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Sunday October 12th Your choice of three times / locations / food types: |
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• Madras Pavillion -101 S. Coit (SE corner Coit and Belt Line) Dal Rich Center. 972-671-3672 Indian vegetarian buffet. $12 plus drink and tip. Pay restaurant at the restaurant. Group will meet with host Lee Latham at 1:30 pm |
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• Andreas Italian -101 S. Coit (SE corner Coit and Belt Line) Dal Rich Center. 972-234-6814 Soup OR salad, entree, dessert, drink, tip - $12. Entree choices: eggs benedict florentine with fruit and potatoes; pan seared tilapia and vegetables; pork loin with vegetables; chicken penne pasta. Beer/wine available (separate checks for these). $12 check payable to FFD to be given to host Wendy Whaley before or at restaurant. Group will meet with host Wendy Whaley at 1:30 pm |
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• Tukta Thai - 9625 Plano Road Dallas 75238 - SW corner Plano and Walnut Hill just S of LBJ (Plano Rd. exit). 214 342 0121
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Reserve by e-mail or phone to Annette Dempsey by Oct 5th – asdrn@hotmail.com Give your 1st and 2nd choice; Annette will confirm your reservation.
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2008 Meeting Schedule Watch this Events page for more details as program details are
finalized.
Meals may cost more if not ordered in advance, so please be aware of
reservation deadlines. (We need a more accurate count!)
January 20th, 1:30 pm BRUNCH (3d Sunday - note date difference - because we're going to be at SW conference 2nd
Sunday)
Food: Choice of 2 Chicken or 2 Beef or 2 Cheese Enchiladas - with rice and beans. Price includes tip. ALL drinks are extra...$2 frozen margaritas, domestic beer, wine; $1.75 tea and coffee; $3.99 scrumptious desserts
At Pasand Restaurant (Indian) - 1377 W. Campbell at Coit - SE corner Cost: $16 including tip and tea/soft drink OR $20 at the door Reserve: Send check made to Friendship Force of Dallas to Paula Rose by Feb 5 Coordinator:
Mary Latham March 9th, 5 pm
Door Prizes:
Travel Memoir/Short Story books
Program: UTD faculty member Dr. Ming D Gu will speak about the newly opened Confucius Institute at UTD. Coordinator: Martha Durst Cost: Pay at restaurant $8.99 plus tax, drink and tip for huge Chinese buffet. Reserve: Paula Rose by April 7th.
$13 including gratuity and tea/coffee/soft drink choice of 1) veal w/ mushrooms 2) Tilapia (grilled or blackened) 3) lemon chicken 4) Spanokopita (Greek spinach pie) All come with Greek salad, rice pilaf or potatoes (depending on entree), house special green beans. Dessert extra...$1.50 wine/beer $3.50. Check to FFD to Paula Rose by June 3. Pay at door $17!!!!
Small group dinners in members' homes with discussion and good eats! A great way to get to know folks and visit with old friends.
September 14th, 5 pm -
Oasis Palace Restaurant - Spring Valley - 327 W. Spring Valley Rd, Richardson (about 2 blocks east of Central on Spring Valley) 972-235-6111
Program: Presentation on Egypt and the 50th Anniversary of Sister Cities: Zia Shamsy; Report on Harrisburg Exchange: Frits Andeweg and Mary Williams; Election of officers
October 12th - Small group brunches or dinner in restaurants. Your choice of three times / locations / food types:
Reserve by e-mail or phone to Annette Dempsey by Oct 5th – asdrn@hotmail.com Give your 1st and 2nd choice; Annette will confirm your reservation.
At Thanksgiving Square - 1627 Pacific Ave. Dallas 75201 (Downtown Dallas between Akard and Bryan) 214-969-7012
Reserve: Call or e-mail Paula Rose by Nov 5th: paularose2000@hotmail.com
See http://www.thanksgiving.org for more
information on Thanksgiving Square.
at Chimneyhill Clubhouse, 9223 Emberglow 5 pm Details coming.
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Friendship Force Dallas Club is hosting the best SW Regional Conference ever!
See how we can put into practice FFI goals to See details on SW Conference 09 tab. |
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Planning is well under way. Any members wishing to volunteer can contact Wendy Whaley. Registration forms and flyers will be sent in October and will be available online. More information will be coming through the year.
When: Friday - Sunday, February 6-8, 2009 Registrations received by December 31, 2008 pay $90 (regular rate). Registrations received after December 31 pay $100 ($10 late fee).
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2008 International Conference
Friendship Force 31st International Conference on Australia's Gold Coast!
2008 conference is being held October 2- 5, 2008
at the Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort, Gold Coast Australia, which is
where Queensland meets New
South Wales on the east coast of Australia. The
airport is at Coolangatta. Just south of Brisbane, the Gold Coast
boasts of 35 miles of white sand beaches, islands, perfect temperatures,
nearby mountains, wildlife and national parks, and friendly people. The
conference will be followed by homestays nearby and tours.
