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Inbound exchanges consist of a visiting club coming to you;
members of your club will host the visitors for one week. Both clubs will participate in
some events; at other times, the individual host family and/or day host will spend time
with their guests, showing them the culture and lifestyle of their country.
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Outbound
Exchanges
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Outbound exchanges usually consist of one
club visiting another club for one to three weeks of homestay (one week with each club) in
another country, living with people in the host club. The homestays may be followed by an
optional tour. Groups are from 10-40 people, with 20 being an average.
See the article in a recent AARP Magazine: Real
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Exchanges
2010
 We have
been assigned one outbound in 2010 to Greater Izmir, Turkey - in October and one inbound from
Haliburton Highlands, Canada - in April.
These exchanges have been accepted. Details for the Izmir exchange are listed below
and on a separate page.
Our International Exchange dates are:
You are invited to experience TURKEY!
Dallas, USA to Greater Izmir, Turkey
Exchange October 7 - 24, 2010
Exchange #10017
Departing DFW: Oct 7, 2010 - Arriving Istanbul, Turkey: Oct 8, 2010
Cultural, historical, and ethnic tour of Turkey: Oct 8-17
Homestay with Izmir Friendship Force Club: Oct 17-24
Return to Dallas from Izmir: Oct 24, 2010
Enjoy a paradise of beautiful scenery, ideal climate, friendly and hospitable people and a magnificent past in the "cradle of civilization." Be a part of the Friendship Force of Dallas exchange to Izmir and experience this land of historic treasures from 13 civilizations spanning 10,000 years.
You may participate in:
o Tour of Turkey only: Oct 8-17: $1,163 to $1,536 plus airfare
o Izmir Club homestay only: Oct 17-24: $665 plus airfare
o Tour of Turkey and Izmir homestay: Oct 7-24: $1,828 to $2,201 plus airfare
In a pre-exchange tour for 10 days, 9 nights visit Istanbul – the city in two continents, the capitol in Ankara, strange rock formations of Cappadocia, the dervishes of Konya, coastal Antalya, petrified falls of
Pamukkale, ending in Izmir. Cost will vary depending on the number of participants.
The homestay in Izmir features visits to the Anthropological and Ethnographic museums, Balcova Thermal baths (how about a swim or massage?), historic site of Ephesus with overnight stay, home of the Virgin Mary, local craft factories and villages plus experiencing the Turkish food, culture and hospitality.
Make this exchange your #1 destination for 2010!
For more specific information and an application form, please contact Exchange Director: Zia Shamsy -
zia_shamsy@yahoo.com
Deadline for application: March 15, 2010
See full Izmir
Exchange Flyer
and Turkey fact sheet
UPDATE: This exchange is full. You
may place your name on a waiting list.
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Inbound: from Haliburton Highlands,
Ontario Canada - April 17-24, 2010 - Dallas ED: Paula Rose;
Halliburton Highlands ED: Andy Cooper. Signup sheets for events for the exchange will
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Schedule:
Sat 17th: Arrival. Evening - welcome party at Brud Kisner's
Sun 18th: Mandolyn Farms ranch; lunch at Clark's BBQ. Afternoon free
Mon 19th: Arboretum; home hosts provide picnic or buy lunch there. Afternoon free
Tues 20th: Dallas downtown bus tour; walk Arts District; lunch at DMA; museums on your own
Wed 21st: Walk at White Rock Lake; Bathhouse
museum. Lunch Dixie Lakewood.
PM: Bluebonnet photos
Thurs 22nd: Free morning. Fort Worth - noon train. Sundance Square, stockyards.
Dinner Habaneros in stockyards. Billy Bob's line dancing; return evening train
Fri 23rd: Free morning. Lunch on your own (in Grapevine? Rainforest Cafe?)
Tour Delaney Vineyards in Grapevine.
Evening - farewell dinner at Chimneyhill clubhouse
Sat 24th: Depart for San Antonio
In addition, we are confirmed
for these Domestic Exchanges:
Tentative Schedule:
Sat 12th: Arrival. Evening - welcome party
Sun 13th: Mandolyn Farms ranch
Mon 14st: Free day
Tues 15nd: Dallas Day am and lunch
Wed 16rd: Arboretum am. Evening - small group dinners
Thurs 17th: Fort Worth day - 10 am. Evening - Billy Bob's in the Stockyards
Fri 18th: Free day. Evening - farewell dinner
Sat 19th: Depart
Contact these people to volunteer: Georgia Sigalos - home hosts
Jackie Bluhm - day hosts ; Jim Bourn - Dallas Day;
Paula Rose - Arboretum
Pam Varney-Terrell - trip to the horse ranch;
Ed Edgren - welcome dinner;
Mary Williams - printing
Contact Dale to volunteer to coordinate a farewell dinner, small group dinners or
your suggested activity.
