by Friendship Center | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog, News, Press Releases, Uncategorized
Over the past few weeks, it’s become clear that we are facing an unprecedented challenge. Like you, we are deeply concerned and want to do what we can to help keep our communities and our families safe and healthy. We have spent the last week watching the... 
by Crystal Rothhaar | Jan 14, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
by Nat Juchems Losing a loved one is something most of us will experience at some point in our lives. For those who have experienced it, you’ll know the anguish and heartache it brings. For those who haven’t, you can no doubt imagine the level of pain it would cause.... 
by Crystal Rothhaar | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog, Events, Press Releases, Uncategorized
A Collaborative Program with The Ringling The Ringling Museum is pleased to announce Outside the Lines, a new monthly collaboration with the Senior Friendship Centers of Sarasota. Beginning January 2020, Ringling museum educators will bring an open-ended art making... 
by Crystal Rothhaar | Dec 26, 2019 | Blog, Events, Press Releases, Uncategorized
Home share is a simple concept: it brings together people with space in their homes and working individuals who are happy to chat in return for affordable, sociable accommodation. Together, home providers and homesharers share a home life, time, skills and experience.... 
by Crystal Rothhaar | Dec 12, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
The holiday season brightens our lives. Christmas lights adorn trees and our community, glowing candles in a Hanukkah menorah brighten our homes, and the seven candles in a kinara (candle holder) celebrate Kwanzaa: African heritage, unity, and culture. Senior... 
by Crystal Rothhaar | Sep 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Practical tools for people who are looking for creative energy in everything they do. ‘Life Creativity’ is the third in a series of six annual Reinvention Convention sessions directed by a partnership between The Senior Friendship Centers, The Osher Lifelong Learning... 
by Crystal Rothhaar | Sep 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Photo Caption: The LLTV vehicle that Alan Kronenwetter worked on is displayed in the lobby of Building 2 at the NASA Johnson Space Center in HoustonIn the early 1960s, NASA’s Apollo program dedicated itself to putting Americans safely on the moon. The systems,... 
by Crystal Rothhaar | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
At most dance for fitness classes, loud, upbeat music rocks the room as the dancers perform high energy moves. But at Friendship Centers, the gentle island melodies of hula are motivating older adults to exercise and get healthy. “Hula is an interpretive form of... 
by Crystal Rothhaar | May 21, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
County Commission Chairman Charles D. Hines read a proclamation to recognize May as Older Americans Month. Attending the Sarasota Board of County Commissioners meeting were Friendship Centers board members Vicki Dworski, Paul Caragiulo, and Chairman Frank Fleischer,... 
by Crystal Rothhaar | Apr 4, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
From the minute she walked through the door at Friendship Centers in 2016, Teddy Picard knew she was in the right place. Recently retired and bored, she was feeling useless and down in the dumps, and was looking for more out of life. Picard had worked in advertising... 
by Crystal Rothhaar | Apr 2, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
In the U.S., we often think of retirement as a period of relaxation – a time when we can finally lay all our worries to rest and live the remainder of our lives in relative tranquility. But sadly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that... by Friendship Center | Dec 27, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized
I shared with our Board of Governors recently that, as a kid, I loved roller-coasters. The ups and downs, twists and turns were so thrilling. As we close the chapter on 2017, I think the grown me might have rather taken a ride on the merry-go-round – much less...
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