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.
Due to voting conflicts with room availability, we will be meeting at a different location this month.
The program will include a brief FFI new membership information video, which will also be a great refresher for more experienced members. In addition, Randy Thomson will give a brief orientation to our local website and the FFI members portal. There will by a Q&A opportunity after the presentations.
Randy will be available after the presentation to assist any members to get access to their MyFF portal account. However, you will need access to your email, either through your phone or your personal tablet/laptop, if you don't know your MyFF password. Or, you may be able to access you email via the web if you have your email username and password.
Light refreshments will be provided.
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 often held immediately following our Ethnic Luncheon on the third Saturday 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.
Our Ethnic Luncheons celebrate the rich ethnic diversity of North Texas. They are held at noon on the third Saturday of the month.
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.
Check back in March for the location of our next Ethnc Luncheon.
Come join us for good food, good company and good conversation.
We have not been assigned an Inbound Journey for 2026.
Due to travel difficulties to the host club that we were assigned for 2026, we regretfully declined FFI's offer of an Ambassador Journey. Members are encouraged to check out the opportunities to join another club's Journey or visit an independent host through the FFI member portal
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.
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.
Dean and Jane Peyton are going on a non-FFI sponsored trip to Portugal, April 14-23, and would like to invite others to go with them.
Initial downpayment is due soon, so if you are interested, check out the information in Dean's info file.
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.