Unless otherwise noted, begin with a social period at 6:30 PM followed by the formal meeting at 7:00 PM on the first Friday of March, June, September and December. Members, guests, and interested persons are invited to attend. Location and details will be published in the newsletter, and provided below.
Unless otherwise noted in the Calendar, Board meetings are held at 4:00PM on the third Sunday of each month, at the Benbrook Public Library, 1065 Mercedes St., Benbrook, TX 76126. No Board meeting is scheduled for those months with a quarterly meeting.
Ethnic dinners occur monthly, on the third Friday, except during quarterly meeting months. Meeting time is 6:30 PM, unless otherwise noted. If possible, please contact Stan Parker (817)784-6003 or Taylor Stephens-Parker (817)991-9182 by Wednesday prior to the dinner, in order to assist in determining a reservation count.
Byblos Lebanese RestaurantNote that the ethnic dinner is on Thursday at 7, not Friday at 6, this month.
Byblos is one of our favorite ethnic restaurants. Stan and Taylor have negotiated a discount for our club. The regular $18.00 evening buffet will be $14.00, including gratuity. Belly dancing starts at around 7:45. Contact Stan or Taylor (see info above) by Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Bogota, Columbia - May 13-19 2012
Dallas and Fort Worth will be joint hosts to the Friendship Force of Bogota, Columbia in May 2012. We each will host 20 ambassadors from Bogota from May 13-19. We will join together for Welcome and Farewell Dinners, and for a day each in Dallas and Fort Worth. We will each provide separate activities for the remainder of the week. Bill Worthley is the Exchange Director for Fort Worth's part of this exchange. If you are interested in hosting or otherwise assisting with this rewarding activity, contact Bill. There are many and varied ways in which you can be involved in this unique exchange opportunity.
Ghana, Africa - 2012
The Board voted to return this exchange to FFI.
The 2012 Southwest Regional Conference of Friendship Force International will be sponsored by The Friendship Force of Kansas. It will be held at in the Hotel at Old Town, in Wichita, KS, March 23-24.
Regional Conferences are always a great place to renew old acquaintances, and establish a connection with members of our sister clubs in the southwest. George Brown, Executive Director of FFI will be there to speak and answer questions about the current state and future plans at Friendship Force International. The guest speaker will be Claude Puntel. She is the owner of the Cross Cultural Assimilation Institute where people and businesses are taught how to work and relate with people of other cultures. Her talk should be invaluable in sharpening our skills in interacting with ambassadors and hosts of other countries and cultures.
In addition, there will be workshops on many interesting topics, several of which will be presented by members of the Fort Worth club.
Make plans to join the fun in Wichita in March 2012. Click here to download the registration form, and here to download a flier with more details.
“KinoMondo”, a foreign film series, is sponsored by the Office of International Student Services at Texas Christian University each year. Admission is free, and refreshments are served. The public is invited, every Wednesday at 6:30PM through the Fall and Spring Semesters.
Films are shown in Lecture Hall #4 of the Sid Richardson Physical Sciences Building, on the TCU campus. Lecture Hall #4 is on the lowest floor. Several members of the Friendship Force of Fort Worth enjoy attending on at least a monthly basis.