Unless otherwise noted, Quarterly Membership Meetings are held at 2:00 PM on the first Saturday of March, June, September and December. The December meeting is traditionally our Holiday Party, and the meeting where official business and election of officers takes place. Members, guests, and interested persons are invited to attend any of our meetings.
Unless otherwise stated, meetings will be held at the Vivian J. Lincoln Library, 8829 McCart Ave., Fort Worth, TX (click for map). Details will be published in the newsletter, and provided below.
Our speaker will be Mr. Rix Quinn. Mr. Quinn is a journalist and author. He has written several books, including Words That Stick and Baby Boomers Speak!. Mr. Quinn has collaborated on a book with former Lockheed Martin Aerospace president and Secretary of the Air Force Gordon England.
More interesting information about Mr. Rix is available in his online biography.
His topic will be "Baby Boomers" based on newspaper research he did in the early 2010's.
You won't want to miss hearing him speak.
Quarterly membership meetings are a good time to chat with old friends, get acquainted with new members and find out what is going on in the club.
Guests and non-members are welcome to join us and find out more about Friendship Force.
Board meetings are held on the third Sunday of the month. Meetings may be online, in person, or a combination of in person and on line.
No Board meeting is scheduled for those months with a quarterly meeting.
Board meetings are open to any member who wishes to attend. Contact an officer or Board member at least 24 hours in advance, for information, if you wish to attend a Board meeting.
Ethnic Luncheons are held at noon on the third Saturday. Please
contact Judy Williams (817) 680-9316 [text, not voice] by Wednesday prior to the dinner, unless otherwise noted below, in order to assist in determining a reservation count.
Restaurants have come and gone. Do you know of a new ethnic restaurant or an old one that we haven't visited in a while? Contact Judy Williams and let her know. She would really like to have your suggestion.
The next Ethnic Luncheon will be announced about ten days ahead of the luncheon. Check back for more information at that time.
Join us for good food, good friends and lots of good conversation. Guests and interested non-members are always welcome.
We will be coordinating with FFI on 2026 Journeys soon.
AzerbaijanThe Azerbaijan club has regretfully cancelled their Journey to Fort Worth for 2025, but hopes to reschedule in the future.
We will be coordinating with FFI on 2026 Journeys soon.
We have not been assigned an Ambassador Journey for 2025. Members are encouraged to check the FFI member portal for International Journeys with other clubs.
Sarasota, FloridaDue to Hurricane Merlin making landfall at Sarasota on the day they were planning to fly to Dallas, the 2024 Sarasota Inbound Journey was been postponed.
Sarasota has indicated that they would like to come during the Texas State Fair in 2026. Feasibility planning is in work.
Your Board is researching opportunities for Domestic Journeys for 2026. Check back later.
See Past Events for previous journeys.
Think Chickasaw country in October. Details to follow.
If you have an interesting place, within 150 miles or so, that you think our club would enjoy, and would be willing to help organize, contact Jeri Edmunds (682) 559-9335. We can put it on the list for this year or next.
In addition to traveling with FF Fort Worth, members have the opportunity to travel with other clubs, take special group tours, and make independent hosting arrangements through Friendship Force International. A continually updated list of opportunities is available at this website.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, FFI and other groups created numerous interesting and entertaining opportunities for Friendship Force members to help us stay involved in international "virtual" cultural events. Many of these activities, including the Book Club, are still going on, post pandemic. The latest Virtual Experiences are available HERE on the FFI website, or go to your My Friendship Force member portal.
FFI also includes a time zone converter link on appropriate Virtual Experience blog entries.
None currently scheduled.