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• Incoming Journey with South West Florida

  • Start
    June 01, 2022
  • End
    June 08, 2022
  • Location
    Sacramento

  
  

  We are excited to welcome members from the Friendship Force Club of South West Florida for a week in June. Please contact Kathy DeBlonk (916 988-2224) or deblonk@comcst.net on information on how you can be involved. All hosts and ambassadors will be fully vaccinated.

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• Welcome Lunch for Ambassadors and Club Members

  • When
    June 02, 2022
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Pinebrook Village Clubhouse at 7900 Folsom-Auburn Road in Folsom
  • Registered
    48 registrants

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  Welcome Lunch-You're Invited!

  Let's show the Sacramento FF style welcome to our Ambassadors from S. Florida with a fun and delicious luncheon.

  June 2nd at Pinebrook Village Clubhouse

  Directions:  Turn on light at Pinebrook Drive, Clubhouse is straight ahead on Overbrook Dr.

  Between Folsom Dam Rd and San Juan Water District office

  A lunch tray will be provided as will beverages.  We are asking members to bring side dishes and/or desserts for 8 people.  

  A-C  Chips and dip

  D-O Side dishes for potluck lunch; salad, fruit, veggies 

  P-Z Dessert

  There will not be an additional charge to participate, and we hope we have a huge turnout for this important event.

  Please register so we know how many to expect.  

  Can you help with set up and or clean up?  Please let Kathy H. know at kathleen-hart@sbcglobal.net or 916.8988.8266

  
  

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• California Dreamin' 60's Themed Farewell Party

  • When
    June 05, 2022
  •  
    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Gail and Richard Bird's Home- 4438 G St, Sacramento
  • Spaces left
    1
  • Registered
    53 registrants

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  Let’s relive the 60’s in our tie-dyed apparel, flowers in our hair and our favorite tunes from the 60’s. It’ll be a blast from the past! Join us for an evening of fun, food, music and friendship as we bid farewell to our SW Florida Ambassadors.

  A yummy chicken dinner, water, tea and coffee will be provided.  BYOB

  Registration deadline is May 23rd and is non-refundable after that date.

  
  

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• Shutterbugs Zoom-In Meet Up

  • When
    June 09, 2022
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom-In from wherever you are
  • Registered
    3 registrants

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  Join us for an introduction to: 

  Isolate the Subject

  FF Sacramento Shutterbugs tell the FF Story with appealing visuals and encourage others to join us in our mission to cross barriers that separate us as people and to build peace through friendship, and to have fun!   All skill levels from novice to experts, all camera types (phones to DLSRs) welcome.  

  See our FFSAC Shutterbugs Share Site on Shutterfly to  see our photos.   Have a question, suggestion or want to join Shutterbugs, send an email to ffsacshutterbugs@gmail.com.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• FF Sacramento Board Meeting

  • When
    June 13, 2022
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    10 registrants

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  The Sacramento Friendship Force Board Meeting is open to all.

  Please register so we can send you instructions on how to join the Zoom meeting.  If you have any questions before then, contact Chris at webmaster@ffsacramento.org or call 1-916-712-6979.  You can also get some training on Zoom by watching this video.

   Send agenda items to our President, Ray Missman at president@ffsacramento.org

  
  

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• FF Sacramento Shutterbugs - FLEXPERIENCE

  • When
    June 16, 2022
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Location TBD or Zoom meeting
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Isolating the Subject
  

  Each month we have a different theme for our photography challenge.  The "Flexperience" is a "flexible" experience.  Sometimes we meet in person to practice our skills together and other times we meet via Zoom to discuss how to create the shots we want.  NOTE: the date and time may change so go ahead and register to be kept in the loop on our latest plans.

  
  

  FF Sacramento Shutterbugs is a cluster of Friendship Force Sacramento members interested in learning more about and perfecting their photography, editing, and presentation skills for personal and FFI publications. We are all volunteers helping each other improve and having fun doing so. JOIN US!

  Beginners to Professionals, Smartphones with cameras to DSLRS all welcome.

  See our Shutterbugs ShareSite

  Want more info? Contact ffsacshutterbugs@gmail.com

  
  

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• Shutterbugs Zoom-In Meet Up

  • When
    July 07, 2022
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom-In from wherever you are
  • Registered
    Be the first

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  Join us for an introduction to: 

  Marketplace Photography

  FF Sacramento Shutterbugs tell the FF Story with appealing visuals and encourage others to join us in our mission to cross barriers that separate us as people and to build peace through friendship, and to have fun!   All skill levels from novice to experts, all camera types (phones to DLSRs) welcome.  

