In Loving Memory of Grant PhillipsMarch 3, 1953 – June 2, 2021 Grant was involved with LBFE for nearly 20 years. He started out as a matched volunteer where an elder and Grant formed a friendship and saw each other several times a month. Over the years, Grant was been matched with Lottie, Dan, and Andy. In fact, Andy and […]
LBFE and the For You program are currently working to pair a national group of AAPI artists with LBFE AAPI older adults. The artists will produce a double-sided, 8.5 x 11in. homemade activist poster that amplifies their elder’s voice. To see some of the posters that have been created click here
Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly (LBFE) will be having Summer Visits remote visits on Saturday, June 26th, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon You are invited to call an older friend to brighten their day and show them how much they are loved and respected within our community. This will be our first in-person visit since February of 2020! […]
Following the dark times of World War II, Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly (LBFE) brought friendship and support to people in France. Today, LBFE San Francisco stands in solidarity with all those protesting to change 400 years of oppression and uphold basic human and civil rights of Black Americans. We believe that everyone deserves dignity and respect. We […]
We are calling all volunteers who are able to phone an older adult 2x a week during the shelter in place (SIP) until home visits are deemed safe by the San Francisco Department of Health. These social calls are extremely important to reduce our older adults’ feelings of loneliness and isolation during this time. If interested, email Debbie Uchida, LBFE’s […]
● Institute on Aging Friendship Line. 800-971-0016 ● Mental Health Association Peer-Run Warm Line. 855-845-7415 ● Family Caregiver Alliance Support Groups. www.caregiver.org/support-groups ● LGBT National Hotline. 888-843-4564 ● Trans Lifeline’s Peer Support Hotline. 877-565-8860
On Christmas Day 1990, we opened our doors and began providing services to isolated elders in San Francisco. The inspiration for our work, however, was born in 1946 France, where a man named Armand Marquiset formed a group called “Little Brothers of the Poor” to serve the most disadvantaged after World War II. He realized that the elderly, in particular […]