by Friends Life | Dec 13, 2019 | Daily Life, Stories
By: Waverly Ann Harris Often, when I am sitting with a new family in my office, they share a similar story with me. It is a story of their adult child being underestimated, being discounted, being forgotten, lacking opportunities, not BELONGING. Since the time of...
by Friends Life | Dec 10, 2019 | Community Partnerships, Daily Life, Stories, Uncategorized
It is hard to believe that another year has almost come to an end. Come February 2020, we will have been at 4414 Granny White Pike for nine years. And with a heart full of gratitude for all our volunteers, community partners, donors, families and Friends,...
by mariko | Aug 22, 2017 | Community Partnerships, Daily Life, Stories
It was so good to have the rain hold off last Friday for Week 2 of the Achilles-Friends Life Community race training group! We had a smaller group than the week before, but a lot of awesome volunteers from Achilles, and a new volunteer from Friends Life Community! It...
by mariko | Aug 21, 2017 | Daily Life, Stories
Now that was a day for the books! #SolarEclipse2017 was unlike anything we could have imagined. In fact, it was better. We were thrilled that we spent this indescribably event with some of our favorite people in the world: our Friends and staff. Check out all of our...
by mariko | Dec 13, 2016 | Daily Life, Stories
by Kempton Presley, PharmMD, Board Chair I first visited Friends Life Community about four years ago when I felt myself being drawn in by an event they were hosting on their property. At the time, I had no idea what Friends Life Community represented; yet, the...
by mariko | Aug 10, 2016 | Daily Life, Program Staff
by Jenna Sutter Brown, M.S.E.d., Program Specialist: Curriculum and Assessment The older I get, the more I become certain that our paths are forged long before we set off on them. When I graduated high school I had grandiose plans to become a...
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