Friends All Around 2024 Our annual fundraiser gala was a great success! This year’s Friends All Around celebrated 18 years since The Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh was established in 2006. Taking place at The Westin Pittsburgh, we honored our graduating seniors during a VIP reception; heard from parents, members, and executive staff; and watched the Friends All Around video, which… Read More
Unlike a typical weekly roundup, we have decided to bring you some big moments from the programming year in the spirit of Friends All Around on Sunday. The Friendship Circle’s 18th year of inclusive community building was like no other. FC Talks with Pamela Schuller On April 15th, 2024 the FC Alumni Council in collaboration with The Beacon, Repair the… Read More
Sports League Our final Sports League was a blast! We took advantage of the beautiful weather on Wednesday by playing an intense game of soccer outdoors. Ekow and Giorgia especially got into the game! We can’t wait to see what more fun next year’s Sports League brings.
FC Lounge and Group Friends at Home Day Our FC Lounge has had a great time hanging out this year. Groups of FC members met weekly throughout the 2023-24 year to paint, tie dye, use circuit construction kits, and play collaborative video games, including on a VR headset. Members even played board game tournaments, keeping score week after week! Last… Read More
Sunday Funday The snow did not stop the fun on Sunday Funday! This past weekend, FC was full of builders who helped create Lego carousel kits and a robot with Girls of Steel from CMU. Members loved following steps to build moving carousels and used teamwork to construct and build the robot together. Ariel drew a fun tiger on his rainbow scratch crown… Read More
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Contact UsJanuary 17, 2025
A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY There is so much to take from this week’s portion (Shemot) regarding leadership. Moses is chosen by G-d to lead the Jewish people during his encounter with the Burning Bush. Again, so many questions all around: Why a bush? Why wasn’t it being consumed? Why was Moses shepherding sheep altogether when he had… Read More
January 16, 2025
Gaining Altitude Friends on the Town had an incredible time last Sunday at our final winter Late Night at Altitude Trampoline Park. Members had a blast jumping around and hanging out together. A huge shoutout to Ryan S. and Drew R. for dominating the dodgeball court! We can’t wait for more fun and exciting outings with our amazing Friends on… Read More
January 10, 2025
A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY This week’s Parsha – Vayechi – concludes the Book of Genesis. Upon its conclusion, the synagogue traditionally calls out in unison, “Chazak chazak venischazek!” This translates to mean, “Be strong, be strong and may we be strengthened,” thus giving us a little inspiration and charge to move on into the next book, and… Read More
