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://friendshipforce.org/
Note from the President
Friendship Force ended February with a big hit!
FFK ambassadors to Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico, Barbara Elder, Leslie Badaines, and Bill Cherry, presented a wonderful program of their November journey at lunch at a local Mexican restaurant. The program was well attended, including by several new members and guests. Kudos to the presenters and Program Chair Marsha Mitchell who made all the arrangements!
Now that spring flowers have arrived, spring and early summer programs and journeys have been finalized by hard-working members of our program and journey committees. See details on page 1* for our visit to historic Dandridge on March 26. Always interesting to learn more about our own region as we prepare to host ambassadors from other countries. Did you know Dandridge was founded in 1783 and named for 1st Lady Martha Dandridge Washington? Details for other upcoming programs and journeys are described on pages 2 and 3, respectively.*
Another reminder - if you have not yet responded to the membership survey sent to you in January and again in February, or otherwise volunteered to serve on a FFK committee, or take an active role in FFK, please do so ASAP. The Friendship Force team needs your help!
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Hope to see you in Dandridge!
Betsy Tonkin, President
*Refers to pages in the March 2024 FFK Newsletter