Welcome Back Apple Picking Apple Picking was a blast and a great way to start off our 2024-2025 Program Year! Garret loved the tire playground and racing down on the slides. Morgan and Kofi found some of the prettiest apples in the Orchard, and Trio enjoyed the hayride. We had a wonderful lunch in the pavilion and brought in the… Read More
South Hills Orientation Our orientation at South Hills last night was fantastic! It was wonderful to reconnect with everyone and dive into the details of the new program format. It’s exciting to see both new and familiar faces coming together. We’re looking forward to our first South Hills event of the year, South Hills Sports League on September 19th!
FOTT Karaoke Night Friends joined for Karaoke and connection as we cheered members on, danced, and took turns in the spotlight! Together we enjoyed a chip and dip bar and a lime lemon mocktail in our disco and star-themed room. It was a great night with FOTT!
Summer Specials The first day of Summer Specials took members to the Andy Warhol Museum! The visit was interactive as friends “printed” a custom Friendship Circle pattern onto their own tote bags. We are so glad to have reconnected with one another over the summer break! J&R Visit Friendship Circle spent Monday morning with the middle school group at J&R… Read More
Summer Meet & Greet Under 18 Friendship Circle families spent a wonderful day together at Wightman Park on Sunday to play kickball, play on the playground, tell riddles, color and paint large summer canvases, and jump rope! Lily and Leo kept us running after kickballs during the game as they launched some heavy kicks, and Tamar and Maya had fun getting… Read More
Look through our 2022 and 2023 Friendship Circle memories and see what we have been up to!
Friendship Circle Tribute Book 2023August 1, 2025
A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY Besides for this week being the first Parsha in the final book of the Torah (Devarim), it also has a special name: Shabbat Chazon. This refers to the Haftara, the reading after the portion that stems from the Book of Prophets. It’s always read on the Shabbat prior to the 9th of Av,… Read More
July 31, 2025
FOTT Summer Late Night: Riverhounds Game July 2025 Friends on the Town had an amazing first Late Night at the Riverhounds game! We had a great time cheering on Pittsburgh’s favorite soccer team and taking in all the game-day fun, including the Wicked-themed costume contest. The energy in the stadium was electric, and the crowd went wild when the Riverhounds… Read More
July 25, 2025
A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT BY RABBI MORDY This week’s Parsha – or double Parsha as it is both Matos and Massei – concludes the book of Bamidbar, Numbers. This ends the first four books of the Torah; the fifth book, Devarim, begins next week and is written very much from Moses’s perspective. Part of the preparation for this shift in… Read More
