Friendship Circle of Michigan

09/03/2026

We asked one question and got so many reasons.

Walk4Friendship supports Friendship Circle’s year-round programs and helps us keep building a world where everyone belongs.

We’re almost to our $1.25 million goal, and there’s still time to help us reach it!

So now we’re asking you: What would make you walk with us?

Donate here www.walk4friendship.com

09/03/2026

A day in the life of an artist, Walk4Friendship edition! 💜

Megan woke up ready for Walk day: breakfast, coffee, the perfect bracelets from her own collection and, of course, Taylor Swift as her official Walk soundtrack. ✨

Then it was off to Walk4Friendship, where Megan walked for herself, for her fellow artists and friends with special needs, and for a community where everyone belongs.

We loved getting to experience Walk day through Megan’s eyes. 💜

Thanks for taking us along, Megan!

09/01/2026

📸 The first Walk4Friendship photos are in! 💜

So many smiles, hugs, friendships, and moments we already want to relive. This is only the first round! More are coming SOON!

Now we want to see Walk4Friendship through your eyes, too.

Got photos or videos from Sunday? Add them to our community album here https://bit.ly/4qMVeXu and help us capture all the moments that made the day so special.

More photos coming soon!

08/31/2026

We have one more tiny favor left to ask! 💜

Help us collect the Walk4Friendship yard signs! If you have one in your yard or see one in your community - please take it down and return the metal stake to Friendship Circle’s Meer Center at your convenience. We’re open Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM!

You’re welcome to keep the sign for your memories but we are also happy to collect them.

Thank you friends!

08/31/2026

There’s still time to support! 💜

Rain and all, Walk4Friendship showed up yesterday. The energy is still here, and we're closing in on our $1.25 million goal. With your help, we can get there.

Every gift helps Friendship Circle continue creating opportunities for individuals with special needs to play, learn, work, create friendships, and thrive all year long.

Thank you to WDIV Local 4 / ClickOnDetroit for helping us share what this day and this community is all about.

Help us cross the finish line. 💜 www.walk4friendship.com

08/30/2026

Today, as we celebrated 10 years of the Farber Center, Jeff Farber pledged an extraordinary $100,000 gift to Friendship Circle in honor of his parents, Bill and Audrey Farber.

This incredible gift brings us even closer to our $1.25 million Walk4Friendship goal, but we're not there yet. With your help, we can close the gap and keep building the next chapter of friendship together.

For a decade, the Farber Center has been home to Soul Cafe and Soul Studio, creating opportunities for adults with special needs to work, create, earn an income, build friendships and share their talents with our community.

What the Farber legacy helped build ten years ago continues to grow every single day.

Jeff and the Farber family, thank you for carrying that legacy forward and helping make sure it continues for generations to come. 💜

Help us reach $1.25 million, follow the link www.walk4friendship.com

08/30/2026

08/30/2026

See you at 10:30 AM! 💜

Park at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital:
6777 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township, MI 48322

Our hype squad will be waiting to welcome you and get you on a shuttle to the Opening Ceremony!

Today, we walk for friendship.

Be there or be square! 🟪

08/28/2026

THIS SUNDAY! 💜

Consider this your Walk Day cheat sheet. Save this post, send it to your WhatsApp chat, and come back to it Sunday morning because we know nobody wants to be searching for parking info at 10:27 AM. 😅

🕥 10:30 AM | Registration opens
Registration, T-shirt pickup + face painting begin at the Farber Center.

🚗 PARKING | Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
6777 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township, MI 48322
Park in the upper staff lot closest to Maple Road. We strongly recommend arriving before 10:30 AM.

🚌 SHUTTLES
Shuttles will take you from Henry Ford to the Farber Center. The last shuttle leaves at 11:30 AM.
♿ Accessible parking + transportation are available, including a wheelchair-accessible shuttle.

🎉 11:15–11:45 AM | Opening Ceremony
At Friendship Circle’s Farber Center. Drake Road closes promptly at 11:30 AM, so plan accordingly!

🚶 11:45 AM | WE WALK!
Our 1.7-mile route starts at the Farber Center and ends at Friendship Circle’s Meer Center. If you’re walking from parking instead of taking the shuttle, please use the crosswalks.

🎡 12–3 PM | Family Fun Festival
The celebration continues at the Meer Center with bounce houses, a foam party, petting zoo, trampoline show, bungee basketball, face painting, a bubble artist and SO much more.

🎨 NEW THIS YEAR: Find Your Circle Face Painting Game!
Stop by and get your face painted, then keep an eye out for the people who match you to earn fun prizes. We are not complete without each other.

Haven’t registered yet? There’s still time! Register, fundraise or donate at walk4friendship.com.

Save this post. Send it to your Walk crew. We’ll see you Sunday! 💜

08/28/2026

100 years. One extraordinary soul. A lifetime of purpose!

Every soul comes into this world with a purpose. Today, on Phil Elkus’s 100th birthday, we reflect on how that purpose has unfolded through a lifetime of love, generosity and impact.

Philip Elkus grew up with two siblings with special needs, Florene and Edward, at a time when families had very little support. Years later, he came to understand how different their lives, and his parents’ lives, might have been if a place like Friendship Circle had existed.

So Phil and his wife, Estelle, helped build that world for others.

For many years, their generosity has helped Friendship Circle create the friendships, opportunities and support Phil wished his own family could have experienced. Today, his siblings’ memory lives on shaped by Phil and Estelle’s generosity.

Phil recently shared that one of the secrets to a long, meaningful life is having a good partner by your side. Estelle, thank you for being that partner and for building this incredible legacy alongside him.

Phil, ad meah v’esrim — may you live many more years and continue to receive endless nachas from the lives you and Estelle have touched.

Happy 100th birthday, Phil! 🎈