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…
Register Now for our 50th Anniversary Weekend:
Celebrate with us at the inaugural Dementia Care Conference & Family Reunion
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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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Understanding Frontotemporal Degeneration
World Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week September 27th-October 4th, 2020 Resources, text and information provided by:…