Elizabeth Umana with Sacajawea
- Fort Clatsop
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Sandy and Roger Kaiser, Pat Andeweg at
Millersylvania SP lake, WA
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Zia Shamsy with a “gooey” duck clam
- Olympia
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Mock trial at Washington State Capitol in Olympia
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Inbound Exchange from
Gold Coast – September 23 –
October 1
Time is short until our Ambassadors from Gold
Coast Australia and Southwest Region arrive in Dallas to begin the
Exchange. The Gold Coast has already arrived in the US to begin their
exchange with Colonial Carolina.
You still have time to join the fun and meet our fellow Friendship Force
members. We have an exciting week planned beginning with a dinner of
traditional Southern dishes. We will tour Downtown Dallas, see how money
is printed and visit the Stockyards in Fort Worth, learn how Stetson
hats are made, wander through the Arboretum amid the pumpkins, eat fried
food on a stick at the State Fair and lunch on food truck fare in Klyde
Warren Park after touring the Winspear and Wyly theaters. We will give
our Ambassadors a rousing send off at the Farewell Party at La Hacienda
restaurant. See the
flyer.
You should have received the
Reservation Form (one is
available here). Please sign up for the events you want to attend (please
specify which burger you want on the return portion) and return the
completed form and any fees by September 15, to Mary Latham.
Please contact Pat Andeweg at pja72@sbcglobal.net and let her know you
want to host a dinner or attend a dinner.
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Outbound Exchange to
Azerbaijan/Georgia – May/June,
2015
We have a wonderful opportunity to see these
interesting countries in 2015. Departing DFW May 10, we arrive in Baku,
Azerbaijan May 11.
You may choose any or all of these four week-long options:
• Sight-seeing in Azerbaijan, including Caspian Sea - May 11-18
(Estimated price $750/person double Occupancy; $815 per person single
occupancy -
includes all meals)
• Homestay in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan; hosted by FF Baku, May 18-25,
$590/person
Transfer by air - Baku to Tbilisi
• Homestay in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia; hosted by FF Tbilisi, May 25
- June 1,
$693/person
• Sight-seeing in Georgia, including Black Sea; June 1–8, departing
Georgia June 8;
estimated price $750/person, double occupancy, $850/person single
occupancy (incl. breakfasts
& dinners).
Costs for the tours may vary depending on the number of people who go.
If you select all four options with double occupancy, your total would
be approximately $2783.
One roundtrip air ticket (not included) will cover flight from the USA
to both countries. Transfer by air between the countries is included.
Sight-seeing tours are optional. This Exchange is moderately challenging
with walks every day to explore historic city centers. We will walk on
cobblestone streets or a natural trail as well as use public
transportation in urban areas. This Exchange is open to all Friendship
Force members or potential members. Dallas members receive priority up
until September 15, when the exchange will be open to other clubs. Apply
now! See more information on the
Exchanges page.
Send Exchange Application and deposit of $250 as soon as possible to Zia
Shamsy, Exchange Director, by September 15. After September 15, the
exchange is open to people from other clubs. A late fee of $250 will be
added after Nov 30, 2014.
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Outbound Panama Discover Exchange – January, 2015
FFI is planning another Panama Discover trip from
January 18-27, 2015 - with a possible 3-day homestay in Santiago.
Michael and Jackie Wald are EDs. See more information on the Exchanges
page. Michael says the trip has enough people to go, but has room for
more.
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Inbound Exchange from Bandung Indonesia – March, 2015
This will be a new adventure for the Dallas Club
as we have never had any contact with this interesting part of the
world. The Board has appointed edward perez as Exchange Director.
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Inbound Exchange from Vancouver, BC – October 2015
Our second inbound in 2015 will be from Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada in October. Since the International Conference
of Friendship Force International will be in Vancouver in November 2015,
and many of us will be attending that, this inbound is of special
significance. The Board has appointed Pat Andeweg as Exchange Director.
It looks like a great year coming up!
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Exchange from Columbia Cascade/Olympia, Washington
Remember you are welcome to join other clubs on
their exchanges if there is room. Please contact clubs well in advance,
as an exchange may cancel if the Exchange Director doesn’t know about
your interest.
See
http://www2.thefriendshipforce.org/exchanges/ for more details, or
go to the
World of Friends Catalog that has a listing of all exchanges.
There are more exchanges listed on our
Other Clubs
page.
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This year’s World Conference is in Auckland, New
Zealand from October 14 -16, 2014, and it will be held at the
Rendezvous Grand Hotel Auckland. Isabella Iverson will be the delegate
from Dallas; it’s not too late to register. Go to
www.friendshipforce.org for information.
