A few months ago we shared Liliya’s Story with you. In short, Liliya Bromberg is a 21 year old girl with Cerebral Palsy. Liliya lives in a small one-bedroom apartment with her parents. As any young woman would want, Liliya desperately needs friends and independence. Providing Friendships For years Friendship Circle had been providing friends for individuals [...]
Many children with special needs require an adaptive bike to enjoy the freedom and fun of bike riding. Unfortunately many parents are unable to afford an adaptive bike. Here is your chance to win a free adaptive bike! Friendship Circle of Michigan has partnered with adaptive bicycle companies to give 18 children with special needs [...]
In case you were wondering this is no April Fool’s Joke:) We are proud to announce that Friendship Circle is has been chosen as the About.Com Readers’ Choice Award for Favorite Special-Needs Regional Resource. Five special-needs regional resources were selected to vie for a 2012 About.com Readers’ Choice Award. Over a 30 day period in February and [...]
Liliya Bromberg is a charismatic and sweet young woman whose energetic laughter fills Friendship Circle. Liliya is 21 years old. She was born in Russia and diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy as a baby. When Liliya was four, her parents sacrificed a lot to bring her to the United States so she could receive better medical [...]
You can make us a winner! As you may know, Friendship Circle is a finalist in the About.Com Readers’ Choice Award for Favorite Special-Needs Regional Resource. Five special-needs regional resources have been selected to vie for a 2012 About.com Readers’ Choice Award. Currently we are tied for first place with just two days left to [...]
Back in 2005, Friendship Circle produced a batch of car magnets with our logo printed on them as a small, free swag for our community. What began as a random creative idea has since become our most widely recognized form of spreading awareness for children with special needs and Friendship Circle. To date we have [...]
Guest Post written by Cary Heller, a long time Friendship Circle volunteer and sports coach As I walk out the doors of what is certainly the greatest place on earth I look at the kids one last time. The thought comes How did I end up in this place? How did I end up sharing [...]
Dani Saul is one of three Rabbis biking accross the United States in support of Friendship Circle and Children with special needs. In this post he tells the story of Bike4Friendship. As a child I always wondered who decides what is considered “news worthy.” For a while I thought that politicians and corporations would pay [...]
As part of an essay contest Friendship Circle volunteers from around the world submitted essays about their volunteering experience. Over a hundred surveys were submitted with 10 coming from the Friendship Circle in Michigan. Here is an essay from volunteer Devori Kroll The Storm The wind howls, torrents of angry rain beat against the thrashing [...]
