Take a LEAP! An Exploration in Friendship Center's Life Enrichment Activity Program
Friendship Center has faithfully served our senior members through every transition we have experienced together, including these past...
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Friendship Center
Jul 20, 2022
Watching the Lifecycle: Friendship Center's Monarch Butterfly Project
The past few months have not just been blooming, but metamorphosing at Friendship Center! In March 2022, the Assistance League of Santa...
Friendship Center Development
Apr 18, 2022
Friendship Center and VNA Health Hold Special Pinning Ceremony for Veterans
Friendship Center in collaboration with VNA Health were proud to host a very special Veterans Pinning Ceremony on Thursday April 7th....
Friendship Center Development
Mar 31, 2022
And that's a WRAP on the 23rd Annual Festival of Hearts!
By Sophia Davis, Development Director Every year, Friendship Center raises money for HEART (Helping Elders At Risk Today) to benefit low...
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...
Friendship Center
Feb 18, 2022
We are Open! Friendship Center Day Program Opens for Full Days
Like the rest of our community, Friendship Center has seen so much change in recent years. In two short years we have gone from a...
Admin
Jan 14, 2022
Welcome Associate Director Amy West
Please welcome Friendship Center's new Associate Director Amy West, M.A. Amy West brings to Friendship Center a 25-year track record of...
Friendship Center Development
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...
Friendship Center Development
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...
Friendship Center Development
Nov 5, 2021
Virtual Walking Tour of Friendship Center Enables Off-Site Visits
Prospective members and their families can now take a virtual tour of Friendship Center. Join Heidi Holly, executive director and Kim...
Friendship Center Development
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...
Friendship Center Development
Jun 22, 2021
Friendship Center Blooms with Joy for Solstice Parade Parasol Performance
Friendship Center staff hustled and bustled with excitement last Thursday in preparation for their public performance in the Virtual...
Friendship Center Development
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
May 18, 2021
Take Care Totes Program Is Lifeline to Homebound Seniors
May 13 marked the 11th monthly delivery of Friendship Center's signature comfort-food for the isolated soul Take Care Totes. Beginning...
Friendship Center Development
May 3, 2021
Board Member Cynder Sinclair Walks the Walk
It all started with a small thing in the early 1970s when Cynder Sinclair was helping in her son’s classroom. “I noticed some of the kids...
Friendship Center Development
Apr 29, 2021
Friendship Center Intern Claire Arnold Graduates & Reflects
Community Connect Adult Program members are familiar with Claire Arnold’s graceful, kind presence on their Zoom screens. Claire,...
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...
Friendship Center Development
Apr 8, 2021
April Take Care Totes Packed with Games, Activities & a Bit of Luxury
by Laurie Mason, program coordinator Take Care Totes go out to members April 15 packed with practical items like chapstick, face masks,...
Friendship Center Development
Apr 1, 2021
One Year in Quarantine: Caregivers Share Trials & Triumphs
March 2021 marked the one-year anniversary of California's shelter-in-place orders. While many, clearing the shelves of toilet paper,...
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