Friendship Bench Program - United States News Beep

A photo shows grandparent Angela Jasper (on the left) offering a sympathetic ear (with no judgment) to visitor Robin Baxter on a Friendship Bench on the roof of the Bernice Fonteneau Senior Wellness Center in Washington, D.C.

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Friendship Bench Program Offers Mental Health Healing

August 28, 2025

Angela Jasper, 75, embraces Robin Baxter, 63, one recent morning at the Washington, D.C., senior center where they…