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.
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
LIFE SKILLS
Helping Friends grow in self-advocacy, social awareness, safety, and daily living skills.
SERVICE LEARNING & EMPLOYMENT
Group activities that begin on campus as part of our Weekday Program.
ADVOCACY THROUGH THE ARTS
Using visual and performing arts to build three main skill areas: self-advocacy, self-expression, and confidence.
Join the Friends of Friends Monthly Giving Club
A community of monthly donors committed to providing opportunities and support for adults with disabilities.
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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Friends Treat Truck
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
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.
Friends Treat Truck
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
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.
Latest Posts
What is Acceptance?
By Waverly Ann Harris. April is Autism Acceptance Month.
From film to friend, how Clint began volunteering at FLC.
By: Lauren Zook “Clint Smart has such a gift for honoring visions, stories, and people through film. He has been able to capture the colorful sprits and humorous stories from our Friends through the modality of film work. We are AMAZED at the work he has put in to get...
Providing Peace of Mind for Families
By: Lauren B. Zook I often think about a tour I gave a few years ago to a local developer. Upon his arrival to the FLC house he was happily greeted by the Friends as soon as he got to the door. As we walked through the building, I explained how the Friends were...
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