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Colorado - August 13-19, 2010 - ED: Jim Bourn; A deposit of $100
is required, but there will be additional fees - minimum $175. GOOD NEWS – they can take as many as 30
people! Applications must be in by April 1, 2010.
 Our club has been invited to have an outbound exchange with Friendship Force Northern Colorado from the 13th to 19th of August 2010. This is the week preceding our exchange with the Montana club. For those Dallas members going to Montana, it would be a chance to add a week to your trip. For those not going to Montana but who would like to spend a terrific week in the Front Range of the Rockies, this is your chance!
FF Northern Colorado is a large, very active club whose members live in Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, and Windsor. Rocky Mountain National Park is in the club’s back yard, and the entrance is at Estes Park.
Other places of interest nearby include two sculpture parks in Loveland; Centennial Village in Greeley where Poudre Trail, noted for its wildlife, is located; and several well-known breweries that include the famous Fat Tire beer and Budweiser with its famous horses. Nearby also is the Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory with its famous Mint Room that takes your breath away and the interesting Leaning Tree Card company that has a wonderful collection of
Western art.
More information about the club and its location and activities can be obtain from their web site
http://home.comcast/net/~ffncolo/.
Contact Exchange Director Jim Bourn: airbourn@tx.rr.com.
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Exchanges
2011
Exchange Coordinator Ray Enstam submitted to
the International office our request for 2011 exchanges.
UPDATE: We have been assigned an
outbound exchange to Melbourne and Tamworth, Australia and an inbound from Ottawa, Canada, subject to approval by the
clubs involved. They have been approved by the Dallas Board. More details to come.
Domestic Exchange
pending:
| Outbound exchange to San Francisco
Bay area - date in
2011 TBA. Chairman Dale Klosterman is contacting clubs for possible domestic
exchanges.
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Exchanges
for 2009
The Dallas club participated in these 2009 international exchanges and
domestic exchanges:
| Inbound exchange from San Francisco
club -
April 25 - 30, 2009. Dale Klosterman,
Exchange Director and Hilda Klosterman Assistant ED (The SF club visited San
Antonio 4/19-24 before coming to Dallas.) Our exchange concluded with a good time
had by all.. See schedule for the week. See Photos.
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We received this letter from Gail Boyd,
ED, on September 2, 2009:
April 19-30, 2009
The exchange directors, Mary Jordan (San Antonio) and Dale Klosterman (Dallas) had planned our visit with a “Get ’em up and ride ’em out” schedule every day—little time to set your “boots” out on the porch!
We begin this travelogue by thanking the San Antonio and Dallas clubs for their gracious hospitality, both in their homes and on the days of adventure and discovery around their beautiful cities. The welcome and farewell parties gave us a very traditional feeling of the Friendship Force, bringing strangers together who have the common goal of making friends, and made us want to stay just a little bit longer.
In San Antonio, Fiesta Week activities included parades, parties, mariachi music, and traditional Mexican and
Tex/Mex food. The lineup for evening festivities included: The Texas Cavaliers River Parade, Mexican Market Square and Mariachi River Parade, NIOSA (Night In Old San Antonio) and Friendship Force potluck dinners.
The Battle of the Flowers Band Festival was held in the Alamo Stadium where 3,000 youths performed and competed for ribbons. As Luree Miller wrote on this, her first exchange, “Hats Off to Texas” about the local high school marching bands competing for top honors. All of us had that heart-warming feeling, seeing the support of family and friends for these young musicians, both on the field and in the stands.
On our last day, we attended the Battle of the Flowers Parade, which stretched across downtown San Antonio for miles. One of the traditions was to yell out to the Queens in the beautiful gowns on the passing floats, “Show Your Shoes, Show Your Shoes!” To our surprise, they ranged from boots to sleepers.
