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://www.thefriendshipforce.org/
Note from the President
Many FFK members perform tasks that keep our club operating, including Club Officers & Chairs, the host and ambassador coordinators, the people who host an Manyd participate in inbound journeys, and the members who assist in various ways with activities and journeys. But for this September issue, I’d like to thank and give special recognition to the following members for their recent efforts:
· Betsy Tonkin, Marsha Mitchell and Courtney Shea, Open World coordinators, for planning the upcoming Uzbekistan judges’ visit. All members are invited to attend the Oct. 13 reception at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. See article on page 2.
· Leslie Badaines, ambassador coordinator for leading the October-November outbound journey to Australia.
· Diana Lopez, nominating committee chair. Diana has put together a full slate of officers for calendar year 2023. Members will vote on the slate at the November 22 annual meeting.
· Marsha Mitchell, for organizing the Nov. 29 Barter Theatre event in Abingdon, Virginia, assisted by Gail Tyson. It’s not too late to sign up for this event. See article on page 3.Note from the President
Jayne Raparelli, President