⭐Friends-Together's Journey⭐

​FOUNDATION & LOCAL SUPPORT (1999–2003)

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• Monthly community meetings begin in Central Florida

• First AIDS Compassion Week, World AIDS Day events, and family retreats

• Launch of bike rides, school drives, and camps

 

EXPANSION & GLOBAL VISION (2004–2009)

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• First relief and education mission to Tanzania

• Continued family support and statewide outreach

• Growth of youth involvement and leadership

 

TRANSITION & RESILIENCE (2010–2014)

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• Shift from camps to grassroots family support

• Volunteers and partners sustain services

• Community connection maintained through gatherings and advocacy

 

GLOBAL IMPACT & INFRASTRUCTURE (2015–2019)

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• Return to Tanzania with large-scale medical and school supply delivery

• Launch of Flow Project and tailoring school

• Opening of the medical clinic

 

ENDURANCE & GROWTH (2020–PRESENT)

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• Programs sustained through COVID

• Return to Tanzania and resumption of full programming

• Health insurance funded for 185 families

• First Friends-Together sponsored nursing graduate

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