For those reasons, a bench program came about to provide places to sit back and enjoy the wildlife, scenery or to sit and read a book. Benches were provided by members of the community.

Tennessee schools install red buddy benches where lonely kids can sit to find friends during recess, promoting inclusion and empathy.

This program will offer community members the opportunity to honor family and friends by adopting a bench in downtown Valdosta.

The Heritage Bench Program in Bastrop's Main Street District offers people the chance to display their name or message on a plaque on a city bench.

The district said that mental health and wellness facilitators, stationed at every school across the district, will lead training about the purpose and use of benches.

This is an example of the benches that are part of the Torrey Pines Conservancy’s memorial bench program at the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve in La Jolla. (Solange Jacobs) ...

The community came together Thursday to relaunch the Buddy Bench program on the campus of Middlesex Hospital in Middletown.