Next FFK Events

Take a few minutes and visit the Calendar Page for the most up-to-date information about all coming FFK events.

                                                                                                Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Annual Meer=ting at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom Please attend for election of Officers for 2023.

                                                    Tuesday, November 29, 2022 Trip to Abington, Virginia to watch the play "Over the River and Through the Woods "at the Smith Theatre.

                                                  Sunday, December 4, 2022 Holiday Party at Highland Place Club House from 2 to 4 p.m. The Club will provide light appetizers plus a special home made eggnog. Members are asked to bring their special holiday or Christmas cookies to share with others.

                                                   Wednesday, October 12, 2022  Welcome Dinner for Uzbekistan Judicial Guests. Gathered at 6:30 p.m. at Tennessee Valley Unitarian  Universalist Church Members were  asked to contact Jayne Raparelli about items to bring.  

                                                     Tuesday, September 27, 2022 General Membership Event via  Zoom gathered 6:30 p.m.   President Jayne Raparelli opened the meeting at 7 p.m. Guests were introduced. Open World chair Betsy Tonkin explained Open World, gave background information about Uzbekistan, and introduced the guest speaker, Retired Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Weddle, who spent over a year in Uzbekistan teaching prosecuting attorneys.

Total attendees: 20. Six guests and 14 FFK members. 

Guests: Speaker Greg Weddle, Rusha and Bert Sams, Carl and Nancy Shea, and Joan Clevenger.

FFK Members: Leslie Badaines, Helen Bachrach, Rebecca Bryant, Joanne Hayden, Diana Lopez, Jean Mayer, Ron Mayer, Art Mitchell, Marsha Mitchell, Jayne Raparelli, Bruce Robinson, Janis Robinson, Courtney Shea, Betsy Tonkin.

Meeting ended at 8:15  

                           Tuesday, August 23, 2022 twenty  members enjoyed a beautiful late August afternoon, with temps in the mid 80's with low humidity having lunch under shade trees  outside at Union Place Bar & Grill.

Ambassadors who participated in the Lower Columbia Journey and Idaho Journey presented a spirited presentation of their times out West making everyone who had not attended wishing they were there too.

                              Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Postponed with Program to be Rescheduled at a Later Date.

                             Wednesday, June 22, 2022 Joint Meeting with FF Western North Carolina beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Shelton House and Gardens in Waynesville, NC.

                              Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Lunch at Suttree Landings Par from 1:00  to 4:00 p.m. The Club will provide chicken tenders and boiled shrimp. Members are asked to bring side dishes  and desserts.

                               Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Welcome Dinner for 10 Ambassadors from FF Greater Des Moines at 6:00 p.m. at Cherokee Buff Club House, 1839 Cherokee Bluff Drive. FFK members are asked to contact Sandy Kehne a bout what they can bring.

                               Sunday, April 24, 2022 Farwell Dinner for Ambassadors from FF Greater Des Moine at 6:00 p.m. at Calhoun's on the River. FFK members are asked to contact Mike McDonough to make dinner reservations

                                  Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Membership Event. via Zoom. 

Program Committee Chair Marsha Mitchell introduced the guest speakers, her sister, Rusha Sams, and her brother-in-law, Bert Sams.  

Rusha told us about her experiences at a cooking school in Marrakech, and then a two-week journey she and Bert took to Morocco’s legendary cities.   Fifteen FFK members attended the event. Rusha and Bert Sams were the two guests.   The event ended at 7:50 p.m 

                                Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Membership Event via Zoom.    Program Committee Chair Marsha Mitchell reviewed plans for a joint FFK-FF Western North Carolina social event. The February General Membership Event was a presentation by FFK members Susan Dakak and Susana Navarro-Valenti on their November 2019 trip to Cairo and Ancient Egypt.  A total of 22 FFK members attended the event. There were no guests present.  The event ended at 8:10 p.m.

                    Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Membership Event. Gathered at 6:30 p.m. for the 7:00 p.m. presentation by by Bruce Robinson, Janis Robinson, Leslie Badaines, and Western North Carolina FF member Harriet Hilton about their journey to San Antonio in 2021.  

       FFK Journey Coordinator Leslie Badaines announced an upcoming domestic outbound journey to Lower Columbia, June 1-7, 2022. 

A total of 20 people attended the event: 16 FFK members and four guests: Betsy Tonkin’s brother, Jim Smoot, and three members of the Western NC Club: Harriet Hilton, Larry Harvey and Ellen Brazauskas.

The event ended at 7:50 p.m.