Friends Foundation Warren & Franklin County Missouri

12/11/2025

It is with heavy hearts we make this announcement.

11/02/2025

Come join us tomorrow for some homemade soup, roast beef sandwiches, chili and hot dogs! Check out the gourmet booth! Silent auction items! The quilt auction begins at 2pm! See you there!

10/31/2025

6 hours left to bid! Go to Friendsfoundation.net to Check on the amazing auction items!!!

The Friends Foundation is dedicated to provide for the needs and enjoyment of the developmentally and intellectually challenged individuals we serve in Franklin and Warren county. This non-profit organization is 100% volunteer driven. All monies raised go to support their needs to reach greater .....

10/31/2025

Friendsfoundation.net

24 hours left to bid on the auction! Lots of great items to be had for great prices!!! Don’t miss out!!!

The Friends Foundation is dedicated to provide for the needs and enjoyment of the developmentally and intellectually challenged individuals we serve in Franklin and Warren county. This non-profit organization is 100% volunteer driven. All monies raised go to support their needs to reach greater .....

10/29/2025

Check out some of the quilts that are up for auction this Sunday at 2pm at the lower level of the KC Hall in Washington . We have a total of 28 quilts to be auctioned!!!
https://www.breheauction.com

More information to come.

10/27/2025

Check out our auction! Lots of good stuff! Auction is open till Friday!
Friendsfoundation.net

10/25/2025

The auction is open!!! Tell your friends! Happy bidding!!!

The Friends Foundation is dedicated to provide for the needs and enjoyment of the developmentally and intellectually challenged individuals we serve in Franklin and Warren county. This non-profit organization is 100% volunteer driven. All monies raised go to support their needs to reach greater .....

10/25/2025

Sharon Fenner was a long time member of the Friends of Emmaus/Friends Foundation. We are saddened to hear that she passed away. She and her husband Tom were dedicated parents to Laura and did so much for our organization. Condolences to Sharon’s family. Rest in Peace.

Sharon Joy Olsen Fenner
March 20, 1935 - October 22, 2025
90 years, 7 months, 2 days

I'm standing at the top of a downhill run on Bald Mountain, enjoying a crisp Idaho bluebird day, 20 degrees with no wind, after an evening snow shower that left a beautiful powder on the slopes. I'm wearing one of the joyfully patterned wool ski sweaters and hats that my mother knit especially for me, with extra length in the arms and a pom-pom dangling from the end of the hat. My wool under-mittens are covered with the leather outers, and I grip my poles tightly with them.

My body feels the way it did long ago; before children, before the back surgeries, before the onset of arthritis, before cognitive decline. I anticipate the wind in my hair and want to feel it flowing behind me so I put my hat in my pocket. My ancestors are encouraging me to ski as fast as I can, like the true Viking daughter of Norway that I am.

I'm all alone up here, but there are many people at the base waiting for me to complete my last run of the day. They're the ones who have already skied this course and have instead chosen to put their feet up today. They are all together, all of those that I have loved and who've gone before me, sitting by the lodge's warm fire with hot chocolates and toddies, ready to toast me when I come in.

Laura's voice rises above all the others calling to me from below, an angelic "Mommy, Mommy!" So I push off.

10/24/2025

Get excited!!! Auction opens in less than 18 hours!!! 😊

10/21/2025

Click on the link below to preview the auction that opens the evening of October 25!

Click below to view our Online Auction. Such a wide variety of generously donated items. Browse/Bid/Bid often as all proceeds supports our cause.

10/20/2025

10/20/2025

Just a few more items on our on-line auction that starts later this week!