Before we arrived in Dallas, Luree Miller and Katherine Kleinke returned home. Lorne and Angela Hill, of the Burlington/ Hamilton Friendship Force Club, joined us in Dallas for the remainder of the exchange. Once we all met our hosts and had barely unpacked, it was off to the Mesquite Rodeo, a “Real Texas Festival.” For many of us it was our first “live” rodeo. It will never be the same again to just watch it on TV. Lots of boot stomping and yip, yips from both the spectators and the cowboys in the ring!
Our next day out on the Texas plains was to horse country in Aubrey, Texas, to tour the Mandolyn Hill Ranch, an Arabian horse farm. Many of their horses are trained to become racing horses, which have won trophies here in California and in other states. (No betting tips given!) Day three, a day of showers, did not keep us from the Dallas Arboretum. Mary Alice van
Doorn, an experienced Ambassador and FFSFBA member, wrote, “The Dallas Arboretum is an absolute treasure trove! …many wonderful displays of flora and fauna.”
The week went fast. Dallas Day was spent at the Book Depository’s 6th floor and President John F. Kennedy Memorial Museum, which documents the day President Kennedy was assassinated. Then the DART bus tour of downtown stopped at an amazing bronze sculpture of a lifelike cattle drive, sculpted by Texan Robert Summers, which graces a 4.2-acre plaza in front of the City Hall and the Convention Center. (There are three riders, a Gringo, a Mexican, and an Indian.) Then off to the Cadillac Bar for more great
Tex/Mex delicacies.
Somehow we managed to have a free day with our hosts before the drive to Fairview, Texas, for the Farewell party where we had some Southern cuisine and a teardrop or two.
Lori and I would like to take the opportunity to thank our exchange team: Mary and Donald Pelland, Booklet and Exchange Banker; and Bruce Wilner, Texas Cultural Historian.
—Gail Boyd and Lori English
Texas Exchange Directors
| Outbound Exchange to Sibiu, Romania -
May 13 - 26, 2009. Ed Edgren, Exchange Director and Teresa
Wilkin, Assistant ED. (Ed did not go on the exchange.) UPDATE 6/11/09:
This exchange has concluded with a Dallas contingent of nine ambassadors and four
members from other clubs joining us.
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exchange was a great opportunity to visit Friendship Force friends in Sibiu and Brasov
and to tour within Romania, as
interest in travel to this region is continually growing. Since the two Romanian
clubs have hosted Americans and now wish to host people from other countries, this may be the last American exchange for awhile!
We visited the historic area of Transylvania and walked through picturesque castles, medieval churches and citadels. Included was a two night
stay in Bucharest with
a city tour there; a drive to Sinaia to visit Peles Castle; a stay in a ski resort area near
Brasov (Brasov and the Black Church pictured here) for a two night stay; visits with our Brasov friends; then on to
the Sibiu Friendship Force Club for a seven-day homestay; day excursions from Sibiu were
planned by our hosts. The group returned to Bucharest on 5/25 for flights home on 5/26.
Cost was approximately $1700 - without airfare or meals on the tour portion.
There was considerable walking, much of it up many steps. Exchange participants should
be aware that exchanges in other countries often include more strenuous exercise than
they may be accustomed to at home, and come prepared to walk and to be flexible. See the
itinerary and more information: Sibiu
Romania.
See photos in the July
2009 Newsletter and the Sibiu Photos page.
| Outbound Domestic Exchange to
Sacramento - August 3 - 8, 2009. Mary Williams, Exchange Director. The group of 12 visited Lake Tahoe, Murphy - a
small gold mining town in the foothills, a trip to the big trees in Calavaras, a winery tour, a tour of the Capital in downtown Sacramento, and a visit to the railroad
museum, "the railroad was and is a big deal here" plus a "free
day." And of course parties! Those participating arranged their own travel to Sacramento
individually, arriving on August 3rd and departing on August 8th. A good time was
had!
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Click here to see the information flyer. See
Photos from the trip and a report in the Sept 2009 newsletter.
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Inbound exchange from Taupo, New
Zealand - October 11 - 18, 2009. Paula
Rose, Exchange Director. CANCELED by the Taupo club.
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Two of our members led special
national exchanges in 2009:
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Ray Enstam was ED for a national Spanish
language school experience with homestay in Bogota, Columbia - July 11 - 18, 2009.
See flyer here.
