Articles About Friends Care Community

• Transitions at Friends Care Community

  By Lauren ShowsMay 23, 2026

  

  Sean Riley stepped into the interim executive director role Jan. 8 — during a transitional moment for Friends Care, amid ongoing conversations about how the 46-year-old nonprofit long-term care center will continue serving the community.

• Friends Care Community looks to the future

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 20, 2026

  

  “How can Friends Care survive and thrive into the future, and what role will the community play in that effort?”

• Executive Director Montgomery to retire from Friends Care Community

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 18, 2026

  

  This week, after more than eight years leading the nonprofit Friends Care Community, Executive Director Mike Montgomery is stepping out from behind the desk one last time, officially retiring from the position Friday, Jan. 9.

• Feast For Friends progressive dinner returns next month

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 16, 2025

  

  Five years ago, Yellow Springs’ biggest progressive dinner never made it to the table — but next month, it returns to finally fill local appetites: Feast for Friends, Friends Care Community’s longtime annual fundraiser, will be held Saturday, Aug. 23, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

• YSHS alumna comes home to Friends Care Community

  By YS News StaffOctober 3, 2024

  

  Friends Care Community recently announced the tenure of a new administrator-in-training: Kelli Baxter, a 2019 YS High School alumna who has had a lifelong passion for healthcare.

• Honoring Lewis

  By YS News StaffFebruary 29, 2024

  

  Longtime local resident and Korean War veteran Joe Lewis, 93, was honored for his service in the United States Air Force with a brief ceremony Friday, Jan. 26, at Friends Care Community, where Lewis currently resides.

• Friends Care Community emerges from pandemic

  By Carol SimmonsJune 1, 2022

  

  “With that return comes questions about what’s next for FCC. Do leaders pick up expansion plans where they left off more than two years ago? Did new factors arise during the pandemic — or as a result of it — that affect the facility’s future operations?”

• COVID-19 vaccinations— Governor urges ‘persistence’

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 27, 2021

  

  Speaking at a press briefing from his Cedarville Township home on Tuesday, Feb. 16, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he understands that some Ohioans are impatient with the pace of vaccination.

• COVID-19 update— Older residents next for vaccination

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 15, 2021

  

  On Friday, Jan. 8, Friends Care Community celebrated the arrival of pharmacy staff from CVS, there to administer the first round of COVID-19 vaccines.

• Amid pandemic, Friends Care Community’s ho-ho-holidays

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 4, 2021

  

  The holidays are festive, if lower-key, at Friends Care Community this year. Visitation has been restricted at the facility since March.