FFCC to FF Baton Rouge

12 members are preparing for a journey to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to make new friends with hosts and visit many iconic southern experiences like plantation life, alligators in the bayou, and life on the busy Mississippi River.  Safe travels to all, and enjoy your stay!

Eat lunch with the club members

FFCC members have a very active and enthusiastic schedule of monthly gathering to share stories and eat their way around the globe.  See our latest newsletter for dates and venues!

Journeys announced

2023 Journeys have been announced.  FFCC will be traveling to Saporo Japan as a club this spring, the Ohio club will be visiting Portland/Vancouver in July, and FFCC will be traveling to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the fall.  Fun will be had by all.

FFGS to FFCC October 2022

FF Greater Seattle was welcomed at FF Columbia Cascades October 1-4, 2022.  The group all gathered for welcome dinner at Donna’s lovely waterfront home, spent a day discovering downtown Vancouver courtesy of a Pat Stryker tour, and had a delicious farewell brunch at Jim Arnoux and Gwen White’s Portland heights home surrounded by quilts make by Gwen and Emily Smith.  Many folks also took in a hiking day, some taking in the famous 4T trail (train, trolley, tram and trail) visiting an iconic view from Council Crest and the Oregon Health Science University campus.  Thank you to all for your sharing, kind friendships.

Long Beach Peninsula exploration

15 members of our club spent five days exploring the Long Beach Peninsula, the lovely 28 mile beach on the southwest corner of Washington state.  We enjoyed lots of trail walking, exploring history and eating seafood.  Thank you to the Chinook native people and the local inhabitants for sharing this beautiful home with us.  Take a peek at our discovery below.

LB trivia answers

 

Journey to Seattle

FFCC members spent a lovely three nights with our friends in Seattle in mid-April.  We visited the Ballard Locks for a tour of the transport system with a picnic at Commodore Park (see herons nests below); the RoozenGaarde and Skagit Acres to walk in the tulips; a forest hike at Deception Pass; and lots of time chatting and eating with friends.  Wonderful time to make friends and share camaraderie.  Happy Easter to our friends around the globe!

We are open for business

Welcome back to exploration members!  We are about to embark on our first excursions, leaving the Covid period behind us.  We have been masked, vaccinated, boostered, and are ready to get back on the trail to making friendships.  Here is what 2022 spring brings forth for us:

April 6           Board meeting 10:30, followed by

general meeting 11:30 via ZOOM

April 10-13   3 Day hosted journey to Seattle FF for tulip festival.

April 25-29   Club Day activities on Long Beach Peninsula, WA

May 5             New Member Introduction 1PM

Hosted by Mary Dickson, Activity Chair

15707 NE Tillamook St Portland Oregon 97230

RSVP: MBDinOR@gmail.com

July 27-31   Hosting Pacific Northwest – Coast to Mountain to Sound

Ambassadors will journey to Portland/Vancouver, Longview, and Olympia Washington to discover the Pacific Northwest resources

Oct 1-4 Seattle journeys to Portland/Vancouver for Greek Festival.

 

Japanese-American Internment presentation

Joni Kimoto-Reeves, a local Japanese-American who was incarcerated in an internment camp during WWII, invited us to hear her story about her experience.  Several members and some younger family members attended on November 7, 2021, 11am, at the St. James Lutheran Church at 1315 SW Park and Jefferson in downtown Portland.  Joni Kimoto told her very touching story, along with a power point presentation entitled Looking Like the enemy, A Child of the Camp.  Thank you Joni for inviting us, sharing your very personal experience, and helping shed light on this historical fact.

2021 Annual Meeting

Our 2021 Annual Meeting will be held via Zoom at 10am, Saturday, November 13, 2021.  President Pat Stryker will be leading us again into the new year, along with her board who all have agreed to continue on for another year.  Thank you to all for your service.  Please join us to review what we have been doing this past year regardless of the Covid restrictions that have kept us home.  We are still learning and sharing culture and friendships across the world.  May your world be filled with peace, kindness, love and friendships of every variety!

Email Gwen if you wish to join.  She will then send you a zoom link.