Teen Friendship & Leadership

Through unique and experiential learning opportunities, our members are invited to be a part of FC leadership, helping us to foster a warm and natural environment for growing friendships!

Kids Who Care
Compulsory for 6th and 7th graders before participating in programming.
Training Tracks
For 9-12th graders, compulsory to qualify for the Teen Leadership Board
Teen Workshops
Compulsory for 9-12 graders, optional for 8th graders
Teen Scene Host Committees
Leadership and planning opportunities for friends 13-17

Learning about Friendship and Leadership
Joining a Host Committee Be a part of the planning process! Members ages 17-18 are encouraged to join a Host Committee for a FC club or program in which they will participate in the planning, executing and review of that event. Email info@fcpgh.org for host committee opportunities.

Spotlight on
Rivkee Rudolph

Rivkee Rudolph graduated from Yeshiva Schools, then studied at Seminary Chaya Mushka in Israel. In 2006, Rivkee founded The Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh, where she has served as its Director ever since. She is singularly focused on and is largely responsible for Friendship Circles’s basic philosophy: all members are equally welcome and lines between abilities should be blurred as much as possible. Her commitment to executing this philosophy throughout the scores of programs and events FC sponsors has enabled the organization to become an integral part of both the Jewish and the general community in Pittsburgh.

Recent blog posts

Fanfiction Survey by Sarah Lehman

May 28, 2020

This week in our fan fiction blog by Sarah Lehman is a short survey so she can see what about fan fiction you might like to see… Click here to take the survey now!

FC Activity Report: 5/28/2020

May 28, 2020

By: Sarah Lehman On May 26th, 2020, at around 1 PM, I signed on to Zoom to observe a Friendship Circle video chat session, which focused on what was referred to as a ‘Space Program.’ The session began with reviews of the Rules of Respect and of the schedule, followed by asking what everyone was looking forward to doing… Read More

Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Review by Jarrod Edson and Edited by Sarah Lehman

May 22, 2020

Sonic the Hedgehog So at the start of the film, Sonic the Hedgehog has been living on Earth because he had to leave his home planet. He got to Earth by using golden rings that open up portals. Before that, he was raised by an owl on his planet that he described as being like Obi-Wan Kenobi, if he had… Read More

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Recent blog posts

Fanfiction Survey by Sarah Lehman

FC Activity Report: 5/28/2020

Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Review by Jarrod Edson and Edited by Sarah Lehman