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• Annual Holiday Party - Morocco!

  • When
    December 04, 2022
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    3516 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Sacramento 95864
  • Spaces left
    15
  • Registered
    40 registrants

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       Holiday Party 2022

  This year, Friendship Force Sacramento’s holiday party theme is Morocco. We’ll party at the Casablanca Moroccan Restaurant. Our meal is called “The Sultan’s Feast”. It’s a delicious three course meal. We’ll be entertained by a belly dancer and surrounded by beautiful room décor. 

  The meal begins with lentil soup, a seasonal salad, and filo dough with eggs and almonds.  Next you will be treated to dishes such as lemon chicken, spicy meatballs, lamb brochettes, or perhaps beef couscous.  The exact variety of dishes are the chef’s selection. You’ll have a chance to try several Moroccan foods.  If you do not eat meat, you could eat the vegetarian couscous.  The third course of this banquet is Moroccan pastries and mint tea. You can bring your own wine, champagne, or beer, with no corkage fee, but no hard alcohol. 

  There will be a short FFS business meeting - and we’ll keep it short!! 

  Please wear your name tags.

  The craft table will be set up in case you have a few holiday gifts you need to purchase.

  When: Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 1:00 pm.

  Where: 3516 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Sacramento 95864. 

  Cost: $50

  Deadline: November 26

  Registration required! The restaurant can only accommodate 55 guests, so this will be on a first come first served basis and a non-refundable payment must be made no later than Saturday, November 26, 2022.  The payment of $50 per person will be for the Sultan’s Feast and includes the food, the tip, and the entertainment.  Of course, tips for the belly dancer would be appreciated. 

  Parking is free but limited, so car-pool, if possible.

  We hope this unique international experience will bring our membership joy this holiday season.

  Contact Ray Missman (ray@missman.org) if any questions!

  
  

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• FF Sacramento Board 2023 Planning Meeting

  • When
    December 12, 2022
  •  
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    10123 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Old Fair Oaks Village
  • Registered
    9 registrants

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  Charlene Taylor is our club President next year.  This is an in-person planning session for 2023 meetings and events. Start time changed to 2 instead of 4 to help avoid traffic.

  We will be meeting at the Gabris Real Estate office in Old Fair Oaks Village.  The office is near Sunrise and Fair Oaks Blvd at 10123 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Fair Oaks.  Allow 10 minutes to find parking.  There are 4 parking spaces that can be used in the parking lot adjacent to the office marked RESERVED for Gabris Real Estate.  A handicap parking space is in the same lot.

  We look forward to preparing a plan that will encourage all our members to participate in local events, our general meetings and support our inbound journeys.  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Friendship Force Goes to Cuba

  • Start
    March 31, 2023
  • End
    April 08, 2023
  • Registered
    13 registrants

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  Friendship Force Goes to Cuba

  March 31 - April 8, 2023 
  

  The Sacramento Friendship Force has an opportunity to travel to Cuba in 2023.  This is not an official Friendship Force Journey, but we are encouraging our members to participate in this cultural event.

  We will be examining Cuba's art, culture, gastronomy, dance, music and history in this support the Cuban people program. We will be based in Havana but we will also explore Vinales Valley, Matanzas to the east and Las Terrazas to the west. We will explore the wave of new privately owned restaurants or "paladars" in Cuban's homes. 

  Facilitator: Paul Bardwil Paul has been traveling to Cuba designing cultural programs for universities, hospitals and specialized groups since 1998. His passion is to give Americans the opportunity to formulate their own opinion of the forbidden island called Cuba. He has unparalleled contacts in Cuba and finds nuggets of enjoyment in Cuba with each trip, whether it be historical, musical, sports, dance or just fun! He calls Sacramento home. 

  Contact Paul Bardwil for program information: 916-225-8207 or pbardwil@aol.com 

  PROGRAM COST: $2,975.00 

  $500 non-refundable deposit due December 15, 2022 

  $1000 payment due by January 15, 2023 

  $1475 final payment due February 28, 2023 

  
  

  The Program Price Will Include:

  * 7 night lodging in hotel based on double occupancy

  * All scheduled land transportation in Cuba, as specified in itinerary

  * All sightseeing and entrance fees, as specified in itinerary

  * Meals: All breakfasts, all lunches and 2 dinners while in Cuba

  * English speaking guide and accompanying bus driver

  * Emergency Medical Insurance in Cuba

  * Round trip airfare from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Havana

  * Departure tax

  The Program Price Will NOT Include:

  * Airfare to and from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

  * Optional Single Supplement $475.00

  * Meals, except as specified, personal expenses and any items not listed as in the program

  * Tips to guide $35 USD per person

  * Tips for bus driver $35 USD per person

  * Tips for all meals

  APPLICATION PROCESS: The program application, which can be found on the final page of this brochure, must be completed, signed, and sent to Global Educational Facilitation with the required non-refundable deposit of $500. Applications from eligible applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited. If your application is not accepted, your deposit will be returned to you.

  INTERESTED? - If you are thinking about going (or if you've already applied), register to show your interest! (the "Register" button above). That might inspire your friends to sign up too !
  [But to actually apply, you have to use the application in the brochure mentioned above.] 

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• Peru-Brazil Journey

  • Start
    June 19, 2023
  • End
    July 08, 2023
  • Location
    Peru and Brazil

  Peru-Brazil Journey

  Now is your opportunity to be a part of Sacramento club's first international journey since 2019!  Sign-up now to visit the Nor-Peru club in Trujillo, Peru and the Tere-Rio club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Join the pre-journey excursion visiting the world famous Machu Picchu and attending the Inti Raymi festival in Cuzco, Peru.  Reserve the dates:  June 19 to July 8, 2023.  

  For more information contact Marty McKnew at martymcknew@comcast.net or 916-709-1347.

    

        
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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