Friends History
This key organizational value means that youth are the primary focus of everything we do.
What is “Put Children First?”
This number of new chapters were supported by the National team support through the launch process in 2025.
What is 5?
(Eastern OR, Stockton, Eastern WA, Dallas and Denver/CO)
This music genre is listened to most often by more National team members than any other music genre.
What is Country?
This National Team Member went on their first international trip in 2025.
Who is Erica Baird?
This National Team Member has a deep love of exploring paired with a deep fear of flying, so they will choose long drives over airplanes.
Who is Charlotte Narciso?
Known as the most decorated gymnast ever, she was instrumental in the launch of Friends-Houston.
Who is Simone Biles?
Our new program performance database launched in 2025 - called STATS. STATS is an acronym for:
What is Steps Towards A True Success?
This comfort food is the top favorite for the winter season at Friends National.
What is soup?
(Variety listed: Ramen, Pho, Chili, Butternut Squash)
These are the 3 Es, highlighted in the newly-revised Logic Model.
What are "Education, Employment, and Enlistment?”
In Spring 2025 one of our program graduates/alumni was featured on this national morning show
What is The TODAY Show?
Tah Jae Franklin was honored by GRAMMY winning artist and Friends of the Children supporter, Ciara
This activity is the staff favorite for unwinding after a work day.
What is take a walk?
(Many include their puppy in this activity.)
This National Team Member went skydiving on a first date.
Who is Danielle Turley
It is the current number of Friends locations and the millions of dollars donated by MacKenzie Scott.
What is 44?
This professional sports league recently awarded Friends of the Children $200,000 and invited us into a formal partnership.
What is the National Football League? (NFL)
The NFL just announced Friends of the Children as a new Inspire Change Partner.
This streaming platform received the most votes in the Friends survey.
What is Netflix?
This National Team member has eaten both a mealworm in soup in Australia and a cow brain in Macedonia.
Who is Abby Weast?
This is the unique personal memoir of Founder Duncan Campbell.
What is “The Art of Being There?”
This is the number of chapter audits supported by our National Finance Team in 2025
What is 21?
(and there were additional 5 chapters the team supported for just 990 preparation - wow!)
This time of day is preferred above the others for Friends National staff.
What is morning time?
This National Team Member has visited 35 of 36 Oregon counties and the lands of all nine federally recognized Oregon tribes.
Who is Erinn Kelley-Siel?
This National Team Member was born in Iran and has the same shoe size as their partner.
Who is John Wall?