The Friendship Force of Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley - A World of Friends is a World of Peace
Meet, Eat and Get Acquainted - Thursday June 8 4:30 pm - Squeaky Cork, 136 S 1st Street, Albany (pay your own way)
General meeting open to all - Sunday, July 16 2 pm - Mennonite Village, Lakeside Center, Albany
Next outbound journey - June 13-29 Edmonton and Winnipeg Canada
Next inbound journey - July 31 - August 6 - Denver CO Club
Our MissionThe Friendship Force of Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley is one of over 300 clubs in Friendship Force International, a non-profit, non-sectarian cultural organization focused on promoting understanding, cultural education and citizen diplomacy through homestay Journeys and personal friendships. We are based in more than 60 countries and on six continents, with 15,000 active members and over 300 Journeys taking place each year.
Through these exciting personal encounters, strangers become friends – and we know that by experiencing different views, we can discover common ground. Our programs bring diverse people together into each other’s cultures and homes to share one-of-a-kind experiences not available to regular tourists. Members are home-hosted by locals - ordinary people like you, living all over the world, eager to welcome you into their culture and lives. This video is an introduction to the operation of Friendship Force. For more information contact us. Members of The Friendship Force of Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley come from Albany, Corvallis, Philomath, Salem and surrounding communities in the central Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon.
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Balinese dance lesson in Denpasar, Indonesia
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Club Journeys in 2023 - 2024
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We travel to make friends and to promote the causes of peace and international understanding.
A World of Friends is a World of Peace |
2023
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2024
June TBD Inbound from Tokyo, Japan
TBD Inbound from Charlotte, North Carolina TBD Inbound Mini from Sacramento |
During our Journey to Big Canoe, Georgia we completed several painted panels which will decorate the walls at the Grace Center in Corvallis, Oregon in collaboration with the Foundation for Hospital Art.