Weekly Roundup: April 4, 2025

Categories: Friendship Circle

Teen Trip March 2025 The teens had a great day this past Sunday! We kicked off our Teen Trip with a Teen Leadership Board workshop, launching their TLB Project called TLBe Kind. This project is all about spreading acts of kindness in our community. Teens worked together to create kindness cards, keychains and decorative sleeves for Bunny Bakes! Teens then… Read More

Weekly Roundup: January 24, 2025

Categories: Friendship Circle

FOTT Movie Night The second FOTT Movie Night was an absolute blast, filled with laughter, singing, and delicious snacks! The Movie Night Host Committee picked Descendants for the evening, and it was a perfect choice. A special shoutout to Tomas B. and Marissa T. for taking the stage during the first song and dazzling us with their amazing dance moves! The “Dude’s… Read More

Weekly Roundup: January 3, 2024

Categories: Friendship Circle

Chanukah Party Our annual Chanukah Party was a huge success on Monday night at Schenley Ice Rink! Members had a blast making Chanukah cards, crafting edible dreidels, meeting Elsa and Anna from Frozen, and of course, ice skating! We gathered to light the menorah, and FOTT members enjoyed a special ball drop to ring in the new year. Ice skating with… Read More

Weekly Roundup: December 27, 2024

Categories: Friendship Circle

FOTT Performs Improv The FOTT group took a shot at improv comedy on Sunday night. Our friends at Arcade Comedy Theatre led us in fun improv games: during “Dr. Know-It-All,” three members were tasked with answering questions from the audience one word at a time. Then, during “Storybook Ending,” members posed as different set props while a scene unfolded in… Read More

Weekly Roundup: November 8, 2024

Categories: Friendship Circle

Sunday Funday We met for the second Sunday Funday of the year earlier this week, taking a deep dive into our Ocean theme! Friends gathered to create their own “oceans in a jar.” We also participated in a boat floating competition, creating boats out of recyclables materials from the FC office! We concluded by welcoming families and community members to… Read More

Friendship Circle Tribute Book

Look through our 2022 and 2023  Friendship Circle memories and see what we have been up to!

Tribute Book 2023

Friendship Circle Tribute Book 2023

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Like a Rock

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Weekly Roundup: July 4, 2025

Family Fun June 2025 On Sunday our Junior Friends got together for Summer Family Fun!! We joined together for a morning of creative play, a singalong session and story time led by FC members Sammi and Rachel reading the story “We are all different, we are all the same”. Our morning wouldn’t have been complete without a visit from our… Read More

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