Page 1 Friendship Connections September 2009 September 13, 2009 Gathering, Picnic Potluck in the Park 2:00 pm, Monmouth City Park, Main Street, Monmouth, Oregon CHANGING THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD The Friendship Force of Oregon’s Mid-Willamette Valley Club of the Year — 2000 Friendship Connections Fun at the Hatfield Marine Science Center Vietnam Friendship Ambassadors Visit the Mid-Willamette Valley Xuan, Kathy and Sue visit the bay front shops in Newport After lunch at the Wine Depot Sharon Konopa, mayor of Albany, presented an overview of Oregon government in the City Council Chambers.
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Page 1 Friendship Connections September 2009
September 13, 2009 Gathering, Picnic Potluck in the Park 2:00 pm, Monmouth City Park, Main Street, Monmouth, Oregon
CHANGING THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD
The Friendship Force of Oregon’s Mid-Willamette Valley Club of the Year — 2000
Friendship
Connections
Fun at the Hatfield Marine Science Center
Vietnam Friendship Ambassadors Visit the Mid-Willamette Valley
Xuan, Kathy and Sue visit the bay front shops in Newport
After lunch at the Wine Depot Sharon Konopa, mayor of Albany, presented an overview of Oregon
government in the City Council Chambers.
Page 2 Friendship Connections September 2009
Juanita
On the 7th of August we finished an excellent exchange with Vietnam. Louise and her committee members did an exceptional job in matching, planning activities, and organizing the exchange. We all found out that our ambassadors enjoyed shopping. In my shopping experience we had a hard time finding things to pur-chase that were made in the United States.
Our guests were very gracious people, and I hope all the hosting families and day hosts had as good a time as I did. According to my guest, all the members felt welcomed and did not feel uncomfortable as they do when they travel abroad in some countries. Hiep felt that our club welcomed them with open arms and the people in restaurants or in stores were very friendly to them. He was not looked at as being from a foreign country, but rather as being from here or just as a tourist.
In September I hope that I see all of you at our annual picnic to be held at the Monmouth City Park on Main St. We will have a short meeting and then will have a time for everyone to eat, interact with each other, and have fun.
I hope a lot of you are thinking about our two exchanges (one trip) in Florida which will leave on January 20, 2010. Dorothy Garrett says they have made it sound like they are almost ready for us and have a lot planned. If you are interested in joining the fun, contact Dorothy. Let's all support her and have a great ex-change. (See the details on page five of the newsletter.) The Floridians from both clubs will be coming to visit us in the summer of 2010.
Our club will be hosting ambassadors from Rijnmond, Netherlands in September 2010. It is a great experi-ence to host ambassadors; so I am hoping that you will volunteer to host or day host. It can be very tiring by the end of the week, but also very worthwhile. Joan Rodgers is our exchange director for this ex-change.
I wish to thank all of the board members and ex officio members for volunteering to serve on the board for 2010. It is really appreciated, although it may seem like a thankless job.
See you at the picnic!
In Friendship,
Friendship Force Gifts
The following items are available from Dorothy Stewart, 503-364-3969 [email protected] or at each monthly gathering. For
more products with the new FFI logos, visit the FFI website and the new online store where you can order FFI products directly.
Friendship Force name pins
Friendship Force aprons
(one size fits most)
Friendship Force note cards
Friendship Force luggage
straps
Friendship Force T-shirt
Friendship Force Logo magnets
Friendship Force ball point pens
Friendship Force Story
Friendship Force mugs
Friendship Force tote bag
Club lapel pins
International Cookbook
Fabric for Vests
2009– 2010 Calendar
September 4 1pm Board meeting OSU CU Monmouth
September 13 - Gathering and picnic, Monmouth Park 2pm
October 2 - 1pm Board meeting OSU CU Monmouth
October 11 - Gathering
Jan. 20—31, 2010 - Outbound to Florida
May 2010 - Outbound to Tbilisi, Georgia
June or July 2010 - Inbound from Florida
September 2010 - Inbound from Rijnmond, Netherlands
Membership Application, Renewal and Newsletter Subscription
Annual dues cover the cost of the monthly newsletter and expenses for ex-
changes and activities of the Friendship Force of Oregon’s Mid-Willamette
Valley, as well as membership in Friendship Force International, which pro-
vides discounted prices on exchange travel and other benefits.
Annual dues: Individual: $27.00 Couple: $50
This is a NEW_____ or a RENEWAL _____ Application
I wish to receive the Friendship Connections, without joining_____