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FFCC Journey to FF Manitoba and FF Ottawa (French speaking)

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15 members of our group have just returned from an awesome two week journey to two truly great clubs in Canada. Treated to some special Canadian treats and friendship, we enjoyed traveling to our northern border friends and sharing our North America continent. We wandered the prairie, toured the RCMP facility, and had a great time eating and conversing with our new friends.

Taste Travelers

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FFCC members, potential members, and past members join together to share a meal. We do this nearly once a month and we call this activity<em><strong> TASTE TRAVELERS</strong></em>! It is your opportunity to share a meal, camaraderie, friendship, conversation and get to know others. Take a look at our calendar for dates, times, and places. Or contact any member to learn more about this fun activity. Mary Dickson is our Activities Chairperson and she is always open to ideas of restaurants, cafes, or your favorite meeting place.

Taste Travelers

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FFCC members, potential members, and past members join together to share a meal. We do this nearly once a month and we call this activity<em><strong> TASTE TRAVELERS</strong></em>! It is your opportunity to share a meal, camaraderie, friendship, conversation and get to know others. Take a look at our calendar for dates, times, and places. Or contact any member to learn more about this fun activity. Mary Dickson is our Activities Chairperson and she is always open to ideas of restaurants, cafes, or your favorite meeting place.

2016 Annual Meeting November 12, 2016

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FFCC held elections at the recent annual meeting and heard presentations about the Indonesian and Dallas Texas exchanges including pictures and personally handling some souvenirs from the adventures. New officers were elected: Gwen White as President, MaryLu Wilson as Vice President, Marguerite Morin as Secretary, and Lori Reynolds as Treasurer. Congratulations to the club for the successful recruitment of 16 new members during the 2016 calendar year!

Ambassadors return from Dallas Texas exchange October 22, 2016

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Welcome back home to our team of travelers who spent a week in Havana, Cuba, then spent a week being hosted in Dallas Texas by their friendship force club. Highlights included a cattle drive down a street in Fort Worth; eating barbeque at Riscky’s Restaurant; taking a seat in the president’s oval office chair at the George W. &amp; Laura Bush Library; remembered where we were on the day of the JFK assassination while perusing the museum and walking the grassy knoll; walking the art district of downtown Dallas; touring the Top o’ Hill Terrace where we learned about the bootlegging prohibition era exploits; wondered the huge Texas State Fair to find the perfect fried food; and enjoyed a hot afternoon stroll in the shade at the Dallas Arboretum; and many, many meals shared with our hosts and other club members. Some of us even got a chance to buy a new Stetson hat! As always the camaraderie and friendship was endless. Check out the Dallas friendship force’s facebook page for pictures.

2017 Membership Dues including changes

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Due to recent changes in membership dues at FFI, the FFCC Board has modified its club dues to reflect these same changes. 2017 dues will be $30 per person. There will be no discount for couples or families, as each and every member will be counted separately in FFI’s new database and every member will be counted and recorded for each travel experience. Membership dues will continue to be due at the annual meeting, and we will start collecting them at the November 12th meeting. Please bring your checkbook, and remember that this year our annual meeting is being held at a different location, and on Saturday to keep the cost down for the facility. Annual meeting is Saturday, November 12, 1pm at United Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson St. Portland OR

Taste Travelers October 11, 2016 Otto & Anita’s German Restaurant

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Join the Columbia Cascade Friendship Force for the next Taste Travelers adventure. We will all meet at Otto & Anita’s Schnitzel House, Bavarian Restaurant located at 3025 SW Canby Street (in Multnomah Village) Portland Oregon 97219 at 11:30 am on October 11, 2016. Lunch will be ordered individually from the menu and we will have a great time chatting and catching up with our friends. Come join us and try some Dill Pickle Soup! You can even get the recipe.

http://www.ottoandanitas.com

FFCC Annual Meeting November 12, 2016

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Come join us for our annual meeting, potluck luncheon, and elections for new officers. Marge Terdal will present a slide show of the Indonesia exchange this summer. Meet at First United Methodist Church at 1838 SW Jefferson Street, Room 202, Portland Oregon from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm. There is lots of parking in the church parking lot off 18th Street, just south of Jefferson Street. Bring a potluck item, your checkbook to pay annual dues, and join the fun.