Friendship Force of Wisconsin

Second Harvest Food Bank
2022-09-29 12:30 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
Thursday September 29th from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm is our Club’s June volunteer day with Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive in Madison. This is a safe working environment with precautions in place.
Please consider giving three hours of your time this month to help others, Let Lois Schulz know if you want to participate. loisschulz1942@gmail.com / 608-243-9761

Book Club
2022-09-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The next Book Club is taking a summer sabbatical. The next meeting will be on Monday, September 19, at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom co-leaders Marjie Marion and Marian Ehrenberg have announced.
Readers are asked to choose a book from a selection of Ukrainain-related books on the topics of geography, history, fiction, poetry, and anthology. Discussion will revolve around impressions of the Ukrainain experience as perceived through the books.

Friendship Force Board Meeting
2022-09-14 15:00 - 16:30, 2022-08-10 15:00 - 16:30 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States

Dining on the 6th
2022-08-06 17:00 - 20:00 | Benvenuto’s Italian Grill, 2949 Triverton Pike Road, Fitchburg, WI
You’re invited to join with the Friendship Force for Dining on the 6th. The Saturday evening dinner will feature individual ordering from the menu and gathering in a private room.
The menu at Benvenuto’s offers a diverse selection of traditional Italiam favorites, including made-from-scratch meatballs topped with homemade marinara, baked tetrazzini, scratch made alfredo, lasagna, chicken parmigiana, calzones, bruschetta, wood fired pizza, warm focaccia bread, and so much more.
They offer starters, soups & salads, pastas (priced from $15-$28), pizza, calzones, sandwiches, steaks, salmon, cod, sides, and desserts. Non- alcoholic beverages are $3 or $3.50.
Register by Thursday, August 4, with host Gail Holmes, phone 608 249-1846 or email glholmes@wisc.edu. The private room offers sufficient seating for us so be sure to sign up. Please plan to wear your name tag.
Benvenuto’s Italian Grill
2949 Triverton Pike Road
Off McKee Road (Hwy PD) in Fitchburg

Second Harvest Food Bank
2022-07-28 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
Our next Food Bank volunteer day is Thursday, July 28 from 12:30 to 3:30 at 2802 Dairy Drive in Madison.
This is a safe working environment with precautions in place.
Let Lois Schulz know by Tuesday noon, July 26, if you want to participate. loisschulz1942@gmail.com / 608-243-9761

Trivia Night
2022-07-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The next trivia night will be on Tuesday, July 19th via ZOOM.
The fun is scheduled from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. The zoom meeting will open at 4:00 to allow people to chat before the contest and sign in by 4:30.
Anyone interested should contact Mike Lambert (lambertmichaelj@gmail.com), or David Blado(david-blado@sbcglobal.net) by July 18.

Friendship Force Board Meeting
2022-07-14 12:00 - 14:00, 2022-06-09 12:00 - 14:00, 2022-05-14 12:00 - 14:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Board meetings are every month on the second Thursday.

Second Harvest Food Bank
2022-06-23 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
Thursday June 23rd from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm is our Club’s June volunteer day with Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive in Madison. This is a safe working environment with precautions in place.
Please consider giving three hours of your time this month to help others, Let Lois Schulz know by Tuesday noon, June 20th if you want to participate. loisschulz1942@gmail.com / 608-243-9761

Friends of Chernobyl Centers United States - Presentation
2022-06-23 03:00 - 17:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
On Friday, June 23rd, our very own Member at Large – Donna Ulteig, who served as FOCCUS vice-president for 15 years, will present her experiences with survivors of the Chernobyl disaster.
As a clinical social worker, Donna, along with other FOCCUS colleagues, traveled to Ukraine four times to learn about the impact of the 1986 Disaster. There she trained mental health professionals in five community centers established by the United Nations.
She was also instrumental in launching Bethel Lutheran Church’s hosting program for Ukrainian children needing a summer of clean air and water—a program lasting 20 years. Assisting her in the presentation will be one of those children, Maryna, who recently fled Ukraine and now stays with her former host family in Madison.
Social time will be 3:00-3:30 pm; the program will start at 3:30 pm and continue until after 4:30 pm.
Contact David Blado by June 20th for the Zoom meeting.

Friendship Force Annual Picnic
2022-06-22 17:30 - 21:00 | Tenney Park John Wall Family Shelter, 300 N Thorton Ave, Madison, Wisconsin
It’s time for the Friendship Force Annual Summer Potluck Picnic Buffet!
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, etc.
Please bring your own beverage – park rules prohibit glass containers and alcohol. Paper plates, utensils, napkins, and cups will be provided.
Easy directions: From Sherman Avenue across from the lock, turn onto North Thornton Avenue which runs parallel with the Yahara River. Drive to the parking area at the end of the road. Follow the sidewalk to the shelter.
Reservations are due by Monday, June 20, so that tables and seating can be prepared. Please indicate your potluck contribution when you make your reservation with Gail Holmes at glholmes@wisc.edu or phone 608-249-1846.
Please wear your name tag!
Hope to see you there!!

