Welcome to Friendship Force of Knoxville, tn
A World of Friends is a
World of Peace
What is Friendship Force?
Friendship Force is a non-profit international organization that promotes cultural understanding through personal contact. The Friendship Force of Knoxville utilizes travel as a means to meet people from different cultures and places rather than emphasizing the place itself. By being a guest in other people's homes and by inviting them to be a guest in our homes, we believe we can break barriers that divide us.
Change the way you see the world!
- Make friends around the world
- Stay in homes of people around the world
- Host in your home people from around the world
- Foster International good will
- Enhance cross-cultural understanding
For More Information About Friendship Force International, please visit their website at https://friendshipforce.org/
San Antonio Inbound at Appalachian Museum w/FFK
Note from the President
Hello FFK members. Our January Program: Jeeping in the Southwest was very informative and interesting. Thank you to Bruce and Janis Robinson for sharing their experiences through photos taken while “jeeping” and various other gold nuggets of information.
March 1 is World Friendship Day marking the founding of Friendship Force in 1977. The program for February will be an opportunity to celebrate this event by gathering in friendship and sharing a meal. In keeping with Friendship Force’s mission of promoting global understanding across the barriers that separate people, you are encouraged to attend a lunch buffet of Indian cuisine at Aroma Restaurant. Invite your friends to attend. There is more information regarding this event on the previous page. Please do not miss out on this opportunity to sample various Indian foods with friends.
Ideas are in the incubator for additional programs of interest in 2025 including personal as well as club related travel and cultural experiences. There has also been interest expressed to conduct “Friendship Dinners.” These are like small group dinners when we are hosting ambassadors or on a journey, but with our own club members and their friends.
As stated in last month’s newsletter, new members should be receiving a membership survey soon asking how they would like to participate in FFK’s journeys, programs and club administration. Please respond to this survey as soon as possible. If you were not at the January meeting, you are not aware that the club needs a member to step up and into the Program Chair position. All members are invited to participate in club committee and events; the more the merrier.
In friendship, Karen Scott, President