Friendship Force of Wisconsin

Cultural Program: Nigeria - on Zoom
2024-04-25 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Join us for a presentation from a UW student about Nigeria. Contact Mike Lambert or David Blade for a Zoom Link

Outbound Journey to Harrisburg
2024-05-02 - 2024-05-09 | Harrisburg, PA, United States
Still in the planning process.

Dining on the 6th: Prairie Cafe and Bakery
2024-05-06 10:00 - 23:30 | Prairie Cafe and Bakery, 3109 Pheasant Branch Road, Middleton, WI, United States
Prairie Cafe and Bakery 3109 Pheasant Branch Road
Middleton
Today we’ll visit “Middleton‘s Neighborhood Place for Homemade Breakfast and Lunch!” The café is across from Metro Market in the Middleton Hills shopping area and is on the corner of Pheasant Branch Road and Frank Lloyd Wright Avenue. However, the parking lot and café entrance are in the back which is reached by turning from Century Avenue into the driveway next to the Middleton Glen Retirement Community.

Cultural Program: Taiwan- on Zoom
2024-05-08 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Presentation by Diane Mertens and Larry Neumann about their experience in Taiwan

Board Meeting
2024-05-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Monthly board meeting: The Zoom link opens at 3:30. The meeting begins at 4:00. Contact Doug Johnson for a Zoom link if you wish to attend.

Book Club
2024-05-20 19:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Join us for a discussion of “PEOPLE OF THE BOOK” by Geraldine Brooks. Request a Zoom link from either Marjie Marion or Marian Ehrenberg

Strategic Planning Session
2024-05-21 09:00 - 14:00 | club house at caddis bend and coachman, Fitchburg
The board and members will discuss and establish goals for the coming year.

Second Harvest
2024-05-29 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
Join us for our monthly service project. We will sort and prepare food for distribution to various food pantries in South Central Wisconsin

Inbound Toronto Journey
2024-06-06 08:00 - 2024-06-14 12:00 | Wisconsin
See the March/April Newsletter for sign up Sheets. http://Toronto Reservation Form: https://ffwis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Toronto-Reservation-Form-2.pdf

Second Harvest
2024-06-27 00:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
CANCELLED: Second Harvest Inventory Date: No volunteer Activity

International Festival at Overture Hall
2024-06-29 10:00 - 2024-06-30 17:00 | Overture Hall, 201 State St, Madison, WI, United States
Join in the fun! Music and Food from around the world. We will have a table at the festival to share information about Friendship Force. See the newsletters for information. Jan Barbone is still seeking volunteers to staff the table on Sunday.
10-5 on Saturday
1-4 on Sunday

Adopt a Highway Cleanup
2024-07-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Wisconsin
Please join us for our next highway cleanup events. Our community appreciates your effort to make our roadsides look clean and beautiful!
Sunday, July 7 at 6pm
Please meet at the Middleton Park and Ride off Hwy 12 exit 249. Contact Stephanie Vanden Bush at sljacobs2@gmail.com or (920) 676-1441 with questions and/or your RSVP.

Move & Groove Bike/Walk
2024-07-20 07:00 - 14:00 | McKee Park, 2930 Chapel Valley Road, Fitchburg
For the second year in a row, our Club will field a team in the annual fundraiserfor the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County. July 20, 2024
Join FF Team Leader Larry Neuman and choose any of the following activities:: a 2-mile walk, a 5k run, or one of 3 different bike rides. You can also just come and groove to the band at the post- event party at McKee Farms in Fitchburg. There will be cold drinks, great food, family games and activities, and LIVE MUSIC!

Second Harvest
2024-07-31 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, 53719, United States
Join us for our volunteer activity. We support Second Harvest by sorting and packaging food for distribution throughout south central Wisconsin. Easy work and fun.

Ghana Outbound
2024-08-01 - 2024-08-15 | Wisconsin
Members outbound to Ghana

Adopt a Highway
2024-08-29 10:00 - 11:30 | Middleton Park and Ride, Hwy 12 Exit 249, Middleton, Wisconsin, 53717
Friday, Sept 13 at 10am
Please meet at the Middleton Park and Ride off
Hwy 12, exit 249. Contact Stephanie Vanden
Bush at sljacobs2@gmail.com or (920) 676-1441
with questions and/or your RSVP.
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Summer Picnic--RSVP by September 4
2024-09-07 17:00 | Marshall Park
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Marshall Park 5:00 Social time
2101 Allen Blvd 5:15 Picnic potluck buffet
Madison 7:21 Sunset ☀ 🌴
Grilled hamburgers and brats will be pre-
prepared by grill master John Baldwin. We will
have buns and condiments to dress them up.
Please provide a dish to share for the potluck
such as potato salad, vegetable salad or platter,
baked beans, hot dish, meat dish, hors d’oeuvres,
chips and dip, fruit tray, variety of desserts, or
your favorite picnic food.
Please bring your own beverage, alcohol is
permissible in this park; park rules prohibit glass
containers. Paper plates, utensils, napkins, and
cups will be provided.
The program following our potluck will be a big
“welcome back” to our Ghanian Ambassadors–
Coordinators Larry Neuman and Maureen Kind;
Dorothy Baldwin, David Blado, Ariel Ford,
Margaret Harrigan, Audrey Liimatainen, Magdi
Sebestyen, and Diane Mertens.
Those who are present will briefly tell about their
hosts, share a memorable experience, and
possibly show a souvenir.
Summer Picnic!
Easy directions to the Park:
From University Avenue at Imperial Garden, turn
north onto Allen Boulevard. At the bottom of the
hill, turn right into the right-side parking lot, and
walk up the incline past the playground to the
shelter. If needed, drive up the small driveway to
the shelter for drop-off and then return your car
to the parking lot.
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Reservations due by Wednesday, September 4,
so that serving supplies, tables and supplemental
food can be prepared.
Please indicate your potluck contribution
and your meat choice
when you make your reservation:
Gail Holmes
(608) 249-1846
glholmes@wisc.edu
Please wear your name tag!
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2024-09-13 10:00 - 11:30 | Wisconsin
Please join us for our next highway cleanup events. Our community appreciates your effort to make our roadsides look clean and beautiful!
Friday, Sept 13 at 10am
Please meet at the Middleton Park and Ride off Hwy 12 exit 249. Contact Stephanie Vanden Bush at sljacobs2@gmail.com or (920) 676-1441 with questions and/or your RSVP.