World Refugee Day Panel Discussion
2022-06-20 17:30 - 19:30 | Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham St, Madison, Wisconsin, 53703
Jewish Social Services (JSS) of Madison is pleased to invite you to our World Refugee Day Panel Discussion.
This special event will take place in-person for the first time since 2019. Each year on June 20, the world celebrates World Refugee Day. This year JSS Madison will celebrate the communities that are growing and thriving as refugee families resettle in and around Madison.
The theme this year as directed by the United Nations: “Every person on this planet has a right to seek safety – whoever they are, wherever they come from and whenever they are forced to flee.”
When: June 20, 2022 from 5:30-7:30pm
Where: Christ Presbyterian Church
944 E Gorham St, Madison, WI 53703
Refreshments and snacks provided. Masks required to keep everyone safe. This event is open to the public so please share widely.

Second Harvest Food Bank
2022-05-26 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
Thursday May 26 from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm is our Club’s March volunteer day with Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive in Madison.
This is a safe working environment with precautions in place.
Please consider giving three hours of your time this month to help others, Let Lois Schulz know by Tuesday noon, March 22nd if you want to participate. Contact: loisschulz1942@gmail.com / 608–243–9761

Friendship Force Ukrainian Travelogue
2022-05-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
On May 25 at 4 pm, Friendship Force member Tom Miller will take us on a “zoom” trip to Ukraine several years before the Russian invasion. In 2019 Tom and his wife Donna traveled to Ukraine, bringing along their daughter and son-in-law for sightseeing and searches for family roots. Friendships were also renewed with visits to Open World delegates the Millers had hosted in 2013 and 2017.
We hope that, In this current time of tragedy and upheaval in Ukraine, members will join Tom in this program, with time for questions and discussion.
To RSVP and receive your link for this program, please contact David Blado at: david-blado@sbcglobal.net or Mike Lambert at lambertmichaelj@gmail.com by May 23rd.

Book Club - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2022-05-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The final book club meeting before taking a break for the summer will be on May 23. The group will discuss All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. which is “…a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II…Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.”
Many have already read and loved this book, so please join the discussion whether you read it years ago or have it still fresh in your mind. To join on May 23 please email Marian Ehrenberg by May 21 for zoom link – marianeh2014@gmail.com.

Dining on the 6th - Dorf Haus
2022-05-06 16:30 - 19:00 | Dorf Haus Supper Club, 8931 CR-Y, Roxbury, WI, 53583
It’s time for a good Wisconsin Friday Fish Fry! Members are invited to the Dorf Haus Supper Club in Roxbury on May 6. The reservation is for 4:45 pm; the bar opens at 4 pm in a casual atmosphere. The fish fry menu is baked, breaded or fried haddock with the usual sides, from $13 to $15, The full food menu is also offered.
Come for the food and stay for the “Gemutlichkeit.” Dorf Haus is approximately 25 minutes west of Madison located in the quaint village of Roxbury across from historic St. Norbert’s Church at 8931 County Hwy Y. Drive west on Hwy 12 until you reach Hwy KP. Turn right (North) off Hwy 12 and proceed 2 miles to Hwy Y and turn left. The restaurant is a short distance on the left.
If planning to attend, please email Donna Hussin, djhussin@yahoo.com or call 608-770-0980 by Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
If you would like to carpool, please include that request when making your reservation and Donna will do her best to make it happen.

South Korean Student Discusses Korean Culture
2022-05-03 17:00 - 18:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
On Tuesday, May 3rd, from 5-6 pm. Jihyo Ha, a chemical engineering student from Busan, South Korea, will showcase Korean culture in a virtual presentation. She will focus on her experiences in the US and compare these with life in her home town—things that surprised her. As time allows, she will showcase aspects of Korean culture. She writes, “I am bringing some photos, short videos, or simple pop quizzes/questions of the prior knowledge that the people may have about South Korea and would love to hear their opinions too!”
If you wish to participate in Jihyo Ha’s presentation, please email David Blado at david-blado@sbcglobal.net or Michael Lambert at lambertmichaelj@gmail.com by April 28th. You will receive a link to the virtual meeting on May 1st.

Second Harvest Food Bank
2022-04-28 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
Thursday April 31st from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm is our Club’s April volunteer day with Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive in Madison. This is a safe working environment with precautions in place.
Please consider giving three hours of your time this month to help others, Let Lois Schulz know by Tuesday noon, April 26th if you want to participate. loisschulz1942@gmail.com / 608-243-9761

Annual Meeting
2022-04-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Join us for the Friendship Force of Wisconsin-Madison annual meeting. The meeting will be held via Zoom at 7:00 pm.

Book Club - The Beekeeper of Aleppo
2022-04-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The next meeting is Monday, April 25 at 7:00 pm on Zoom. The book will be “The Beekeeper of Aleppo” by Christy Lefteri. It is a compassionate story of a refugee couple’s journey from their home in war torn Syria to find their cousin who had become a beekeeper in England. Several books are available in the Dane County library system.
Email Marian Ehrenberg at: marianeh2014@gmail.com by February 24 for the Zoom key.

Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup
2022-04-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Wisconsin
Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup on Sunday, April 24, at 3:00 (about 2 hours) led by Stephanie Vanden Bush.

