Your Passport to Adventure!

Travel the globe close to home at Friendship Around the World 2016, where you will enjoy the food, music and ambiance of the world's most enchanting places. This cultural adventure will raise funds to help the Friendship Centers advance its mission of helping older adults on their journey of aging.

Diverse delicacies from select countries catered by Chef Paul Mattison
Cultural entertainment featuring music from around the world
Enticing Silent Auction featuring travel-related items for the world travel enthusiast

Sponsorship Opportunities

Your support puts your name at the forefront of the social scene, in front of important consumers and a high-level audience, demonstrating your philanthropy and support for:

Award-winning senior centers and nationally acclaimed clinics
Nutritious home delivered meals for older adults in need
Caregiving support and licensed adult day services

Be a hero to tens of thousands of older adults and their families in Southwest Florida who count on your help each year. Please join over 1,000 volunteers who are also heroes, allowing the Friendship Centers to have a volunteer to paid staff ratio of nearly nine to one, making the most of every dollar raised.

We offer a range of sponsorship levels, allowing us to call you “Friend” in many different languages. We hope you will join us in support of the Friendship Centers…promoting health, dignity and quality of life throughout the journey of aging. For a printable version of sponsorship information click on the image above.

> For a sponsorship agreement click here
> For a PDF of sponsoship levels click here

Thank you for your support! Your sponsorship is deeply appreciated!

Event Sponsors
A special thank you to our Friendship Around the World sponsors:

MEDIA Sponsors

FRIEND Sponsors

AMIGO Sponsors

Gerri Aaron
Harold Ronson and Molly Schechter

TOMODACHI Sponsors

Dr. Fritz & Ping Faulhaber
Betty Schoenbaum
Kathy & Jim Silverberg
Gail Welch

CHAVER Sponsors

All Pro Home Health
Arden Courts Memory Care Community
Dr. Richard Beebe & Carolyn Conti
Bouchard Insurance
Tom Costello
Mildred Field
Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Drs. Patricia & Robert Gussin
Renee Hamad
Robert Harris
Dr. and Mrs. Bart Levenson
Carolyn Michael & Howard Millman
Gloria Moss
Mutual of America
Purmort & Martin Insurance
Skip & Gail Sack
Smile Sarasota - Adam Still, DMD
Jane Smiley
Hillary Steele
Anne Virag
Gilbert & Elisabeth Waters
Doctors Express