Friday, Sept 13 at 10am

Book Club
2024-09-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Wisconsin
September 16 – in person, at Maureen Kinds. Contact Marjie Marion to be added to the list and obtain the time.
Forty Autumns: a family’s story of courage and survival on both sides of the Berlin Wall by Nina Willner (2016 – 391 pp) 15 copies in the library

Second Harvest
2024-09-25 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, 53719, United States
To volunteer for September 25 please contact Judy Thorpe
(jthorpe12@charter.net or 608-772-5438) by
September 23.

Board Meeting
2024-09-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Monthly board meeting was rescheduled due to the Ghana outbound and Board conflicts in early September. This will be the September/October board Meeting

North American Conference in Milwaukee
2024-10-07 - 2024-10-09 | Wisconsin
A super regional conference with Canada and the Midwest will be held in Milwaukee. All are welcome to attend. Watch newsletter for details

Book Club - In Person
2024-10-13 19:00 - 2024-10-21 20:30 | Wisconsin
We have one book selected for our meeting on Monday, October 21. It is This is Happiness by Irish author Niall Williams and it appeared on the FF International book list. Margaret Renkl of The New York Times calls it “a book so beautiful and so funny and so true that it will make you love the whole human race and forgive it all its trespasses.”

Second Harvest
2024-10-30 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, 53719, United States
You may join FF friends and other volunteers the last Wednesday of the month from 12:30-3:30. The staff is friendly and caring and will instruct you as to your “job” for that day. You’ll be able to take a break during that 3 hour shift to have some goodies and chat with friends. Sign up by October 28-see newsletter for details and watch your email.

Chengdu, China, Presented by Lin via Zoom
2024-10-30 17:30 - 19:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Many of you have savored spicy specialties from the Chinese province of Sichuan (old spelling Szechwan) at local restaurants. Ready for another “taste” of southwestern China? In less than a week, Lin, a senior at UW-M majoring in philosophy and political science, will highlight her home city of Chengdu at 5:30 pm via zoom.
The presentation will begin at 5:30 pm and last approximately an hour. Additional time, if needed, will be devoted to questions and answers. We will open the zoom meeting at 5:15 pm to offer participants a chance to socialize.
If you are interested in joining this presentation, please notify David Blado at david-blado@sbcglobal.net or Mike Lambert at lambertmichaelj@gmail.com.

Dining on the 6th
2024-11-06 12:00 | Norski Nook, 100 East Holum Street, DeForest
Our November gathering will be for lunch at noon at the famous Norwegian Norski Nook Restaurant and Bakery in DeForest.
Please register by Monday, November 4, with host Gail Holmes, phone 608 249-1846 or email glholmes@wisc.edu.Looking forward to a beautiful fall day for our enjoyment. As always, please plan to wear your name tag.

Book Club
2024-11-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
And without further ado, the book for November will be The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. We will meet to discuss on Monday, Nov. 18 at 7:00 by zoom. Club member Dorothy Baldwin recommends this book, especially as it ties into the climate meeting attended by some members during the recent FF Conference in Milwaukee.

Book Club
2024-12-16 19:00 | Wisconsin
Our next book will be Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin, with meeting to be held by zoom on Monday Dec 16 at 7:00. The author was born and raised in Zambia, has worked in South Africa and Rwanda, and has written textbooks and children’s books in addition to her writing for adults. The book centers on a Tanzanian woman who has moved her family to Rwanda, and on her extended family and friends and the baking business that she develops to help to support them. Femina (South Africa) calls it “A wonderful, life-affirming novel…a funny, charming read filled with both the sadness and joy of Africa.” The FF International book club is reading this for their December meeting.

Holiday Party
2025-01-04 12:00 - 15:00 | Vintage Brewing Company West, 674 S Whitney Way, United States
Holiday Party Saturday, January 4, 2025
12 noon – 3 pm
Vintage Brewing Company West 674 S. Whitney Way Madison, WI

Book Club
2025-01-20 19:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Apeirogon by Callum McCann will be the book for -January 20 7:00 by zoom
