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Friendship Center — Fiesta Take Care Totes Have Arrived!

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Here’s some more great feedback from our
members about the totes:

“Last Wednesday when we returned from the Dr. visit, the Take Care Tote from Friendship Center was awaiting us on the front porch. Inside was a delightful heart scarf ? with tassels, a Fiesta Mexican fan with lace, and a small bag with Fiesta decorations to decorate for Fiesta (including fun maracas)! Thank you for the lovely Fiesta Spirit, and all of those special treats in our totes! The snacks and drinks that are included in every tote are just terrific!”

?Love, Joe & Judith Ewing

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Friendship Center — Donations for isolated seniors in SB!

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Friendship Center, with the help of our fabulous partners, has delivered over four hundred Take Care Totes to isolated seniors in South Santa Barbara County during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many of our senior friends are living with a dementia diagnosis and/ or other health conditions and have had little to no contact with the outside world for four months. The Take Care Totes, providing snacks, personal care items, activities and more, have become a lifeline for our senior friends as well as their caregivers.

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June Newsletter & Special Thanks! ~ Friendship Center

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Here at Friendship Center, we foster and encourage strong partnerships with our family caregivers to assist our members in getting connected online, so that they can continue participating with their friends in virtual social settings – we call this our virtual community. We are ready to help make this possible, so please contact us and let’s embrace something new together!

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Friendship Center — Giving Tuesday

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During Friendship Center’s closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are challenged to find creative ways to serve and support our senior community. The FC team is up for that challenge, but we need your help! In addition to hygiene and home activity supplies for our Take Care Totes, we are accepting monetary donations to fund virtual support for our sweet seniors and their families.  Thank you to all for any amount of support, be well and stay safe

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Friendship Center — April Newsletter

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Friendship Center’s Montecito and Goleta sites are home away from home for many seniors with dementia in our local community. As soon as it became evident we would need to close both locations due to COVID-19 and our high-risk demographic, we knew we had to do all we could to support our elderly members by alternate means. We took immediate action to implement remote services—check-in calls to our members and their families, virtual activities online, and remote ZOOM caregiver support groups, which are so popular they have increased from monthly to weekly meetings!

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Friendship Center March Newsletter

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MARCH 2020 Make a Donation Visit our Website Spring is in the air! Sponsorship Form Auction Donation Form And lucky for us, Friendship Center is the proud and grateful recipient of this year’s SBAOR (Santa Barbara Association of Realtors) Golf…

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Friendship Center — February Newsletter

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FEBRUARY 2020 Make a Donation Visit our Website Click the image above for more information and to purchase tickets! The Importance of Caregiver Care By Naomi Edwards Program Specialist, Friendship Center Montecito One of the most rewarding, yet challenging, jobs…

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Friendship Center — This Fall, find out how to take a LEAP! and WISE UP Hollywood style

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Click here for the entire e-newsletter   About Us Programs For Caregivers Calendar of Activities Events Donate Contact Us Train Your Brain! CONNECTIONS NOW Mondays & Wednesdays in Montecito as well as Mondays & Thursdays in Goleta: GOLETA 805-845-7442 Persons…

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Friendship Center of Santa Barbara update for April 1 — Celebrating National Volunteer Month

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Click here for the entire e-newsletter     We Love Volunteers!   Celebrating National Volunteer Month Today’s blog post, celebrating National Volunteer Month, comes from Montecito Program Manager, Kathryn Cherkas, MIPH. People often ask me about volunteer opportunities at Friendship…

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Friendship Center adult day services in Montecito update for Feb. 1 — Festival of Hearts — The Emerald City on Feb. 9

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Click here for the entire e-newsletter   Click here to purchase tickets   And here’s a sneak peek at our auction packages:   Emerald City trip–Change of plan! Instead of being limited to the Emerald City of Seattle, chart your…

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Friendship Center adult day services in Goleta update for Dec. 1 — Home for the Holidays

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Click here for the entire e-newsletter   For some, the holidays bring that warm, fuzzy feeling, while for others they are more challenging. Many have high expectations that are difficult to meet, no matter your family circumstances. However, when adult…

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Sept. 13 — Friendship Center To Host Wine Tasting, Honor Supporters at 8th Annual Wine Down & Big Heart Award

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Click here for the entire e-newsletter   MONTECITO — Friendship Center is putting on its 8th Annual Wine Down & Big Heart Awards on Thursday, September 13th from 4:00 – 7:00 pm. Featuring wine and beer tastings from 12 local businesses, this…

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Friendship Center welcomes board members

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Click here for the entire media release SANTA BARBARA — Friendship Center is pleased to welcome Hank Postma, Kathy Marden, and Sue Adams to its Board of Directors. ”I am incredibly impressed with the skills and strengths of our Board,”…

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Friendship Center Fees Fully Covered for Qualified Veterans by Department of Veterans Affairs

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MONTECITO — Veterans have sacrificed so much for our country that it is with great pleasure and humility that Friendship Center announces that its services and programs are recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs and that qualified veterans can…

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Feb. 9 — Friendship Center to Hold 20th Annual ?Festival of Hearts–The Emerald City!

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MONTECITO —Friendship Center is hosting its 20th Annual Festival of Hearts on Saturday, February 9th from 11:30am–2:30pm at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. This festive pre-Valentine’s Day event features an elegant sit-down lunch and local wines, with live music…

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