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| Teresa Wilkin was appointed ED for a
national Discover
China trip (similar to one in 2008) with homestay in Nanjing: September 14 to October 1, 2009
or returning October 5 for an extension to celebrate China’s 60th Independence
Day (a major holiday!) in Beijing, plus a visit to Hangzhou and a final night in Shanghai.
She promoted the trip during the Southwest Regional Conference with a Chinese New Year banquet on February 8, 2009.
UPDATE: 6/15/09: FFI's fall Discover
China trip has been CANCELED
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Jazz
in Fort Worth
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Fort Worth include a visit to Jazz on the Boulevard in Fort Worth on Sept 12, 2009
(see below). Wendy Whaley
coordinated the Jazz on the Boulevard
weekend in Fort Worth on Sept. 12th with the Fort Worth Friendship Force club. Our club members
were hosted for an evening of jazz, with a Saturday
homestay. A reciprocal visit to Dallas was coordinated by Paula Rose for the
weekend of November 14/15 to see the new Performing Arts District and enjoy our
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2010
Southwest Conference
 Rio Grande Valley club
hosted Friendship Force Southwest Region on Feb 5-6, 2010. FFI President, George Brown,
was the featured speaker.
It was held at the Grand Casa Real Hotel, McAllen TX. Attending from Dallas were Jim
Bourn, Dale Klosterman, edward perez, Paula Rose, Dora and Ed Stahl, Mary suther and
Carolyn Williams.
From Jean Ellis:
I bid you welcome to come to our Conference to be held in the Rio Grande Valley “The
Land of Two Summers.” We anticipate temperatures to be in the high 70ºs with lots of
sunshine and some wind. Isn’t that better than snow and ice?
We hope while you’re here you will visit some of the spots we take our Friendship
Force Ambassadors when they are here. A SAFE town in Mexico is just a few miles away.
While there, without an appointment, you can get dental work done at about ¼ the cost
in US in CLEAN dentist’s offices. Or perhaps you’d like a haircut, corn rows or a
pedicure. Maybe its Margaritas and dancing or shopping with vendors bargaining with you.
Padre Island is fun with its sandy beaches, sea food restaurants Dolphin tours and
museums (no public transportation to Padre) On the subject of Museums we have several in
our area.
And isn’t it a great hotel rate? Of course there are LOTS of other Motels including a
Motel 6 Studio. Restaurants—we have all the Chains PLUS Ethnic (not including Mexican
& Chinese) JUST ASK US !!!
We think we have a great conference scheduled. Remember ours in 2001??
Just fill out the reservation form and send it (with your money) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Cuz--we only have a few working members.
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2010 International
Conference
Washington, DC in October 2010
Friendship Force members from
around the world are invited to register now for the 2010 World Conference in Washington,
DC
Saturday, October 16, 9:00 a.m. - Monday, October 18, 12:00 p.m.
Conference highlights include:
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Building the Friendship
Force of the future. Plenary sessions and leadership workshops on how to grow your
club for the future. Sessions will feature new initiatives in membership growth,
exchange planning, club management and publicity; along with tips on how to design new
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The Friendship Force as
Citizen Diplomacy. Prominent speakers from a variety of Washington-based
international organizations and government agencies will introduce Friendship Force
leaders to the growing global movement known as citizen diplomacy. You’ll learn how
important our mission is in today’s world and how you can connect with organizations
in your community that share our goals. |
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Networking. You’ll be
part of a global gathering with Friendship Force leaders from six continents. There
will be ample opportunity to meet your counterparts, learning from their experiences
while you enjoy developing new friendships. |
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Fun! Having fun is a
requirement at any Friendship Force gathering, and Sunday’s gala banquet will be an
evening you’ll long remember. Entertainment, music, dancing, and camaraderie. The
theme of our banquet is "World Costume," so feel free to wear your national
dress or any items you have acquired overseas during your Friendship Force travels! |
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Explore Washington. The
Renaissance Hotel (http://cwp.marriott.com/wasrb/friendship/)
is located in the heart of downtown Washington and is ideal for experiencing the rich
history and culture of the nation's capital. You’ll want to take advantage of the
amazing array of museums, historic sites and cultural activities. |
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Join a post-conference
homestay. Following the conference travel to a Friendship Force club in the region
for a four night homestay. A great way to conclude your World Conference week. |
Conference Fee is US $280. Fee
includes:
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All workshops and coffee
breaks |
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Plenary sessions with keynote
speakers |
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Lunch on Saturday |
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Breakfast on Sunday |
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A gala banquet with dancing
and entertainment Sunday night, and |
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A closing plenary with
high-profile speaker Monday morning |
An optional four-night
post-conference homestay in the region is available exclusively for conference
participants for an additional $100. UPDATE: As of March 1, all homestay spots are
filled. FFI is in process of trying to get more homestay opportunities.
