Friends of the Children comes to the Flathead
Storybooks, shelves with boxes of crayons, games, tubs of toys, and big tables tell visitors that Friends of the Children in Polson is a place kids inhabit.
Sixteen children, 4-to-7 years old, call this facility their clubhouse. “We want the kids to feel this is their space,” said Nicole Callahan, director of the Polson branch.
Friends of the Children has been in existence close to 30 years with chapters across the United States. Montana has two chapters: Western Montana Chapter in Missoula, of which the Flathead Nation FOTC is an offshoot, and an Eastern Montana Chapter in Billings.