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I am excited to share a special milestone in my life with you—my Bat Mitzvah. In honor of this occasion, I have chosen to volunteer with the Friendship Circle, an organization that provides support for children and teens with special needs and their families. As part of my commitment, I am dedicated to enhancing their art programs, which bring joy and creative expression to the lives of these incredible individuals.
The Friendship Circle’s mission is close to my heart, and I am reaching out to invite you to partner with me in supporting this amazing organization. Your generous donation will help us continue to offer vital programs and services that make a real difference in our community.
Please consider making a donation to the Friendship Circle to help me reach my goal. Together, we can bring smiles, support, and opportunities to children and teens with special needs.
Thank you for your support and for being a part of this meaningful journey with me.
Abby
Dear Family and Friends,
Friendship Circle provides support for children and teens with special needs and their families. Friendship Circle’s distinctive approach to volunteering pairs participants with teens to help provide a meaningful, inspirational, and enriching experience for everyone involved. I volunteer in many Friendship Circle events and chose to support the organization in honor of my Bat Mitzvah.
please consider donating to this amazing organization to further enhance their program.
Love
Alexa
The Friendship Circle is an organization that’s incredibly close to my heart. I first got involved with the organization when I was just 17 years old, and since then, it’s had a profound impact on my life.
Through The Friendship Circle, I’ve learned the true meaning of volunteering and the power that it has to educate on values of establishing purpose, cultivating responsibility, and giving back. I’ve seen firsthand the incredible impact that the organization has on individuals with special needs and their families, providing critical support and friendship to those who need it most.
I’ve evolved into someone who pushes himself to the limit by taking on new challenges. Over the years, I’ve accomplished some unique feats in the name of fundraising for important causes.
In the past, I completed a 1,018 pushup challenge in an hour that raised enough money to feed 20,000 people suffering from food insecurity. Last year, I took on the grueling 4x4x48 challenge, running 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours, then adding an additional 2 miles for a total of 50 miles in 48 hours. Through that challenge, I raised over $15,000 towards curing Alzheimer’s through research in memory of both my grandmothers whom I lost to the disease.
Now, I’m taking on my biggest challenge yet. I’ll be attempting to perform 1000 pullups to raise awareness and funds for The Friendship Circle. The goal is to perform 5 pull ups every minute on the minute until I reach 1000 reps (on a bar I’ve never trained on).
Despite labrum surgery, disc protrusions in my lower back, and all the excuses I can muster up, the reality is that a fulfilling life must be earned and never taken for granted.
Can I do this? 1000 Pull Ups!?!
Join me on March 12, 2023, via live stream on Instagram (@insidetheinspired) in supporting The Friendship Circle by donating today.
Your donation will help to ensure that this incredible organization can continue to do their amazing work and support individuals with special needs in our community, learning valuable life skills that give people purpose.
Together, we can make a formidable impact through The Friendship Circle and the individuals and families that they serve.
Thank you in advance for your trust, your support, and lastly, your generosity.
1000, here we come!
Regards,
Jonathan Z. Cohen
Dear Friends,
Friendship Circle holds a very special meaning to me. Therefore, in lieu of gifts, I respectfully ask that you make a donation to this amazing organizations and help realize one of my goals for my Bat Mitzvah.
The Friendship Circle engages children and teens with special needs while also inspiring teenagers to give of their free time to connect with these kids. Though I have been participating with my family at various Friendship Circle events since I was a toddler, now that I am of age, this past year I have had the privilege of being a teen volunteer and making a connection on my own.
With Covid hopefully mostly behind us, the organization is ramping up programming and bookings from schools for LifeTown – their one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art facility that enhances the individual, educational and therapeutic needs of thousands of children with special needs.
Additionally, Friendship Circle also distributes a “Shabbat Kit” to area hospitals. This program and these kits, which were created and dedicated in memory of my paternal grandmother Jocheved Orbach (Baba Z”L), are packaged by young adults with special abilities, and contain essential items for patients to observe Shabbat during their hospital stay.
My goal is to help fund various programs, including the packaging of the Shabbat Kits, which will enable children to continue to develop throughout the upcoming year.
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For the past 8 years, the Friendship Circle has become a big part of our lives. They have been there for us and Ivy every step of the way. While we are all looking forward to getting back to when LifeTown can open once again, we are eager to share this amazing space not only with other children with disabilities but with our friends and family as well.
Please help support the Friendship Circle by contributing to and participating in my early Friendship Circle virtual 5K.
With many camps closed and social distancing still in force, Friendship Circle is once again stepping up, this time to bring camp festivities and activities to children, teens and adults with special needs. Programs will include summer favorites like Color War, sports, art, cooking, BBQ, night activities, and more!
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Friendship Circle has responded to the needs of the community by pivoting to virtual platforms and social distancing for delivery of its programs, while maintaining a personal touch and social connection. Thanks to your generosity, children and adults with special needs are staying connected with activities and friends, and receiving vital supports from the safety of their own homes and at LifeTown.
Thanks to the generous support of a dear friend, every dollar that you give will be matched x2!
We have just 36 hours to make all this happen. Please donate now and share this CAMPaign before time runs out!
Due to these unprecedented times, your support will help us provide opportunities for people with special needs and their families throughout the summer; opportunities they otherwise would not have.
Drew loves helping others. He has a special place in his heart for kids with special needs. His Uncle “Lenny” (who he only knew as an Adult) had Williams Syndrome and although Drew didn’t know him as a child, he knows how important it is to be a friend to a child with special needs and how much that means to them to have a kind person who is a peer in their life.
