40th Anniversary Celebration

Portofino 526 South 23rd St., Arlington, VA

Please join us to celebrate the 40th year of Friendship Force of National Capital Area over a delicious Italian Dinner. We will share photos and stories from the early days of FFNCA up to the present. This will also be our annual meeting and time to brainstorm about our future goals and activities after we […]

Conference Call with Jeremi Snook, FFI President

Sunday May 3, at 3:30 pm Friendship Force International CEO Jeremi Snook will be meeting with us to talk about FFI's strategic approach to deal with the effects of the Corona Virus pandemic on FFI. FFI's treasurer, James Perama has prepared an excellent short video clearly explaining FFI's approach to keeping FFI afloat  during these […]

Editing Photos

On Sunday May 17 at 3:30 Duncan McBride will be doing a dynamic interactive workshop on photo editing-- something we can all use whether we use our mobile phones or cameras. Duncan is the leader of our Photography group and hopes some of you may be inspired to join. Check your email for the link […]

Visit Brazil with Global Journey Participants

FFNCA members participated in a Global Journey to Fortaleza and the Amazon in November 2019. Join them and the journey coordinator from Sao Paolo and two participants from Canada in a slide presentation and discussion of their experiences. Zoom link will be available in your FFNCA email. 

Presentation: FFI Festival at Sea–2019

Friendship Force International sponsored a Festival at Sea in 2019. Join us as Carol Alim, a member of FFNCA, talks about this fun event, which included visits to locations as diverse as Buenos Aires, Iguazu Falls in Argentina, and the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. Torres del Paine National Park in Chile . Street […]

Virtual Wine Tasting

Barbara Williams will lead us through tasting of New Zealand wines.

Celebrate International Peace Day

We will be celebrating International Peace Day with members of the Long Island Friendship Force Club and, we hope, members from other clubs who joined the journey as well as a few members from the Sunshine Coast Australia club. We will be showing a video of the March 2020 journey to Sunshine Coast Australia prepared […]

A roving eye…or two: through the lens of Michael Kuchinsky; Part I

Part 1 provides some personal information about me and my interests. Part 1 takes a broad look at travel photography and how it can be complemented by other forms or themes. Monochrome photography, street photography, naturescapes (land, sea, and sky) and changes to some perspective, and the importance of people. What I try to do […]

Halloween Party

Since we still cannot gather together in person for FFNCA socializing and it is unlikely that in-person Halloween costume or other parties are likely to be an option in our current COVID-19 environment, FFNCA is holding a Halloween happy hour Zoom meeting. Costumes are optional but strongly encouraged--from countries you have journeyed to with FFNCA […]