  See our FFSAC Shutterbugs Share Site on Shutterfly to  see our photos.   Have a question, suggestion or want to join Shutterbugs, send an email to ffsacshutterbugs@gmail.com.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• FF Sacramento Shutterbugs - FLEXPERIENCE

  • When
    July 21, 2022
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Location TBD or Zoom meeting
  • Registered
    Be the first

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  Marketplace Photography
  

  Each month we have a different theme for our photography challenge.  The "Flexperience" is a "flexible" experience.  Sometimes we meet in person to practice our skills together and other times we meet via Zoom to discuss how to create the shots we want.  NOTE: the date and time may change so go ahead and register to be kept in the loop on our latest plans.

  
  

  FF Sacramento Shutterbugs is a cluster of Friendship Force Sacramento members interested in learning more about and perfecting their photography, editing, and presentation skills for personal and FFI publications. We are all volunteers helping each other improve and having fun doing so. JOIN US!

  Beginners to Professionals, Smartphones with cameras to DSLRS all welcome.

  See our Shutterbugs ShareSite

  Want more info? Contact ffsacshutterbugs@gmail.com

  
  

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• FF Members' Meeting: The Cuban Reality

  • When
    July 24, 2022
  •  
    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    Be the first

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  The Cuban Reality

  For our Friendship Force of Sacramento July meeting, our keynote topic will be a look at Cuba: the current reality of the relationship between Cuba and the United States, legal travel to Cuba and what is the reality of Cubans living in Cuba.  Each American presidential change brings a new policy change between Cuba and the United States. COVID has brought new challenges to Cuba in many ways. Cuba has created their own vaccines and 92% of their population is vaccinated.

  Our speaker, Paul Bardwil, is the owner and president of Global Educational Facilitation. Bardwil has been directing educational travel since 1995 to Mexico, Cuba, Spain, Guatemala and Italy. Bardwil is the only American working directly with the ministry of culture in Cuba. Bardwil has worked with Sac. State, Sonoma State, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Woman’s University, and University of North Texas to name a few. Bardwil also has had the pleasure of taking Jeannie Shultz, the widow of Charles Schulz, to Cuba and facilitated Snoopy being painted in a well-known mural art project in Havana, Cuba.

  Stay after the meeting for some other club business and announcements.

  Photo credit: By Pedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA - Cuba, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82962490

  
  

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• Shutterbugs Zoom-In Meet Up

  • When
    August 04, 2022
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom-In from wherever you are
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  
  

  Join us for an introduction to: 

  Climate Change Photography

  FF Sacramento Shutterbugs tell the FF Story with appealing visuals and encourage others to join us in our mission to cross barriers that separate us as people and to build peace through friendship, and to have fun!   All skill levels from novice to experts, all camera types (phones to DLSRs) welcome.  

  See our FFSAC Shutterbugs Share Site on Shutterfly to  see our photos.   Have a question, suggestion or want to join Shutterbugs, send an email to ffsacshutterbugs@gmail.com.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• FF Sacramento Board Meeting

  • When
    August 08, 2022
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    2 registrants

  Register

  

  The Sacramento Friendship Force Board Meeting is open to all.

  Please register so we can send you instructions on how to join the Zoom meeting.  If you have any questions before then, contact Chris at webmaster@ffsacramento.org or call 1-916-712-6979.  You can also get some training on Zoom by watching this video.

   Send agenda items to our President, Ray Missman at president@ffsacramento.org

  
  

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• FF Sacramento Shutterbugs - FLEXPERIENCE

  • When
    August 18, 2022
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Location TBD or Zoom meeting
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  
  

  Climate Change Photography
  

  Each month we have a different theme for our photography challenge.  The "Flexperience" is a "flexible" experience.  Sometimes we meet in person to practice our skills together and other times we meet via Zoom to discuss how to create the shots we want.  NOTE: the date and time may change so go ahead and register to be kept in the loop on our latest plans.

  
  

  FF Sacramento Shutterbugs is a cluster of Friendship Force Sacramento members interested in learning more about and perfecting their photography, editing, and presentation skills for personal and FFI publications. We are all volunteers helping each other improve and having fun doing so. JOIN US!

  Beginners to Professionals, Smartphones with cameras to DSLRS all welcome.