Hotel room reservations are not
included and should be made directly with the Renaissance Hotel at (http://cwp.marriott.com/wasrb/friendship/).
Quote our discount code FFIFFIA for our special rate of $199 per room per night!
Read all about the conference and
reserve your space at the Friendship Force 2010 World Conference now at www.regonline.com/2010_world_conference
There is also an international
exchange to Long Island and New Hampshire preceding and including the conference from
October 3 - 19. See Other Clubs.
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New Outbound Exchange Policy
At the June meeting the Board of Friendship Force of Dallas adopted a new policy regarding expenses of outbound international exchanges. The club will now add an additional $50 on the exchange fee (now set by Friendship Force International at $265.00). The proceeds of this fee will be used to pay the air travel expenses of the exchange director. No club assets will be used to pay this expense. The amount paid will not exceed the amount collected from this fee and will be the lesser of $1,000 or the price of the airfare. In the past when Friendship Force International made the travel arrangements for the exchanges using group rates the airlines would give free airfare to the director if there were 20 travelers, and a prorated amount for fewer travelers. Since Friendship Force International stopped arranging air transportation the directors have lost this benefit and the Board thought that this was discouraging many persons from applying for the job. A survey of other Friendship Force clubs revealed that most have adopted a similar policy.
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 Southwest
Conference 2009
Dallas hosted the 2009 Southwest Conference on February 6, 7, 8, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dallas.
Wendy
Whaley was conference coordinator.
Explore •
Understand •
Serve
Friday:
Meet new friends and renew friendships from the ten clubs in our Southwest Conference in
our Hospitality suite with private patio. Attend
small group dinners at area restaurants hosted by FF Dallas members
Saturday:
Attend
buffet breakfast, hear speakers, FFI representative, morning workshops; see club displays,
have lunch, attend afternoon workshops and SW Club reports, enjoy social hour, evening
banquet and entertainment. (Three meals and parties
included in the fee!)
Sunday:
Attend optional
buffet breakfast and say farewells in our Hospitality suite. Host and/or participate
in one-day post-conference home stay
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for 2008
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Inbound from Kempsey, Australia
- May, 2008.
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UPDATE 1/21: Kempsey was canceled due to
lack of participation.
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Outbound to Turrialba, Costa Rica
- October 7-14, 2008, for one week homestay and one week tour. This was a joint exchange with Austin. Ray Enstam
was the
Exchange Director. Click
here for more information.
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UPDATE from Ray - 8/22/08:
To all Costa
Rica participants
I just got my copy of the second quarter Friendship
Magazine and on page 8 there is a story entitled "Learning the Tico Way"
regarding the education exchange to Costa Rica that John Whaley told us about at the
monthly meeting several months ago. John's picture is on the upper right of
the page. "Tico" is a word that the Costa Ricans use to refer to
themselves. Turrialba is in the central plateau so hopefully we won't have the
temperatures the article refers to!
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Outbound Inter-club Exchange to
Harrisburg, PA - July 1-7, 2008. Cost: $100 (get there on your own). We enjoyed a
fun time of sightseeing - visiting the state capital
and governor's home in
Harrisburg
; Hershey and the Amish country around Lancaster
and
Gettysburg; and enjoying a special 4th of July program on their waterfront. This
exchange had 16 people participate. Frits
Andeweg was the Exchange Director.
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Travel plans were the responsibility of each person since many people drove. Many
participants incorporated family visits and sightseeing into this trip. The website www.Virginia.org
is an excellent website for all of Virginia.
A reciprocal inbound exchange from Harrisburg is pending for a later date.
Frits presented a short report (with photos) on the exchange at the September 14th
meeting.
See
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Costa Rica Humanitarian Trip
Club member John Whaley joined a Friendship Force International exchange 
to Costa Rica in March. The group traveled to tiny Brasilito on the Pacific coast where
they brought school supplies and taught English for the town's school of 150 kids. The
school has very few resources and needs a computer and photocopier. The group hopes to
raise funds to provide these as well. Our club has donated $250 to purchase equipment.
