Special Friends of Fort Wayne Inc.

Special Friends of Fort Wayne Inc. Our goal is to provide activities for the adult special needs community in Fort Wayne area.

09/17/2026

**Tonight**
Thank you for coming to see Come From Away, presented by Fort Wayne Civic Theatre at the Arts United Center. We hope you enjoy the show! Before you attend, we wanted to send you a few updates to prepare you for an amazing experience at the theatreโ€ฆ

1. Come From Away will be performed at the Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St. Fort Wayne, IN 46802. If you are planning to park at the Arts United Center, there will be a $5.00 fee (cash only). You can access the parking lot from Main St., and a parking attendant will be present starting at 6:15 PM for evening performances and 12:45 PM for matinees. Please allow ample time to find a parking spot.

2. The auditorium tends to run colder so please come prepared.

3. This performance is presented without an intermission. The run time is 1 hour and forty minutes.

4. Lobby doors open 1 hour prior to showtime and theater doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime.

5. No photography or video recordings are permitted during the show.

6. Our Stagebills have gone completely digital! To help reduce our carbon footprint, eliminate paper waste, cut printing costs, reduce physical contact points, and enhance the patron experience, we have taken everything online! Please enjoy our digital Stagebill at the link below!

Digital link..
https://dpb-web.instantencore.com/program/52452/page/313784?cid=5208628&refreshCode=1&nav=1

09/14/2026

This weeks activities:
9/14 Monday..
Mystery Movie
Regal Cinema at Coldwater Crossing
Rated "PG"
$5/person, get your ticket and join us. We are in row F.
Meet at 6:30pm, movie plays at 7pm.

9/17 Thursday..
"Come from away"
A Civic Theater production.
At the Arts United Center.
Program starts promptly at 7:30pm.
We have a few tickets remaining.

9/18 Friday..
Ginger Billy Comedy Show
At the Summit City Comedy Club.
Get your ticket and join us.
Show starts at 6pm.

9/19 Saturday..
Special Friends Prom
At The Indiana Army National Guard Armory. 4pm-7pm.
Cookies and water provided.
RSVP was required by 9/1.

๐Ÿšจ If your family relies on Indiana Medicaid waiver services, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ.This is the ๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ...
09/14/2026

๐Ÿšจ If your family relies on Indiana Medicaid waiver services, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ.

This is the ๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  before Indiana moves forward with the new interRAI level-of-care rule.

๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐‡๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ.

And this is not just a concern about what might happen. WTHR has already reported ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ since Indiana began using the new assessments, including children and adults who had been on waivers for years.

That is why Wednesday matters.

If interRAI has affected you or someone you care for, this is your chance to tell the state directly and get your experience into the official record ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐!

๐Ÿ“… ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ

๐Ÿ› Indiana Government Center South
402 W. Washington St., Indianapolis

๐Ÿ’ป ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง photo ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐.

Please share this with Indiana waiver families, caregivers, providers, case managers, and advocates. People need to know about this before Wednesday.

09/13/2026

High roller today goes to Vinnie B. he rolled a 199
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09/12/2026




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Fort Wayne, IN

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 10pm
Tuesday 10am - 10pm
Wednesday 10am - 10pm
Thursday 10am - 10pm
Friday 10am - 10pm
Saturday 10am - 10pm
Sunday 10am - 10pm

Telephone

(260) 750-9714

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