In the News
Read below for Press Releases and Articles on Old Friends Club and our Network of Affiliates.
October 8 gathering inside the Garth Room at Bethany Union Church of Chicago. Photo credit: Victor Hilitski for Block Club Chicago
October, 2026. Based out of Bethany Union Church, EngAGE Beverly holds gatherings twice a week for adults experiencing early memory changes and their families.
Photo credit: Katie Morton Photography
September, 2026. Redmond, WA — Old Friends Club, a Washington-based nonprofit network of social respite programs for people living with dementia and their family caregivers, hosted its annual fundraiser dinner.
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September, 2026. Over 33,500 people in King County are living with some form of dementia. In-home care and memory care facilities can be impersonal and expensive.
Old Friends Club can be a game changer.
Mercer Island Old Friends Club gathering. Courtesy photo
August, 2026. Mercer Island’s Old Friends Club has become so popular that organizers have added another day of laughter, learning and belonging.
Launched in October of 2024 at the Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, the weekly club has added a Monday gathering to go along with its Thursday meetups.
Mercer Island Old Friends Club gathering. Courtesy photo
July, 2026. Volunteers of America Western Washington (VOAWW) has launched the Old Friends Club, a Dementia Day program at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center designed to support people with early to mid-stage dementia while providing respite for caregivers. A second location is scheduled to open Sept. 1 at the Carl Gipson Center in Everett.
Photo of Bob Delf, Old Friends Club CEO
May, 2026. At 77, Bob Delf is working as hard as a volunteer Executive Director as when he was a CEO in the software industry. Since 2024 he has been running Old Friends Club, a nonprofit designed to help communities strengthen families impacted by dementia. It was founded in 2015 by his wife Karen.
Photo by Marina Blatt. Staff members play a game of KerPlunk at the newly opened Our Hearts Together day center for adults.
April, 2026.
A new effort in Oak Harbor to bring comfort, structure and connection to people living with memory loss. Our Hearts Together, located on the second floor of the Midway Trader’s Village, opened two weeks ago and is already welcoming participants experiencing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.