Friendship Circle was founded 29 years ago to facilitate friendship and social interaction between children with special needs and teen volunteers.  There have been miracles through this highly successful formula, enabling children to accomplish goals and attain success on a scale that people had prior thought impossible.

Friendship Circle was founded to respond to an immediate need, and since then thank G-d has grown to 81 chapters working with:

•  8,359 Children with Special Needs

• 15,950 Teen Volunteers

• 60,000+ Alumni 

Friendship Circle International, as the central office of Friendship Circle, has opened new chapters, worked with FC chapters to better their organizations and programming, and has been on a mission that everyone across the globe realizes the mission of Friendship Circle, mainly that through friendship children with special needs can reach their full potential.