This event will take place in Okinawa, Japan - November 19-22, 2009. |
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World Friendship Day - March 1
Letter from FFI president George Brown: I’m
pleased to forward a resolution that was passed today by the United
States Senate in recognition of our World Friendship Day. Dear Friends, Around the world this weekend thousands of Friendship Force members will be celebrating OUR day—World Friendship Day. This is now our fourth year for using March 1 as the universal day for celebrating the achievements of our global network. It has also become a time for us to renew our commitment to the mission of creating friendships across the barriers that separate people. The vision for the Friendship Force was announced by President Jimmy Carter from the White House 31 years ago today. For more than three decades, thousands of citizen ambassadors and hosts have discovered that they CAN make a difference —that it is possible for each of us to make a contribution to creating a better world, one friendship at a time. I will be celebrating World Friendship Day this year with the members of the Friendship Force of Lake Hartwell, Georgia, just a few hours drive from Atlanta. In addition to reflecting on past achievements, we will be launching an exciting new venture, a teacher exchange with Indonesia. In May of this year, the Lake Hartwell club, working with Anderson University in South Carolina, will host a delegation of 20 English teachers from Jakarta, Indonesia (six of them can be seen in the photo on the right). The teachers will also be hosted by the Friendship Force of Charlotte, North Carolina. This is a wonderful opportunity for Friendship Force clubs to work with educators in their communities to promote international understanding among teachers and students. The teacher exchange is made possible in part through a grant from the FFI Legacy Fund, which was established three years ago when we initiated the first World Friendship Day and that so many of you have helped grow with your contributions. In recognition of the importance of this new initiative, World Friendship Day contributions to the Legacy Fund this year will be dedicated to the expansion of our teacher exchange program. I hope you and your members will consider this a great opportunity to work together to advance the goals of Friendship Force around the world. Best wishes to all of you for the coming year! In friendship, George T. Brown, Jr. |
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Click here for Dallas Photos, March 1, 2005 - World Friendship Day
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Open Doors Weekends
The "Open Doors Southwest"
weekends are underway.
Each club in the Friendship Force Southwest Conference has agreed to home
host members of other SW Conference clubs for a 3-day weekend. The weekend may be chosen to coincide with a
special event in the host club's city.
For 2007:
FF Fort Worth hosted an "Open Doors" from September 6-9, 2007.
FF Oklahoma hosted an "Open Doors" from November 15-18, 2007 in conjunction with the Celebration of the Oklahoma State Centennial (the weekend that includes the day of statehood). In celebration, there were many special events in Oklahoma City and nearby cities including a concert at the OKC Ford Center featuring "Big Name" Oklahomans on Nov 17. Guthrie had reenactments related to statehood. The event was from Thursday November 15, having great activities and friendship building November 16-17 and departures on Sunday, November 18.
Jim Young (jim_and_berry@hotmail.com) is the contact for Open Doors events. Please tell edward perez you are going if you sign up.
Exchanges
See Other Clubs page for festivals and other clubs' exchanges.
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Partners
For those wishing to volunteer to be a conversation partner to those from other countries wishing to practice English, consider these opportunities:
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International Organizations' Events
See the websites of Friendship Force International for more exchanges, and Dallas/Fort Worth International, the World Affairs Council and the Dance Council for listings of local international events; see listings below for travel/ volunteer opportunities.
www.dallasworld.org/connections
Subscribe to DFW International weekly e-mail of events at: http://dfwinternational.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/international
Dallas Peace Center
Video on the Costa Rican Department of Peace - Rita Marie Johnson (who recently spoke in Dallas) http://dallaspeacecenter.org/SumDin/2008/Bios/Johnson/Videos
Sunday, September 21, 2008
the region's newest and largest international festival
Addison Circle Park, NW corner of Arapaho and Tollway, under the Addison water tower
Addison's WorldFest is produced by the Town of Addison in partnership with DFW International Community Alliance.
4970 Addison Circle Drive Addison, Texas 75001 please share with friends, and click on the links for schedules and details Top |
| Folkdancing
Want to learn to folkdance or contradance? Have a fun place to dance and experience different cultures?
Check the schedule for both these groups at http://www.geocities.com/nttds/sched.html |
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Mu Phi Epsilon and the Dallas Public Library
October 12: Piano Students from St. Olaf’s College
playing compositions of Nordic composers. FREE and open to the public |
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Balkan
Music Nights
Enjoy two very special Friday evenings at The Blue Danube European Restaurant & Café in Arlington!
There will probably be informal/spontaneous line- and single-dancer dancing in the restaurant.
(It has never been otherwise at any Balkan concert!) Think Greek or Jewish wedding... No lessons necessary! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3jAjjik0Kk&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te9Bc54umPA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FpwZFPvnmQ&feature=related
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Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change Crow Collection of Asian Art WHEN: Saturday, May 17, 2008 - Sunday, September 28, 2008
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Other
Volunteer Opportunities Best Friends Animal Society, 435-644-2001;
www.bestfriends.org Habitat for Humanity International, 229-924-6935; www.habitat.org/gv Lodge at Whitefish Lake, 1-877-887-4026; www.lodgeatwhitefishlake.com Rock Resorts, 1-888-367-7625;
www.rockresorts.com (click on "Special Offers")
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