You know Friendship Circle by now. You know that we serve over 3,000 special needs participants every year between the kids that thrive in our summer camps and weekly programs, the adults that create masterpieces in our art studio, and everyone that learns to work and grow in our vocational and life skills programs. You know that we have important work to do and that we can’t do it without your help.

You may not know about Friendship House, our home away from home for people struggling with addiction and isolation. By providing support and guidance, we help people who feel lost in this world build a community where they feel safe and seen.

When you give your tax-deductible donation to the Walk4Friendship you are not just giving money to a foundation. Your $5 can buy a box of crayons for our studio participants, giving multiple artists hours of enrichment. Your $40 helps pay for field trips to WoahZone and the Science Center; places that our summer campers would never be able to go as a group otherwise. $100 and more helps our scholarship families provide a safe and judgement-free environment for their children…a place where people are brought into community from isolation by revealing the shining soul within.

I would love it if you would donate to my campaign this year. At a bare minimum, you are giving me a place full of warmth and joy to go to every day. A place where I am welcomed, appreciated, and encouraged to be my favorite self. A home away from home.

Thank you. Truly.

Julie