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Building Friendships: Teen Volunteers and Special Needs Youth

Explore how friendships between teen volunteers and youth with special needs foster understanding, growth, and community connection.

Guide to Virtual Activities for Special Needs Children

Explore virtual activities tailored for special needs children, enhancing skills and fostering connections from home through engaging online programs.

Building Life Skills and Joy through Virtual Friendships for Young Adults with Special Needs

Meet Leah. Leah logs into many virtual programs, but there’s one activity she’ll never miss—davening. Leah may not speak very clearly, yet during prayer time, her communication becomes crystal clear. Her movements, her smiles, and her joyful participation...

The Beggar Woman’s Two Coins

Even if one has nothing, still there is another who has even less. Louis Aiello on Vayikra and the beggar woman who outgave them all.

5 Life Skills Programs for Adults with Disabilities and Young Adults

Explore 5 evidence-based daily living skills training programs for young adults with special needs. From simulated environments to immersive year-long transitions, find the right fit.

How to Create Inclusive Activities for Children with Autism

Learn how to create inclusive activities for children with autism by designing sensory-friendly spaces and tailoring engagement strategies.

Top 9 Reasons to Run for Friendship

1. A Sense of Community and Friendship At the heart of every Team Friendship event is the strong sense of community. As Rivky Weingarten shared, “Feeling the sense of community and friendship through the entire weekend was absolutely incredible.” Running...

What is My Why?

Shabbat Shalom to yall, this week we read Shemot or “names” with the Second Reading being Chapter 1 verse 18 to Chapter 2 verse 10. Shifrah and Pu’ah continue to defy Pharaoh against all odds as they continue to hold their ground. Yet, Shifrah had...

Oh the places we’ll go for Friendship

We’re celebrating 10 years of friendship (Team Friendship, to be exact) with a 10-day throwback series! In 2013, our ranks swelled to 161 athletes and 2,532 donors–big numbers for a small organization! The impact was real. We also more than doubled our yearly...

More Than a Medal

We’re celebrating 10 years of friendship (Team Friendship, to be exact) with a 10-day throwback series! Today, we’re diving into 2012, when things really started heating up. Although our groups in 2010 and 2011 had been small, the passion, drive, and warmth had been...

Riding on a Dream

We’re celebrating our 10th year in existence, and you know how it is… birthdays have to be celebrated all month, right? So naturally, we’re taking our time and highlighting a different year of friendship every week! In 2011, our ranks more than doubled to 29...

It’s been 10 years…

It’s been a full decade of friendship, and none of it would have been possible without your support and involvement. Team Friendship first began because we applied for the NYC Marathon and got approved for a small number of spots that year.Our mission here at Team...