If you would like also to donate to the equipment fund, you can send a tax
deductible check made payable to Friendship Force International, 233 Peachtree St., Suite
2250, Atlanta, GA 30303 attn: Ana Smulski. John will tell of his adventures at the June
club meeting. Three photos from the school are shown here.
UPDATE: This letter was received June 14, 2008 -
Dear Wendy:
Thank you and the Friendship Force of Dallas for your contribution of $250 to the Costa
Rica Humanitarian School Fund through Friendship Force Internaponal.
Your commitment to assist the local school in the village of Brasilito with needed
teaching aids, books, student supplies, clothing, computers and equipment is sincerely
appreciated. We're excited about the vast array of new opportunities our members have
for changing the way they see the world through the perspective of understanding and
respect between people as a result of personal connection through the "force of
friendship."
Again, thank you for endorsing this grand vision, and then working with us to make it a
reality.
In friendship,
George T. Brown, Jr.
President
UPDATE: See the article on this exchange in the Second Quarter 2008 issue
of Friendship Magazine.
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Open
Doors Weekends
The "Open Doors Southwest" concept is 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.
The Fort Worth club hosted the first Fort
Worth event on September 17-19, 2004 for a weekend of Jazz on the Boulevard and the Latin
Arts festival. Jazz on the Boulevard is a free event on the lawn north of the Will Rogers
Complex and includes free concerts. Many excellent jazz musicians performed and two tours
were also offered. These events added options for the weekend visitors.
Two
Open Door Events were scheduled for September and November of 2007 in Fort Worth and
Oklahoma City. Please see Open Doors Events on the Events
page.
Fort
Worth has invited Dallas for Jazz on Sept. 12th, 2009. Wendy Whaley is coordinating the Jazz on the Boulevard
weekend in Fort Worth on Sept. 12th with the Fort Worth Friendship Force club. Jim Young has agreed to host our club members for an evening of jazz, with a Saturday
homestay.
The Fort Worth club can probably host no more than 15 or 20 members, so please contact Wendy
by September 6. Don't forget we have an evening meeting and program on the 13th, so plan to return to
Dallas on Sunday!
Paula Rose will coordinate a visit from Fort
Worth to Dallas in November to see the new Performing Arts District.
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Other
Club Exchanges and Festivals
You many join an outbound exchange from any
other club from your country.
Also listed are missions, festivals, and other hosting opportunities. Go to the Other
Clubs page to see where you can go!
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Recruiting
for Exchanges
From Lauren Tepley, Communications
Coordinator, Friendship Force International
There are two questions club leaders always
seem to ask:
How can we get new members?
How can we fill our exchanges?
FFI has worked with experienced volunteers to develop answers to these questions, answers
that are practical and based on proven results. The purpose of the World Exchange Recruiter
program is to begin to give concrete steps to expand membership AND fill exchanges. The goal
is to fill 200 spaces on exchanges through the World Exchange Recruiters and connect with
300 hosts in the Friendship Force community.
How? World Exchange Recruiters will:
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Be up-to-date on all upcoming exchanges
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Actively recruit members from within
their club to travel with other clubs
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Be responsible for distributing the
monthly on-line FFI e-flyer to all members
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Be the contact for new and current
members to discuss all exchange opportunities available in the United States
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Promote all outbound US exchanges in
whatever way your club authorizes
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FF World Exchange Recruiter
Want the early scoop on upcoming FF exchanges? Want to help get these exchanges
filled so friendships can be formed around the world? Below is information on a new program
that FFI is starting. If you are interested in becoming FF Dallas' "World Exchange
Recruiter," contact Paula Rose at paularose2000@hotmail.com.
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Travel Insurance
Please continue to use Travel Guard Travel Insurance as your preferred travel insurance
provider if you are traveling on a USA outbound exchange. The policy is available online
at www.travelguard.com. Click on the agent
link box in the top right hand corner and enter the number 122525. Click on
the products tab at the top of the page and select your state of residence. Or call
1-800-826-7489 giving them the same number to identify yourself as a Friendship Force
member. You can use this insurance for all Friendship Force travel or your own personal
travel too. Be sure to get insurance that pays for your return to the U.S. in case you
need to come home.
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