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Friendship Force of the San Francisco Bay Area (FFSFBA) is an organization that participates in one week home stay journeys (once called exchanges) both at home and abroad. Our purpose is to experience countries and cultures different from ours, to promote understanding between each other, and to cultivate friendships. We are a member club of Friendship Force International.

Here are a few pictures from our recent visit to the 9th District Courthouse and Salesforce Gardens. 

 

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Upcoming events

CLUB ACTIVITIES

Save the Dates for 2026 and 2027


This year's regular meetings and events with their dates are shown below. Please register your planned attendance when they appear to the left as UPCOMING EVENTS. Look for the emails to announce that registration is open. 


1. World Friendship Day occurred in March. We celebrated World Friendship Day at our LEO in March.

 



2. May is our birthday. This year we celebrated our 42nd birthday at Shirley's House in Santa Clara from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM with a Birthday Potluck Cake and Ice Cream.



3. We held our Annual Summer Picnic and BBQ on Saturday July 11th, 2026. This year we met around the pool at Kate Wheatley's house on South San Jose from 1:00 PM to about 5:00 PM for BBQ, conversation and swimming.



4. We hold our Annual Meeting with Journeys in Photos on Saturday September 11th, 2026 at the Santa Clara Library again. We will do some club business and elect officers for 2027.  The primary purpose though is to recap past journeys, plan for 2027 and express our wishes for 2028. Note that we will vote on our journey preferences at this meeting rather than at the luncheon. Guests and visitors are welcome! This is the time to learn what our club is about. 



5. Just before Christmas we meet for our Annual Holiday Luncheon on Thursday December 10th, 2026 at Michaels at Shoreline in Mountain View. We install officers , eat and most likely will be  entertained by the Mountain View Madrigal Singers. 



1.Our Brazil Journey: Seven of us went on our Brazil Jouney from June 15th to June 21st in Fortaleza Brazil with side trips both before and after. Eric Miller and Susan Borders were our JC's. We enjoyed the fortaleza club, went to the beach several, has some great dinners in the city and watched the World Cup. Fortaleza is in northeast Brazil on the Atlantic coast, in the tropics, just south of the Amazon region. It is the fourth largest city and I would consider it the Miami of Brazil. Some of us visited Rio de Janerio and Iguassu Falls before the Journey and the Dunes north of Fortaleza after. 



Journeys in planning for 2026-27


2. Virginia - Shirley Foreman is JC and has finished planning the inbound for our 9 guests from Central Virginia, August 6th to 11th 2026. If you are not a host, come to the Welcome Party on August 5tth at shirley's house at 1:00 PM and the Farewell Party at Dave's house on August 9th.   



3. Japan - Ravi Verma is the JC planning a special inbound from all clubs in Japan, devoted to English Language Instruction and shared with the Sacramento club. Our guests arrive first in Sacramento around March 27th and then visit us around April 3rd to April 10th. Many of us have already volunteered to host. Contact Ravi if you want to contribute to the event. 



4. Africa - The assignment for our international outbound journey in 2027 has just arrived. We are assigned to Tanzania and Freetown, Sierra Leone in Africa, tentatively June to September. We need to get started right away for a journey of this magnitude!



5. Colorado - Our Domestic Outbound will be for Sothern Colorado in the early fall (the Pikes Peak Club) and our domestic inbound will be from Milwaukee in the early summer.  We will begin discussing these Jouneys at our September meeting. 



Lets Eat Out (LEOs) for 2025



Look to the left in UPCOMING EVENTS to see the schedule of LEOs, Let's Eat Out. LEOs are open to guests and members. If you are new to us you can register on our Meet-up page, or just show up. You will be welcome! For a LEO we all meet at a designated restaurant for drinks, lunch or dinner and possibly share an excursion. 



Local Events


We hold regular meetings including a World Friendship Day celebration, an annual picnic, and a holiday luncheon. We also schedule events with speakers and local tours. In preparation for our journeys, we hold meetings exploring their cultures.

Inbound Journeys
We host ambassadors from other countries or areas of the U.S. We arrange parties and tours for our guests, and many of our local members participate in the events. Volunteer home hosts provide a place to stay for the guests. We also have dinners or pot lucks that are arranged for small groups so that more members can participate.

Outbound Journeys
We serve as ambassadors to other countries, stay as guests in someone's home, and experience the daily lives of the local area as well as tour their local communities and experience their cultural activities. We travel as a group and are hosted by a local club of Friendship Force International. Usually there is an optional tour before or after the home stay.


Read our latest newsletter here  News letter

Read more about our journeys.

View our recent videos.



 
BECOME A MEMBER

Meet people, join in on the fun. Eat in the local restaurants with locals, who might happen to be your hosts. Stay with them in their homes, not in mindless Hotels.  Remember that they are as interested in you as you are in them, 

Visit many new countries, cultures, and places that most people dream of going to. Or stay closer to home and visit the wonders of our great United States! 

Our members love to travel and can't wait to meet you.  We get together for many types of events. Share  your travels,  your stories with us. We are  just like you in so many ways...

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Our Mission Statement:

The Mission of FFSFBA is to promote global peace, understanding, and friendship through homestays.


Our Vision Statement:

Our Vision: Each individual will make a contribution to global goodwill.

The Friendship Force worldwide network of clubs and individuals will overcome differences among people and nations.

By connecting the world one friend at a time we will create a world of friends that becomes a world of peace.


The Friendship Force Pledge:

As a member of the Friendship Force

I recognize that I can make a difference,

I recognize that I have a mission.

That mission is to be a friend

To the people of the world.

As I embark on this adventure

I know that others are watching me.

I know that through my example to my own fellow citizens

And people of other nations,

The cause of Friendship, Love and Peace can be furthered.

I can make a difference!



Link to our parent organization:

Friendship Force International



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