Oregon’s Mid-Willamette Valley Friendship Force club celebrated World Friendship Day on March 11, 2007, with a multiple- interest event in Albany, Oregon. The many flags from countries where our club has visited festooned the Albany Senior Center, along with tables decorated by members’ artifacts from around the world.
Members and guests were invited to this Sunday [...]
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Friendship Force of Mid-Willamette Valley Reports on WFD
April 6, 2007World Friendship Day in South Taranaki, New Zealand
April 3, 2007An inscribed granite rock was the project instigated to commemorate twenty years of Friendship Force in South Taranaki being engraved with the 34 Inward Exchanges welcomed by our Club during this period.
Mayor Mary Bourke honoured us by unveiling the rock, especially as she chaired the inaugural meeting held in Hawera in July 1996.
A social time [...]
Friendship Force of Southern New Jersey Celebrates World Friendship Day
April 3, 200745 members of the Friendship Force of Southern New Jersey weathered an ice storm to come together and celebrate World Friendship Day. Guest speaker, Mr. Ricardo Diaz Soto, led a discussion and answered questions regarding current events relevant to the Southern New Jersey club.
Afterward, the club shared a 30th anniversary Friendship Force cake.
Here 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 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 [...]
