Friendship Circles New Tune!

Since its inception fifteen years ago, the Friendship Circle has built a dynamic international community to support children with special needs and their families. With over seventy centers around the world, the organization has initiated a host of meaningful and educational programs, all centered around teenage volunteers visiting the homes of children with special needs and involving them in a world of friendship they are all-too-often left out of.

And now, Friendship Circle is singing a new tune.

No, that’s not a metaphor. The Friendship Circle is proud to announce its new song called, “My Friend,” that will inspire Friendship Circle members and raise awareness in the community at large.

Written from the perspective of a child with special needs, “My Friend” illuminates the impact volunteers make through their time spent talking, playing and bonding with their special friends. Filled with emotional lyrics like “I may not look like you, but I sure dream like you,” and “I can’t stop smiling, for no one knows me like you,” the song describes the transformative bond that is affecting the lives of the children, their families, and their volunteers as they help remove the stigmas so often applied to those with disabilities.

“My Friend” was written by singer/songwriter Moshe Hecht. Hecht had plenty of his own inspiration as he himself was a Friendship Circle volunteer as a teenager, and has a nephew with Down Syndrome.

“I’ve seen firsthand how friendship can change everything” says Hecht. “I wrote this song to share that reality with the world.”

For only 99 cents “My Friend” can be purchased at www.friendshipcircle.com/song all proceeds benefit The Friendship Circle and raise awareness about their vital work.