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Paloma Espino, Steven Sharpe Join Friendship Center Board; Cynder Sinclair Named President Cynder Sinclair: Five-Step Process to Set Your...
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Jul 18, 2023
Kathryn Westland to Lead Friendship Center
Written by Cyder Sinclair, Board President of Friendship Center After an extensive search for a candidate to follow beloved leader Heidi...
Friendship Center
Mar 2, 2022
Friendship Center helping seniors safely socialize
A report by KEYT 3-12 News on Friendship Adult Day Care Services post-pandemic reopening "Marlene Vitanza is a local business owner in...
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Nov 12, 2021
Buy Axxess from Friendship Center!
Friendship Center is now selling Axxess Cards! Axxess cards offer amazing local discounts in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Better...
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Nov 8, 2021
Connections Social Program Benefits Minds & Bodies in Early Dementia
Connections Senior Social Program, Friendship Center's brain-training program, mid-December at All Saints-by-the-Sea Church. As the name...
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Jul 6, 2021
Friendship Center Welcomes New, Returning Board Members
Friendship Center is pleased to welcome David Selberg and Maggie Mixsell to its Board of Directors for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. “We are...
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Jun 7, 2021
You’ve Got a Friend in Me: Friendship Center Finds a Way to Stay Connected
by BY STEVEN LIBOWITZ , Montecito Journal Friendship Center serves an often overlooked, but much-needed niche for the aging adult...
Friendship Center Development
Jun 1, 2021
Judith Ewing, MFT, Receives Individual Award
Friendship Center is proud to announce it was awarded “Caregiver of the Year'' for a facility by the Central Coast Commission for Senior...
Friendship Center Development
Apr 14, 2021
Rosewood Miramar Beach Resorts Donates Lunches for Seniors
Big thanks to our neighbors at the Rosewood Miramar Beach Resort for contributing 42 lunches to Friendship Center's monthly Take Care...
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Feb 3, 2021
Therapy Dog Evaluator Gerrie Shapiro Donates Training Services to Festival of Hearts
By Laurie Mason Programs & Communications Coordinator Gerrie Shapiro has trained dogs for a long time—long enough now that she has the...
Friendship Center Development
Jan 29, 2021
Bid Early, Often and Big! Festival of Hearts Auction Is Live!
This year Friendship Center’s biggest annual fundraiser, Festival of Hearts, has gone virtual, and it’s live now! You have until February...
Friendship Center Development
Jan 20, 2021
Q & A with Program Manager Kathryn Cherkas, MIPH
By Laurie Mason Programs & Communications Coordinator Social, Emotional, Cognitive and Physical: Friendship Center’s program is designed...
Friendship Center Development
Jan 13, 2021
Socializing—Even on Zoom—Is What’s Best for the Brain
We all know doing crossword puzzles is a great way to exercise our brains. But neurosurgeon and author Sanjay Gupta, M.D. says crossword...
Friendship Center Development
Sep 28, 2020
Understanding Frontotemporal Degeneration
World Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week September 27th-October 4th, 2020 Resources, text and information provided by:...
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Sep 10, 2020
Veteran's Group: Now held virtually!
The struggles of military life are best understood by fellow veterans. Our Veteran's Support Group provides a comfortable, empathetic,...
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Aug 6, 2020
August Take Care Totes: Fiesta Edition!
On August 5th, Friendship Center once again teamed up with the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade to assemble and distribute nearly 130 Take...
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Jun 10, 2020
Food For Friends & Take Care Totes: Friendship Center Shifts to Remote Services
By Justine Sutton for Friendship Center Our Montecito and Goleta sites are home away from home for many seniors with dementia in our...
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Jan 3, 2020
New Hope for the New Year—Legislation on Alzheimer’s Disease
In 2010, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) rose to the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, and the fourth...
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Oct 2, 2019
Old Folks Offer New Insights on Film--WISE UP on Aging Helps Hollywood Hear From Real Elders
Authors: Kathryn Cherkas , MIPH, is Program Manager at Friendship Center Montecito, where she coordinates the project; Stuart Greenbaum ...
Friendship Center Development
Jul 23, 2018
Friendship Center Welcomes New Board Members For 2018
For Immediate Release: July 24, 2018 Contact: Gabriella Forrester gabriella@friendshipcentersb.org (805) 969-0859 SANTA BARBARA,...
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