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Contents International
Exchange Domestic Exchanges Silent Auction at the May General Meeting
FFSFBA in the Community
Area Group Activities
Club News
Contents International
Exchange Domestic Exchanges Silent Auction at the May General Meeting
FFSFBA in the Community
Area Group Activities
Club News
Contents International
Exchange Domestic Exchanges Silent Auction at the May General Meeting
FFSFBA in the Community
Area Group Activities
Club News
Contents International
Exchange Domestic Exchanges Silent Auction at the May General Meeting
FFSFBA in the Community
Area Group Activities
Club News
Contents International
Exchange Domestic Exchanges Silent Auction at the May General Meeting
FFSFBA in the Community
Area Group Activities
Club News
Contents International
Exchange Domestic Exchanges Silent Auction at the May General Meeting
FFSFBA in the Community
Area Group Activities
Club News
Contents International
Exchange Domestic Exchanges Silent Auction at the May General Meeting
FFSFBA in the Community
Area Group Activities
Club News
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Vol.
22 No. 3 SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA NEWSLETTER A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Hello folks! Whew, half the year has gone already! How many people have you introduced to F.F. this year? How many of our new brochures have you given to others? Let’s get on the ball and see what YOU can do to increase our membership. There are so many people working hard in our club, you would be amazed at the work some people have accomplished. So next time you see a board member or someone who has helped out, give them a big thank-you. Alas, our first effort at the ‘open world’ program will not happen this year, in spite of all the work done by Alice Needham. We will try next year with more time for planning. The picnic is coming up soon, and I do hope all of you will be there to enjoy our special kind of friendship. Our friends from Japan are hovering in the wings for our upcoming exchange, so help Darlene make this a fun experience for them and you. What a great time we had in Atlanta! We had a little trouble with the southern language but were treated royally by our hosts, and “southern hospitality” is alive and well. It was fun having FFI President George Brown at our farewell dinner. He was quite inspiring about future plans for our organization. Some of us are off to Canada today, so we will soon tell you more than you ever wanted to know about our trip to the far north! Working for a world of PEACE, —Joy Hewett, President@ffsfba.org INCOMING JAPAN EXCHANGE AUGUST 22–28 We are working on plans for the incoming exchange from Osaka, Japan. We expect the Japanese to arrive from Colorado at SFO on Monday, August 22 at 10:30 a.m. and depart Sunday, August 28 at 12:30 p.m. There are now only 8 Japanese coming on this exchange. —Darlene Boyanich, Japan Exchange Director
JAPANESE CONSULATE MEETING JULY 13 This meeting, arranged by Alice Needham, is an opportunity for us to visit a foreign consulate and learn about Japan, as well as serving as the cultural meeting for the Japan exchange in August. It should be fun. Our speaker will be Matthew Kohut, the Cultural Affairs Coordinator. All Friendship Force members and interested friends are welcome, but hosts for the Japan exchange are especially urged to attend. There is space for 100, but a head count is needed a week in advance, so that sufficient materials will be available. Join us on Wednesday, July 13 at 2:00 p.m., at the Consulate General of Japan, 50 Fremont St., Suite 2200, San Francisco. It is one block off Market Street. Montgomery or Embarcadero are equally convenient BART stops. There is some talk about meeting for lunch beforehand. I will let you know more later on that. Please phone or email me by the end of June if you wish to attend. —Darlene Boyanich, Japan Exchange Director MILWAUKEE DOMESTIC EXCHANGE Our Club will host the Milwaukee Friendship Force Club October 25–29. There will probably be an opportunity for our members to go there in 2006. If you are interested in hosting or being the exchange director for this exchange, please call Elinor Wilner.
ATLANTA EXCHANGE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS Nineteen ambassadors from our club traveled to gorgeous springtime in Atlanta, Georgia in April for a five day exchange. We were housed very comfortably in the homes of our hosts. The day after we arrived, the Atlanta club had arranged a tour of the city for us. We rode through the Buck Head neighborhood of lovely estates, visited the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and attended the presentation at the Cyclorama. After lunch we had a tour of CNN headquarters. Roger even had a chance at being a (practice) news anchor. In the evening there was a picnic at Stone Mountain with a fantastic laser light show. The following day the club took us to the Cabbage Patch doll “nursery.” After a southern buffet lunch, we took a hike to twin waterfalls through the woods covered with spring wildflowers. Some of the ambassadors were treated to a progressive dinner and others were invited to a barbecue. The following days we went separate ways, which included a visit to the Jimmy Carter Center for most. The exchange was capped off by a farewell dinner at a restaurant. With our new friends in Atlanta we had the privilege of an address by George Brown, President of FFI, outlining the challenges and his vision for Friendship Force. If this sounds like fun to you, and you would like to meet some very nice people, sign up for the next exchange and enjoy the experience yourself! —Katharine Kleinke, Exchange Director
SILENT AUCTION AT GENERAL MEETING MAY 15 Thirty-three members and guests attended the May 15 F.F. General Meeting in San Rafael. Many of the attendees enjoyed competing for successful bids at the Silent Auction. Thanks to all who participated by donating items and services and to those who purchased items, we took in $1,448.50. This amount will be sent to FFI in Atlanta, earmarked for the Legacy Fund, which will help start new clubs in various parts of the world. Thank you all for your generosity! We are very grateful to our donors: George & Harriet Anderson, Darlene Boyanich, Gail Boyd, John & June Cademartori, Don & Mary Ann Dillon, Dave & Dee Gustavson, Joy Hewett, Karen McCready, Peter and Juthica Stangl, Ken and Lan Tran; and to our buyers: George & Harriet Anderson, Bernice Batchelder, John & June Cademartori, Herb Clough, Diane Demo, Lori English, Dave & Dee Gustavson, Joy Hillman, Margaret Kingery, Karen McCready & Barry Rader, and Karen Mitchell. There were a few remaining items, which will be offered by Silent Auction at the September 11 General Meeting at the Los Altos Library. The proceeds from these items will be donated to our club treasury. There’s still time to join in on the fun and donate an item or a service. If you have items, please call Dee Gustavson.