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FF Houston will host the 2015 SW Regional
Conference. Art Blevins will chair this event and has set the date for
March 27 – 29, 2015. It will be held at the South Shore Harbor Resort
and Marina in Clear Lake, TX. Please put this on your calendar, as these
conferences are informative and fun to attend.
Registration will begin on Friday, 3/27; meetings on Sat., 3/28,
followed by a dinner cruise on Clear Lake with wrap-up and departure on
Sunday, 3/29. Here is a link to SSH’s video promo:
http://vfmii.com/exc/aspquery?command=invoke&ipid=1066235&ids=95865
and a link to the cruise boat company:
http://www.majesticventures.com/
We should be receiving details and registration materials soon.
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FFI is thrilled to announce that the 2015 World
Conference will be held in Vancouver, Canada. The conference will take
place August 29-31, 2015. More details will be available as the time
approaches.
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Henny Houston
Please join the family to celebrate the life of
Henny Houston on Saturday September 13 at 3pm at First Unitarian Church
of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave (at Preston Rd.) Reception will follow.
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Nominating Committee Report
The Nominating Committee of Friendship Force of
Dallas presents the following nominations for the year 2015
officers for the
election to be held at the annual meeting October 12, 2014.
President – Felicity Sentance
Vice President – Mary Latham
Vice President – Membership Isabella Iverson
Treasurer – Lou Ann King
Secretary – Ruth Barrow
Submitted by Nominating Committee: Raymond A. Enstam, Chair; Darlene
Anyzeski, Cathy Ignatin, Dale Klosterman and Zia Shamsy.
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Our Sunshine Chairman is in charge of sending
cards to those who are sick or who have lost a family member. With the
loss of Henny Houston, the Board has appointed Cathy Ignatin to fill
that position. Please contact Cathy at
cignatin@hotmail.com if you
know of someone in need of some "sunshine."
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Marion Klein is from New Jersey but has lived in
this area for about 40 years. She teaches the gifted program in Dallas
public schools part time. She is a huge fan of opera and classical music
and a volunteer with the Dallas Opera Guild “Adopt an Artist” program.
She loves to read, travel and learn about antiques. She has one son who
is an emergency medicine physician in the Baltimore area, a
daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.
Adriana Cobo-Frenkel
coboadriana1@gmail.com
Adriana was a guest of Henny Houston in April but joined in August
because she lives part of the year in Chile.
Alfredo Santesteban
asantesteban@yahoo.com
Joined in July, sponsored by Mary Williams. Alfredo is a retired doctor
from Argentina.
Vijai & Rashmi Jain
vijaijain@hotmail.com
Phyllis Danhof Speck
pds214@att.net
Phyllis was born in Grand Haven, Michigan but lived in Michigan, Texas,
Georgia, Washington, DC, and several foreign countries. She has a
Bachelor of Arts Degree from Georgia State University and a Master of
Divinity Degree from Perkins Seminary, SMU. She worked as a Special
Agent/ Investigator, US Departrnent of Education; and a Foreign Service
Officer, US Department of State, with postings in Venezuela, Guatemala,
Canada and Washington, DC. She was an Ordained Minister of Word and
Sacrament, Presbyterian Church (USA), with positions in Jasper, TX,
DeSoto, and Dallas. Most recently, she did extended volunteer service
with the Presbyterian Church (USA) as a Mission Diaconal Worker in
Romania and as a Global Intern in Egypt. She has traveled in 51
countries and 49 states. She is a widow and has four children and six
grandchildren.
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If you would like to be a shuttle driver, send an
email to edward perez (erperez@acm.org)
and he'll add you to the list. Take this opportunity to help out your
club while meeting and learning about your fellow club members. You are
not obligated to handle every request, but please do what you can.
If you would like to manage the shuttle driver list, send an email to
edward and he'll help you learn what to do - you just need access to
e-mail and the Internet.
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Newsletter
Send your news to the Newsletter Editor -
daleklosterman@sbcglobal.net.
The deadline for the November newsletter will be October 25.
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Hello Friendship Force Dallas,
There will be no meeting in September as our September events are the parties and tours for the
inbound exchange from Gold Coast, Australia. We are welcoming 8
ambassadors from Gold Coast, Australia and 8 ambassadors from Kansas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Florida.
Program: Sandy and Roger Kaiser will present a slide show about their
trip up the Amazon
Mary Williams at Multnomah Falls on the Columbia River 