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
We’re about to host 11 ambassadors from the San Antonio Friendship Force Club! This will be our first inbound Friendship Force journey in two years. The group arrives this Friday, Oct. 22, and that evening we’re having a Welcome Dinner at the Cherokee Bluff Clubhouse. I hope to see many of you there.
The host week, Friday through Tuesday, will be filled with activities, and many opportunities for hosts and ambassadors to learn about each other and make great memories.
If you are wondering what hosting is really like, come to the November general membership event when the FFK San Antonio hosts will talk about their experiences.
There will be another opportunity to host in April 2022 when the Greater Des Moines, Iowa, Friendship Force Club visits Knoxville.
We hope to be traveling again in the summer and fall 2022. Stay tuned for information in future newsletters and emails.
I hope to see you soon in person!
Jayne Raparelli, President