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2012 Exchanges:

Outbound: Northern Colorado, June 21-28. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - there are still openings for this exchange.

Inbound: Open World, June 8 -16

Twelve young Russian leaders will arrive in Lincoln June 8 to learn about leadership in the United States. This eight-day exchange is sponsored by the Open World Leadership Program and hosted by FFL. Would you like to be part of this
memorable experience?

To attend events, please complete this form and mail it with your check by May 26 to Gloria Van Ackeren, 7604 Phares Drive, Lincoln, NE 68516. Please write check to Friendship Force of Lincoln. Contact Gloria at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (402) 420-5320 for questions.

Name(s)________________________________________________________________________

Phone number________________________   Email______________________________________

Open World Events   
Cost     
Number Total
Sunday, June 10
Social 5 PM
Dinner 6 PM
Music program

WELCOME PARTY
Holmes Lake Apartments
7100 Holmes Lake Road

$5x __________    
_____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

BBQ brisket and beverages provided. Please indicate the side dish you'll bring.
Appetizer____
Vegetable or Salad ____
Relish Tray _____
Fruit ____
Dessert ____
I will help set up for the party ____
I will help clean up after the party_____

Wednesday, June 13 Social 5:30 PM
Dinner 6 PM

BUFFET SOCIAL
Valentino's Party Room
35th and Holdrege

$12 per person
pay at Vals

Thursday, June 14
Social 11:15 AM
Luncheon 11:30
BUFFET LUNCHEON
Nebraska Governor's Residence
1425 H Street
$13 x ___________  
_____________

Friday, June 15

Social 5:30 PM
Dinner 6:15 PM
Music Program
FRIENDSHIP & FAREWELL PARTY
9401 O Street
Please Select: Beef___Chicken___Fish___
$21 x
___________ _____________
Total Enclosed ___________

Inbound: Niagara Falls, Canada, October 12 -21

International Conference: Hiroshima, Japan 2012


2013 Exchanges:

Outbound: Romania, September – (in the planning stage)

Inbound: Sherbrooke, Canada, October – (in the planning stage)


MIDWEST EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES, 2012

Can't join your home club's exchange? OR Want to enjoy more weeks of international friendship?  Here are great exchanges from our sister Midwestern FF clubs that you can join.

SPRING

ST. LOUIS TO Limburg, Belgium, May 26-June 1.  ED: Maureen McGrath, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

DUBUQUE TO Medicine Hat, Canada, June 6-19.  ED: Gail Noel, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

SUMMER

MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES TO Greater Hamilton & Burlington, CAN, June.  ED: Unknown.  Contact President:  Blaine McCutchan, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

DES MOINES TO Mt. Barker & Queanbeyan-Canberra, AUS, late June.  ED:  Beverly Lytle, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

AMES (CENTRAL IOWA) TO Recifé & Belem, Brazil, August or September.  ED: Joan Herwig, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

FALL

WISCONSIN/MADISON TO Moscow & Vyborg, Russia, September.  ED: Sandy Wysock.  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

CHICAGO TO Lima, Peru, October.  ED: Unknown.  Contact President:  Larisa Sorkin, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

OMAHA (EASTERN NEBRASKA) TO Semarang & Malang, Indonesia, October.  ED: Shirley Siebler, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

MILWAUKEE TO Prague, Czech Republic, October.  CO-EDs:  Dave Kalan This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it & Suzanne Sullivan This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

NORTHERN ILLINOIS TO Taichung, Taiwan, 10/23-29, ED: Karen Li, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   NOTE: This exchange is coordinated so Ambassadors can continue to the Friendship Force World Conference in Hiroshima.

FRIENDSHIP FORCE WORLD CONFERENCE, October 30-November 2, PLUS OPTIONAL post-conference home stays.  For information go to http://www.friendshipforce.org/index.php/conference_2012  We hope to have a strong Midwestern representation.  Last year in Hamburg 30 Midwesterners attended!

Unfortunately Cedar Rapids/Iowa City has no outbound exchange for 2012.

When contacting EDs for further information, be sure to identify yourself as a member of your home club.


 

March 15 - 17, 2010  a delegation of Friendship Force members from Lincoln, Wichita, Central Iowa, the Quad Cities and Milwaukee toured Nebraska aboard the magic Friendship Bus. Among the highlights was viewing the Sandhill Crane migration at the Rowe Sanctuary near Keaney, Nebraska. Click here to see a short video of the cranes. To see more photos of the tour, click here.