The Friendship Force of Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley - A World of Friends is a World of Peace

Club Gathering - Sunday April 13, 2 pm - Mennonite Home Multipurpose Room, Albany - general club business & presentation by a Sudanese International Scholar Aya Ari- snacks provided - BYO beverage - all are welcome!
"Samurai In The Oregon Sky" film showing - Saturday May 17, 10 am - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis Fellowship Hall - 2945 NW Circle Blvd, Corvallis - see https://www.samuraiintheoregonsky.com/ for film details - all are welcomed - donations accepted
Club Gathering - Sunday May 18, 2:30 pm - CPI Building Community Room, Philomath - general club  business & a presentation by a Japanese OSU International Scholar - snacks provided - all are welcome
Met, Eat and Get Acquainted Gathering - May TBD - Sharon's Cafe Corvallis - all pay their own way.
Club Annual Summer Picnic - Sunday August 17, noon - Fort Hoskins Historic Park, Philomath - everyone brings food and beverage to share - tour of the on-site historic buildings at 2 pm - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hoskins

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Our Mission

The 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.
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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. 

Japanese dance lesson complete with costuming

Club Journeys 2024-25

We travel to make friends and to promote the causes of peace and international understanding.
A World of Friends is a World of Peace 

Mar 26 - Apr 1 - San Antonio Texas outbound journey
May 30 - June 5 - Birmingham Alabama inbound journey

 

Inbound journey from Tokyo Japan, June 2024 included a trip to Columbia Gorge waterfalls