“The Friendship Circle” is a wonderful and meaningful program which reaches out and extends a helping hand to families in our community who have children with special needs in ways that are unmet by other organizations.
The Friendship Circle serves a dual purpose and enriches all who participate. As the families are assisted with the extra hand they so greatly need, their children are gaining a kind and caring friend. The teenage volunteers too, become empowered and enriched as their own moral character grows through their volunteering.
Pairs of volunteers will be visiting the special needs children in their home once a week for an hour and a half. Their role will be to play and interact with the child, thus giving the parents much needed respite. This bond will also create an everlasting friendship.
This free program has been met with incredible success in several other states, and is so greatly appreciated by all those involved. Therefore, it is with great excitement and anticipation that we are now creating our local Friendship Circle.
So, if you…
…know a teenager who would like to belong to a volunteer club that provides great opportunities as well as many fun events and trips;
…are willing to help out by driving a volunteer to their destination;
…are, or know of, a family that would like extra assistance in their home with children who have special needs, with the added benefit of their child being part of a meaningful relationship;
Please email
Together we can make someone’s life easier while enriching the life of a young volunteer.
