October
Special Event - Lunch/Arboretum
Date/Time: TUESDAY Oct 15th, 10:15-11:30 brunch
Brunch Place: JJ's Restaurant, 10233 NW Highway, Dallas 75238; 214-221-4659
Restaurant is in shopping center at southeast corner NW Highway and
Ferndale
Buffet is no longer available - order from menu (also can order breakfast items)
We will have a private room in the back near the buffet.
Arboretum: Meet at 12 pm at front gate of Arboretum to make up groups for
pass holders.
Enjoy pumpkin displays etc at Arboretum at leisure
No reservations... OK to come to just brunch or just Arboretum
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October
Meeting - Festival at Sea (rescheduled)
Date/Time: Saturday October 19, 3-5 pm
Place: Renner-Frankford Library, 6400 Frankford Rd, Dallas, TX 75252
(just east of Preston Rd.)
Program: Presentation on Festival at Sea Cruise to South America
Presenter: Anne Neal
Cost: Free / Dinner afterwards on your own at Banana Leaf (Thai)
No reservation needed.
Info: Paula Rose - paularose2000@hotmail.com
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Inbound Journeys
-
FF
Denver Inbound and members of SW clubs- May 1-8, 2019 - CANCELED
- Home-hosting in Dallas prior to International Conference in Denver
- July 19-23, 2019
Pat Andeweg, Coordinator.
CONCLUDED
- Kaohsiung, Taiwan Inbound - September 11 - 18, 2020 (Need a Host
Coordinator)
Outbound Journeys
- Cape of Good Hope, South Africa - CONCLUDED
March 21-27, 2019 followed by an
optional 8-day/7 night safari to Northern Botswana and Victoria Falls.
Mary Williams, Ambassador Coordinator -
mwilliamstxtravel@yahoo.com
- Madison, WI: Sept 25 - October 1, 2019 and/or
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa - October 1 - 7, 2019 - Ambassador Coordinator -
edward perez
UPDATE: This Journey is full.
Journeys of Other
Clubs, Discover Trips
and Festivals
See where
OTHER
CLUBS are going. You can join them if they have room for you.
There are two new opportunities in the September Newsletter to Baton
Rouge and New Zealand. Check them out!
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The last
Super Regional Conference met in
Cincinnati - April 20-21, 2018. Conferences are now involved several
regions. More information on the
SW Conference
page and
May 2018
Newsletter.
Last International Conference
Boulder, Colorado - July 23-26, 2019
See
Newsletter.
Next International Conference - Dates TBD, 2021
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Our purpose is to be a multi-cultural group that promotes peace and
friendship in the world by building global good will through
personal friendships and exchanges (now called Journeys).
Our mission is building world understanding through personal
friendships.
Our vision is to be an outstanding model as a diverse and actively
involved Friendship Force club representing Dallas, Texas to the
world.
Learn how Friendship Force works and the ways you can participate,
both at home and far away! Watch the
video
in 6 other languages
here:
https://www.friendshipforce.org/new-animated-video-what-is…/
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Friendship Force Dallas is one of several hundred Friendship Force
clubs located throughout the world. We host citizen Ambassodors from
clubs in other countries and from the United States and visit clubs
around the world.
The Dallas club was established in 1994 as part of the Friendship
Force International program, founded in 1977 with about 370 clubs in
over 60 countries and growing. Dallas membership is now at 83
members from all walks of life - professionals, seniors, singles,
couples, families; we welcome anyone who wants to meet new friends
at home and abroad.
See photos and reports in current and past newsletters and on our
Journeys page.
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- We host one to three Inbound Journeys from other countries per
year; we share our Texas lifestyles,
homes and families as home hosts, day hosts or club members for one week.
- We travel on one or more Outbound Journeys per year; we become
part of another family's life and
lifestyle for one-two weeks; we may include an optional tour.
- We travel to and host other American clubs for Domestic Journeys.
- We meet monthly for cultural enrichment, fun and fellowship.
- We occasionally meet for special events, parties, lunch or dinner,
wine tasting, etc.
- We attend international and regional conferences and festivals.
- We promote international understanding and personal friendships.
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