Not Your Average Day Program For Adults With Disabilities
Providing opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to grow personally, develop socially, and be active members of the community.
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Not Your Average Day Program For Adults With Disabilities
Providing opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to grow personally, develop socially, and be active members of the community.
Providing Opportunities & Changing Perceptions
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LIFE SKILLS
Helping Friends grow in self-advocacy, social awareness, safety, and daily living skills.
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SERVICE LEARNING & EMPLOYMENT
Group activities that begin on campus as part of our Weekday Program.
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ADVOCACY THROUGH THE ARTS
Using visual and performing arts to build three main skill areas: self-advocacy, self-expression, and confidence.
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Join the Friends of Friends Monthly Giving Club
A community of monthly donors committed to providing opportunities and support for adults with disabilities.
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Join the Friends of Friends Monthly Giving Club
A community of monthly donors committed to providing opportunities and support for adults with disabilities.
Join Our Community
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ENROLL
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PARTNER
Learn how your business can benefit from a community partnership.
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GIVE
Your generosity is what makes Friends Life Community possible.
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VOLUNTEER
Friends Treat Truck
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The Friends’ Treat Truck is a mobile ice cream truck that serves up frozen treats, good times, and big smiles for private parties, corporate events, and pop up markets around the city.
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Tandem Troupe
Lights, Camera, Action – It’s Your Time To Shine
Tandem Troupe is Friends Life Community’s traveling acting ensemble, performing at schools and businesses and for the general public. The troupe’s joyful and moving performances are a showcase for FLC’s Advocacy Through The Arts program where adults with disabilities practice acting and roleplaying and have the chance to write and perform their own personal works of art live on stage, in front of a public audience.
Friendmade Goods
Art From The Heart Of Our Community
Friendmade Goods are available through our online shop and at various pop up markets and events throughout the year. Featuring the work of adults with disabilities who particpate in our immersive Weekday Program, our line of Friendmade Goods includes original art, prints, homegoods, accessories, and branded merchandise. Practicing self-expression and exploring both creative and business skills, the Friends make, package, and sell original works and wares throughout the Nashville community.
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Friends Treat Truck
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The Friends’ Treat Truck is a mobile ice cream truck that serves up frozen treats, good times, and big smiles for private parties, corporate events, and pop up markets around the city.
Tandem Troupe
![flc_tandemtroupe Woman in baker's costume holding cutout hearts over two bowls on stage](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/flc_tandemtroupe.png?resize=435%2C526&ssl=1)
Lights, Camera, Action – It’s Your Time To Shine
Tandem Troupe is Friends Life Community’s traveling acting ensemble, performing at schools and businesses and for the general public. The troupe’s joyful and moving performances are a showcase for FLC’s Advocacy Through The Arts program where adults with disabilities practice acting and roleplaying and have the chance to write and perform their own personal works of art live on stage, in front of a public audience.
Friendmade Goods
![flc_friendmadegoods Three people standing together on a fall day](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/flc_friendmadegoods.png?resize=435%2C532&ssl=1)
Art From The Heart Of Our Community
Friendmade Goods are available through our online shop and at various pop up markets and events throughout the year. Featuring the work of adults with disabilities who particpate in our immersive Weekday Program, our line of Friendmade Goods includes original art, prints, homegoods, accessories, and branded merchandise. Practicing self-expression and exploring both creative and business skills, the Friends make, package, and sell original works and wares throughout the Nashville community.
Latest Posts
An Experiment in Joy and Connection
When the Friends’ Treat Truck launched in 2021, we were in the throes of a global pandemic and learning to operate in different ways than we were accustomed to. Despite living through many unknowns, our mission of creating opportunities for adults with disabilities to...
Barrier-Free Leadership Using Improv
Barrier-free leadership aims to remove obstacles and create an inclusive environment where all individuals can fully participate, contribute, and thrive. It promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by recognizing and addressing systemic barriers that prevent certain...
What We Give Up By “Fitting In”
“Fitting in is becoming who you think you need to be in order to be accepted. Belonging is being your authentic self and knowing that no matter what happens, you belong to you.” - Brene BrownOur tagline at Friends Life Community (FLC) is “Everyone deserves to belong.”...
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Upcoming Events
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