Pure Friendship
for Individuals
with Special Needs

About Friendship Circle

Friendship Circle.

Friendship Circle
Buys Dakota Bread

Beloved West Bloomfield bakery to create career
opportunities for adults with special needs.

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On Sundays and after school teen volunteers are paired up with individuals that have special needs. Together they participate in one of Friendship Circle's 30 weekly programs. In the summer months Friendship Circle offers summer camps and a number of other fun activities. Teen volunteers and individuals with special needs come together to develop real friendships and participate in one of 30 after school programs.
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Lessons for Life fills the gap between classroom learning and real world experiences by teaching life skills using a 5,000 square-foot, true-to-life cityscape. This gives students the opportunity to confidently assume responsibility and independence in the outside world. Lessons for Life fills the gap between classroom learning and real world experiences by teaching life skills using a 5,000 square-foot, true-to-life cityscape.
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The Soul Projects in the new Farber Center expand Friendship Circle's programs into the lives of adults with special needs through the culinary, digital and traditional arts. Complete with a cafe, gallery and art studios, young adults will be able to learn crucial vocational skills, harness their creativity and create beautiful pieces of art. The Soul Projects give adults with special needs the opportunity to learn crucial vocational skills and harness their creativity through the culinary, digital and traditional arts.
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Friendship Circle offers a number of online special needs resources including a blog with over 1,000 articles on special needs parenting, products, therapy and more. The resources site also offers information about special needs apps and the Great Bike Giveaway, a program which gives away adaptive bikes to children and teens with special needs. Friendship Circle offers a number a special needs resource blog, adaptive bike giveaway and more to over 10,100 daily readers
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The Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House provides support and guidance to individuals and families struggling with isolation and other life crises, such as addiction, through a welcoming Jewish recovery community that offers friendship, support, and a variety of programs that facilitate lasting success. Provides support and guidance to individuals and families struggling with isolation and other life crises, such as addiction, through a welcoming Jewish recovery community.
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UMatter is a program focused on empowering teens to shatter the stigmas surrounding mental health challenges and suicide. After recognizing a need for a larger discussion about mental health in the Detroit community, Friendship Circle created a teen advisory board to work on projects that would go on to create inclusion within the community. UMatter is a program focused on empowering teens to shatter the stigmas surrounding mental health challenges and suicide.
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GREAT BIKE GIVEAWAY

The Great Bike Giveaway has grown from one act of kindness into a mega platform of giving, spawning across the United States and Canada. Join us on February 10th as we grow even bigger and better.

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