Friendship Force of the Florida Suncoast
FFI World Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Oct 2 - 5, 2023
We have a full calendar of journeys in 2024!
February 2024 – Inbound Journey from Western Kentucky, Feb 7-14th, Jane Lee and Gretchen Worth co-Host Coordinators
April 2024 – Outbound Journey to Western Kentucky, dates pending, contact Gretchen to apply to be Host Coordinator
April 2024 - Outbound Journey to Austin TX, dates pending, Darlene Kalada Outbound Coordinator, click for more information.
Sept 2024 - Outbound Journey to Vancouver BC, dates pending, Mair Murphy Outbound Coordinator
Form to apply to be an outgoing journey Ambassador. Instructions are on the first page. Click here.
For more information about how our club travel works, Click here.
Journeys– A Cultural Encounter
Through our signature program of exchanges, Friendship Force members around the world have the opportunity to share meals, conversation and the routines of daily life, creating a unique cultural encounter and lasting friendships
Since 1988, our members have traveled the world to meet new friends and explore the cultures and cities of dozens of cities that include Australia, Germany, Ghana, Columbia, England, Ireland, Hungary, Japan, Russia and many more. We have also hosted dozens of international exchanges, meeting new friends from Germany, Ghana, Canada, Russia, Japan, Mexico, Italy, Netherlands, Vietnam, Thailand, and more. Our members also travel with the hundreds of other outbound exchanges arranged by Friendship Force clubs around the world each year.
We generally host at least one week-long exchange of international visitors each year, sometimes more, and all our club members are expected to play a part in making it a success. Also, our club usually has one outbound exchange each year to visit another club somewhere in the world where their members plan a week of activities for us while we stay in their homes. Then we usually add on another week of travel activities that we arrange independently or with a travel agency or tour group.
A Few of Our More Recent Journeys
Our inbound Journey from Vancouver Canada, October 2022
Our inbound Journey from Austin TX, March 2022
Our outbound Journey to Long Island, NY, October 2021
Our inbound journey from Flathead Valley, MT,
Our inbound journey from Raleigh N.C.
Our outbound journey to Romania with Habitat for Humanity Global Cooperation Build
Our inbound journey from Long Island, NY
Our outbound journey to Russia
Our outbound journey to Greater Milwaukee
Our outbound journey to Brazil
Our outbound exchange to TUXTLA GUTIERREZ and Coatepec Mexico
Our outbound exchange to Turkey
We hosted Ukraine
We visited the Trujilla club in Peru club
Out outbound exchange to South Africa
We hosted visitors from five nations (link to subpage with copy)
The Vietnam club visited us
Click here to view the Friendship Force International Catalog of Worldwide Journeys.