  See our Shutterbugs ShareSite

  Want more info? Contact ffsacshutterbugs@gmail.com

  
  

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• Pikes Peak and Western Colorado Outbound Journeys

  • Start
    August 23, 2022
  • End
    September 05, 2022
  • Location
    Colorado

  
  

  We are now accepting applications for our outgoing journey to two clubs in Colorado!  Although planning is in progress, here’s what we know so far:

  • Dates:  Colorado Springs Aug 23 – 30, Grand Junction Aug. 30 – Sept 5
  • Clubs can host up to 17 ambassadors.
  • Costs:  estimated total fees $890, not including airfare.
  • Potential activities:  Colorado Springs:  Cog Railway to Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, US Air Force Academy, Glen Eyrie Castle (1903).  Grand Junction:  Arches National Park, wineries, etc.
  • This will be a popular journey, so it is likely we will prioritize applications according to those who have contributed the most effort in support of the club.  So if you don’t hold an office, consider organizing a local event for our members or volunteering to assist in event or journey planning and hosting.  The incoming journey from Florida needs more home hosts and dinner hosts!  Also, we give priority to new members who have not yet participated in a journey. 
  • Participants must be vaccinated and boosted, and be capable of the physical activities proposed, such as walking for moderate distances.
  • Submit applications to Ambassador Coordinator Helen Flach, kwflach@aol.com, 530-756-7316 (h) or 530-902-7543 (m).  Application form found at https://www.thefriendshipforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ambassador-Application-and-Agreement.pdf

  
  

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• FF Sacramento Board Meeting

  • When
    September 12, 2022
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    2 registrants

  Register

  

  The Sacramento Friendship Force Board Meeting is open to all.

  Please register so we can send you instructions on how to join the Zoom meeting.  If you have any questions before then, contact Chris at webmaster@ffsacramento.org or call 1-916-712-6979.  You can also get some training on Zoom by watching this video.

   Send agenda items to our President, Ray Missman at president@ffsacramento.org

  
  

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• FF Members' Meeting: Oktoberfest & Annual Elections Meeting

  • When
    September 25, 2022
  •  
    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  

  May Meeting

  Plans being developed -- check back later!

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• FF Sacramento Board Meeting

  • When
    October 10, 2022
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    1 registrant

  Register

  

  The Sacramento Friendship Force Board Meeting is open to all.

  Please register so we can send you instructions on how to join the Zoom meeting.  If you have any questions before then, contact Chris at webmaster@ffsacramento.org or call 1-916-712-6979.  You can also get some training on Zoom by watching this video.

   Send agenda items to our President, Ray Missman at president@ffsacramento.org

  
  

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• Ribeirao Preto, Brazil Inbound Cancelled

  • Start
    October 17, 2022
  • End
    October 23, 2022
  • Location
    Sacramento

  JOURNEY CANCELLED

  The Friendship Force Club of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, has informed us that they must CANCEL their planned October 17-23, 2022 trip to Sacramento. This would have been our first international inbound journey in over two years and we were very excited to be welcoming our visitors.

  Their club (and all Brazilian FF clubs) have had quite a time with the pandemic and are finding their members are just not ready to travel yet. We wish them our best and hope to see them in the next year or so.

  Rona Katz at ronasuca@gmail.com or 916-765-3820.

  
  

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• FF Sacramento Board Meeting

  • When
    November 14, 2022
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    1 registrant

  Register

  

  The Sacramento Friendship Force Board Meeting is open to all.

  Please register so we can send you instructions on how to join the Zoom meeting.  If you have any questions before then, contact Chris at webmaster@ffsacramento.org or call 1-916-712-6979.  You can also get some training on Zoom by watching this video.

   Send agenda items to our President, Ray Missman at president@ffsacramento.org

  
  

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• FF Members' Meeting: Topic TBD

  • When
    November 20, 2022
  •  
    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  

  May Meeting

  Plans being developed -- check back later!

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• FF Members' Meeting: Holiday Party

  • When
    December 03, 2022
  •  
    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  

  May Meeting

  Holiday Party
  (Annual Installation Meeting)

  Folsom

  (more details later)

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• FF Sacramento Board Meeting

  • When
    December 12, 2022
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    1 registrant

  Register

  

  The Sacramento Friendship Force Board Meeting is open to all.

  Please register so we can send you instructions on how to join the Zoom meeting.  If you have any questions before then, contact Chris at webmaster@ffsacramento.org or call 1-916-712-6979.  You can also get some training on Zoom by watching this video.

   Send agenda items to our President, Ray Missman at president@ffsacramento.org

  
  

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