needs regional resources were selected to vie for a 2012 About.com Readers’ Choice Award. Over a 30 day period in February and [...]

It’s Down To The Wire and Friendship Circle Needs Your Vote

Vote For Friendship Circle!

You can make us a winner! As you may know, Friendship Circle is a finalist in the About.Com Readers’ Choice Award for Favorite Special-Needs Regional Resource. Five special-needs regional resources have been selected to vie for a 2012 About.com Readers’ Choice Award. Currently we are tied for first place with just two days left to [...]

Magnet Madness is here!

Magnet Madness

Back in 2005, Friendship Circle produced a batch of car magnets with our logo printed on them as a small, free swag for our community. What began as a random creative idea has since become our most widely recognized form of spreading awareness for children with special needs and Friendship Circle. To date we have [...]

A Director’s Turn to Give Back, The School Where It All Began

Help a school win $25,000

It’s 2am and I am relentlessly clicking “refresh” on my web browser. It’s 2am and I should be sleeping but instead I am transfixed on my Alma Mater’s voting page in the Chase Community Giving Challenge on Facebook. I graduated a long time ago, so why am I suddenly passionate about this? While watching these [...]