Friendship Force ambassador Rose Schultz from Ottumwa, Iowa was profiled in the Ottumwa Courier for her work with AARP and FFI, not to mention her incredible gardening skills.
Given Rose’s active background as a physical education teacher and a master gardener makes her a perfect fit for FFI exchanges. She also understands that FFI is more [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Friendship Force’s Rose Schultz on the Front Page
March 29, 2007Here is news from Montgomery, Alabama…
March 29, 2007Shirley Jensen writes about Motgomery’s WFD 2007…
It was outstanding – decorations, entertainment, eclectic ethnic attendees, young adults participating, Thai food plus gobs of Southern traditional dishes (celebrating incoming of Thailand teachers and business owners, etc.)We had our (30th Anniversary) home hosted guests with us – Texas, Wisconsin, California, Michigan, Slovakia.
Lovely young Chinese girl did a [...]
FF of Southeast New York in the News
March 28, 2007I noticed in the Times Herald-Record newspaper that serves Hudson Valley and the Catskills in New York that Friendship Force of Southeast New York is looking for families to host ambassodors from Cyprus the first week in July.
I hear they have a variety of activities planned and I am sure it will be a great [...]
Ambassador Nina Fountain Shines in North Carolina, USA
March 28, 2007On March 27, 2007 The News and Observer newspaper in North Carolina, USA listed Nina Fountain of Tarboro, North Carolina as one of the newspaper’s “women who shine.”
Nina was a Friendship Force Ambassador in 1981 on a trip to West Berlin and has given much of her life to her community. She was president [...]
FF of Marlborough, New Zealand; WFD 2007
March 27, 2007The Friendship Force of Marlborough New Zealand, celebrated 2007 World Friendship Day on the 5th March with a Pot Luck Dinner for all our Members. This was also our ‘Welcome’ function to Ambassadors from Fraser River, Canada who arrived that afternoon. How fortunate we were to have friends from the other side of [...]
FF of Izmir, Turkey celbrates WFD
March 27, 2007Here are photos from FF of Izmir, Turkey’s World Friendship Day trip to the Kaz Mountains.
World Friendship Day in Seoul
March 20, 2007The Friendship Force of Seoul celebrated WFD with a gala luncheon, attended by 21 members, including three new members, at a restaurant in southern Seoul.
The highlight of the event was a unanimous decision to make a $500 contribution to the general Legacy Fund. This is in addition to the $500 contribution we made last [...]