Sierra Leone Cultural Presentation (via Zoom)
2022-04-22 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The Program Committee invites members to join them on April 22nd for a Sierra Leone cultural ZOOM presentation by UW grad student Aruna Kallon.
Aruna was born and raised in Sierra Leone. He is currently a PhD student in the area of Educational Policy and a teaching assistant at UW-Madison. He will share information about Sierra Leone culture, and his experience as a Sierra Leone citizen in the United States and at UW.
The presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m., and last approximately an hour. There will be a question-and- answer period after the presentation. The ZOOM room will open the meeting at 5:00 p.m., to give all participating club members a chance to sign in by the time the presentation begins.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THIS PRESENTATION, PLEASE CONTACT MIKE LAMBERT AT lambertmichaelj@gmail.com

Dining on the 6th
2022-04-06 12:00 - 14:00 | Global Market and Food Hall, 2161 Zeier Road, Madison, Wisconsin, 53704, United States
This month, on April 6 at noon, we will experience the many wonderful international foods served at the Global Market and Food Hall. We’ll gather at the Food Hall at 2161 Zeier Road, Madison. It’s in the strip mall east of East Towne Mall. The building entrance faces south and is up near Party City.
You may want to come early so as to be able to survey the various options by walking around the edge of the large food hall.
The center of the food hall is filled with tables, and I am hoping that one of the large ones can be reserved for our group. There are many menu boards listing their plentiful food offerings which are far greater than my brief notes below.

Don’t miss out on this spectacular dining experience! To participate in this gastronomical adventure, register by Monday, April 4, with Gail Holmes at glholmes@wisc.edu or phone 608 249-1846. Looking forward to seeing you at this fun event!

The food stores beginning on the left as you enter are:

Bubble Tea — shakes, milk, tea
Kawasaki Instant Noodle — ramen, udon, sushi, bento boxes
Taiwan Street — rice, noodles, pho
A-Rods Tex Mex –burritos, tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas
Nice Flavor Stir Fry — beef, pork, lamb, chicken
Poke-mi — sandwiches, Pad Thai, Poke bowls, pho
Captain Frank Seafood Boiler — shrimp, crab, crawfish, lobster
Dumpling House — noodle soup, dumplings, Chinese bun
Hmong Kitchen — sausage, pork belly, chicken, Pad Thai, papaya salad
To view complete menus and prices visit global market and food hall and select store menus. After dining, you may also wish to walk through the Global Market to view their products and shop.

Appreciation to Helen Ann Rugowski for her recommendation. Check out the article in the Capital Times about this new venture and below that is a blurb about them..

https://captimes.com/food-drink/find-birria-to-bubble-tea-at-the-global-market-food-hall/article_36342059-8374-56bd-a202-0eb5ca367964.html

Second Harvest Food Bank
2022-03-31 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
Thursday March 31st from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm is our Club’s March volunteer day with Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive in Madison. This is a safe working environment with precautions in place.
Please consider giving three hours of your time this month to help others, Let Lois Schulz know by Tuesday noon, March 29th if you want to participate. loisschulz1942@gmail.com / 608-243-9761

Zoom on Native German Culture
2022-03-23 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
On March 23 the Program Committee will offer members a 1 hour ZOOM presentation by Patricia Haberkorn, a German graduate student from the UW International Reach Cross-Cultural Speakers Program.
Patricia will talk about her native German culture and her experiences here at UW-Madison.
More details and sign-up information from the Program Committee of Mike Lambert and David Blado. They will follow via email to our members.

Friendship Force Board Meeting
2022-03-10 12:30 - 14:00 | Wisconsin
The FFI Madison Board meets VIRTUALLY on the second Thursday of the month @ 12:30 pm.

LET’S WALK / LET’S HIKE - 5K and 10K
2022-03-05 12:00 - 15:00 | Wisconsin
Our March hike will be the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Freeze For Food event on March 5th. This event coordinates with our FF initiative to help Refugees as a fundraiser for Open Doors for Refugees.
The event is a 5K or 10K run/walk starting and finishing at the Vilas Park Shelter. (5K at 12pm and 10K at 1pm). The 5K walk goes out and back along Lake Wingra. See: www.rpcvmadison.org/cpages/freeze–for–food.
The donation/cost to sign up is $20 (or more of course). Members can “walk” virtually also, but it would bewonderful to have a group do it together. Members and friends can sign up to participate by going to the website: runsignup.com/Race/WI/Madison/RPCVFreezeForFood.
Contact Maureen Kind to let her know you want to participate with your FFWisconsin–Madison friends:Maureen Kind – dmkind@sbcglobal.net or 608–274–6754

Book Club - "Everything Inside"
2022-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
On February 28 at 7:00 pm we will meet on Zoom to discuss “Everything Inside” by Edwidge Danticat.
Published in 2019, it is a collection of eight family stories of people from Haiti and the Caribbean. A Google books review says the book is “a collection of vividly imagined stories about community, family, and love.”
Email Marian Ehrenberg at: marianeh2014@gmail.com by February 24 for the Zoom key.