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AT STANFORD Our club was represented at the International Festival at Stanford University’s International Center on May 7. F.F. members June Cademartori, Dave and Dee Gustavson, Louise Heiduk, Karen Mitchell, and David Rice helped staff the table, answer questions, and disseminate information. It’s amazing how many people we meet who have never heard of Friendship Force, so it’s important to use every opportunity to spread the word about our organization. —Dee Gustavson, Facilitator
FFSFBA IN FREMONT PARADE JULY 4 The 2005 Fourth of July Parade in Fremont will have a FFSFBA entrant. Steve Cooper’s White VW “Thing” will have green crepe paper around the rollbars, a circle of Flags of the World on the back deck, green & white balloons flying, led by our FFSFBA banner carried by some grandchildren involved, on the one mile parade route in No. Fremont. We’ll be handing out FFI green flyers and singing “Let There Be Peace On Earth.” We invite 20 or more participants to join us to advertise our wonderful club that spreads Peace in the World! —Mary Alice vanDoorn AREA GROUPS ACTIVITIES AREA COORDINATORS MEETING The next FFSFBA Area Coordinator's meeting will be a potluck on July 18 at 11 a.m. at Karen McReady's home in Fremont. Arrea coordinators from the seven areas wil convene to share past and present activities, as well as brainstorm about new ideas for future events. – June Cademartori, Coordinator
AREAS 1 AND 2 On May 29, Area Groups 1 and 2 spent a fabulous day in Marin. We had a great brunch at Dipsea Restaurant in Mill Valley and then went to Gabriella Moore-Gordon’s houseboat “The Hippo” in Sausalito. Her paintings are wonderful—African wildlife, birds, flowers, portraits and farms of Africa. After looking at the paintings, Gabriella gave us the opportunity to experience our own interpretation of several of her paintings, which we all discussed. It was very interesting to hear the different views. Attending were Gail Boyd, Elizabeth Shumway, Lori English (a new member), Dottie Schaefer, Darlene Boyanich, Roger Riffenburgh, two friends of Gail—Dee Stuever and Ann Hayward (a prospective new member). I’m sorry more people couldn’t attend. You missed a wonderful outing. —Elizabeth Shumway
AREA 7 You are invited to a potluck luncheon in the backyard of Karen Mitchell and David Rice, on Saturday, July 23 at 12 noon. The hosts will provide barbecued chicken and hamburgers. Please RSVP to Karen Mitchell to indicate what you can bring. Suggested dishes include green, potato, pasta, or any other salad, dessert, or drinks. Karen will have just returned from her first FF exchange to Vietnam (July 2–18) and will be happy to share her adventures, experiences and pictures with you. We look forward to seeing you there. AREA 7 On May 2, Area 7 organized a trip to San Francisco to visit the Opera House, Davies Hall, and the Herbst Theater. The group enjoyed a wonderful lunch at nearby Trader Vic’s. Elizabeth Shumway was honored to be serenaded by our glorious voices on her birthday. —Janis Maurry, Area 7 Coordinator AREA 7 Planning the May outing at the Feb. 26 potluck lunch at Janis Maurry’s Los Gatos home, Area 7 attendees decided to visit the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker in Berkeley. On Monday May 23, Joanne and Norm Crane and Laura Sternberg learned that the company started manufacturing in 1997, after being founded a year earlier by a doctor and his patient, and moved to the restored 1906 brick building in 2000. During the introduction, we sampled generous samples of the four kinds of chocolate. After a tour of the factory, we lunched at Cafe Cacao (pronounced 'ka-cow’). We declined the pressed chocolate sandwich but not the chocolate mousse for dessert. And we stopped back by the store to buy chocolates to take home, as well as for one more sample of the unique Scharffen Berger hot chocolate. —Laura Sternberg CLUB NEWS NEW BROCHURES AVAILABLE Thanks to our publicist, Alice Needham, and committee members Karen McCready, Barry Rader, and Roger Riffenburgh, our club has new brochures. We appreciate all their efforts in producing these great looking green brochures! The brochures will be available at the July 10 picnic, so take home a handful to distribute to friends, at service club functions, to display on bulletin boards, etc. They also created a green flyer, which is now available. Let’s think of creative ways to spread the word about our fabulous organization!
HELP! WE NEED A PORTABLE LANDMARK! We seem to be missing the windsock that our late member Jo Ann DeRoos made for our club. It would be great to have something prominent to display beside our meeting place. If anyone is interested in creating a green and white windsock, banner, or some equivalent, please contact President Joy Hewett. 2005 FFSFBA COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STANDING COMMITTEES EXCHANGE DIRECTORS SUPPORT COMMITTEES 2005 CALENDAR
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