• In this month's newsletter, we talked about: Resident and Staff Art Show Grand Opening & Weaving Sale Building Accessibility Updates National Social Work Month View the full newsletter here! Would you like next month's newsletter delivered directly to your inbox? Make sure you subscribe by scrolling to the bottom of this page and entering [...]

  • Resident and Staff Art Show Grand Opening: April 26 from 2-4 p.m. Art Show will run 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on weekdays from April 23-May 7 Weaving Sale: April 26 from 1-4:30 p.m. and April 27 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friedman Place clients are excited to share their knitted creations and other art works with our community! This year's [...]

  • Tony Zapata at his desk smiling at the camera

    Christian Zapata, most often known as Tony, a household nickname from his middle name Antonio, heads Friedman Place’s versatile social services department. His wide-ranging duties include overseeing the whole admission process for prospective residents; providing group and one-on-one counseling; supervising case management; and acting as Friedman Place’s de facto IT department by providing adaptive technology services.

  • Promotional image that reads "Celebrating the Arts at Friedman Place"

    The artwork exhibited in Celebrating the Arts at Friedman Place is related to vision, blindness, or disability.

  • Rita views FP's Lighthouse on Michigan Ave.

    Rita Scaletta has been Friedman Place’s Director of Finance and Operations for about 14 years now. Her three main areas of responsibility include making sure the building is in good physical shape, overseeing housekeeping, and ensuring that the organization’s finances are correct. 

  • Volunteer, Susan, with a resident

    Susan is one of Friedman Place's longest volunteers - for nearly 11 years, she has come to Friedman Place weekly to engage in a variety of activities with the residents.

  • Mushen logo

    Friedman Place is proudly working towards a Silver Certification from MUHSEN for providing a friendly environment for people who are blind and their families.

  • Toni and Cassidy

    Please join us in congratulating Friedman Place Resident Tina and her new guide dog Cassidy. The pair recently graduated guide dog training together and returned home from California just in time to enjoy walks in the lovely Chicago spring weather.

  • giving tree

    Friedman Place announces its first annual Giving Tree for its 85 adult residents who are blind or visually impaired. All residents are either in poverty or have very low income and most residents have, on average, 5 health concerns other than blindness. Your gift would mean so much to them at this time of year.

  • Resident touching painting

    Celebrating the Arts at Friedman Place was a resounding success! Thank you to all of the artists who contributed their art work for display and to everyone who came out to celebrate opening night with us on Tuesday, October 16!