Archive for the 'Exchanges' Category

Other Bloggers are Talking About Friendship Force International

April 4, 2007

Blogger Jacquielynn Floyd of the Dallas Morning News talks about her conversation with two FFI ambassadors, on an exchange from Brasov, Romania to Dallas, TX. The two Romanian ambassadors also happen to be journalists.
Read the full story here.

Here is news from Montgomery, Alabama…

March 29, 2007

Shirley 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, 2007

I 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 [...]

FF of Marlborough, New Zealand; WFD 2007

March 27, 2007

The 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 [...]