Friendship Force of Wisconsin

Dining on the 6th
2023-07-06 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Liberty Station, 2161 Rimrock Rd, Madison, Wisconsin, 53713
Dining on the 6 for July will be at Liberty Station American Tavern and Smokehouse on Rimrock Road at noon.

Friendship Force Board Meeting
2023-07-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Steering the organization to success.

Book Club - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
2023-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 | TBD
The Sentence: A Novel by Louise Erdrich tells a funny ghost story, a tale of passion, a complex marriage, and a woman’s relentless errors.
Set in a Minneapolis bookstore from All Souls’ Day for a one year period.

Friendship Force Board Meeting
2023-08-10 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-14 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-11-09 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-12-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Steering the organization.

Inbound visit from Oita Japan
2023-08-23 - 2023-08-30 | City of Madison, United States
We will host ambassadors from Oita Japan. Co-coordinators Kathy Speck and Magdi Sebestyn

Friendship Force Board Meeting
2023-10-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States

Dining on the 5th
2023-10-16 12:00 - 2023-11-05 13:30 | Maple Bluff Country Club, 500 Kensington Dr., Maple Bluff, WI, United States
Actually it is moved to the 5thSunday November 5, 2023 at 12:00 NoonMaple Bluff Country Club500 Kensington Drive
Our November gathering will actually be on Sunday, November 5, for a lunch at noon. The reason is so that we can dine for their brunch/lunch which is served only on Sundays at the Maple Bluff Country Club. We will be seated in the Fairway Dining Room, can order from their regular menu, and pay individually. Register with Gail Holmes 608 249-1846 or email glholmes@wisc.edu.

Book Club
2023-10-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Join us for a discussion of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, by Mark Adams.

In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and located the lost city of Machu Picchu. A hundred years later, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer’s perilous path, even though he’d written about adventure far more than he’d actually lived it.

Book Club
2023-11-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Africa is Not a Country, by Dipo Faloyin – discussion via zoom on Mon, Nov 20 at 7pm.
“An exuberant, opinionated, stereotype-busting view of contemporary Africa in all its splendid diversity by one of its leading new writers. A lively and diverse continent of fifty-four countries, over two thousand languages, and 1.4 billion people, Africa has long been painted with a broad brush in Western literature, media, and culture, flattening it into a monolith.”

Book Club
2023-12-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The Deep Blue Between, by Ayesha Hamuna Attah – discussion via zoom on Monday, Dec 18 at 7pm.
Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina have always shared their lives. After a raid on their village in 1892, the twins are torn apart. Taken in different directions, far from their home in rural West Africa, each sister finds freedom and a new start.

Book Club
2024-01-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Join us for a discussion of Norwegian Wood by Lars Mytting and The Sixteen Trees of Somme allso by Lars Mytting. Norwegian wood is literally about cutting, stacking and curing wood the Norwegian way. The trees of Somme is about a man’s quest to unlock family secrets. His search takes him from Norway to Shetland.

Second Harvest
2024-01-31 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
Help us support Second Harvests efforts to feed those in need throughout South Central Wisconsin. We sort and prepare donated food products for distribution to food pantries.

Second Harvest
2024-01-31 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
Each month up to 8 of us give Second Harvest a hand. We help sort, pack and prepare food for delivery to food pantries throughout South Central Wisconsin.

Dining on the 6th
2024-02-06 10:00 - 12:00
Our February 6 gathering will be for breakfast at 10:00 a.m. at the Pancake Café in the shopping center on the corner of Gammon and Watts Roads.

Book Club
2024-02-19 07:00 - 20:30
Join us for a discussion of Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World by Tim Marshall and The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World also by Tim Marshall

Book Club
2024-02-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Our books for February are the Prisoners of Geography and/or the Power of Geography both written by Tim Marshall. Join us on Zoom. Link will be sent prior to the meeting,.

Cultural Program: Brazil
2024-02-22 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The Program Committee has scheduled another Brazil zoom presentation on Feb. 22nd at 4:00 p.m. Our presenter is Leticia. Leticia was born and raised in Recife, which is located in Northeast Brazil. She moved to Madison two years ago to pursue her M.A. in Portuguese culture and literature at UW-Madison

Second Harvest
2024-02-28 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
Join us for our volunteer activity. Second Harvest provides food to pantries throughout South Central Wisconsin. We help them by packing, sorting, and preparing food for distribution. Join your fellow members in supporting this great organization.

Dining on the 6th
2024-03-05 08:00 - 17:00
We are meeting at Erins Snug pub at 12:00 4601 American Parkway

Board Meeting
2024-03-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
Board meeting via Zoom : 4:30 – zoom link opens at 3:30 – Meeting begins at 4:00

Book Club
2024-03-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
March 18
Owner of a Lonely Heart: a memoir by Beth Nguyen (aka Bich Minh Nguyen), a professor of creative writing at UW-Madison.
The book is “a powerful memoir of a mother- daughter relationship fragmented by war and resettlement….
Contact Marjie Marion for the Zoom Link. All are welcome

Book Club
2024-03-18 19:00 - 20:30
Join us for a discussion of Owner of a Lonely Heart: a memoir by Beth Nguyen (aka Bich Minh Nguyen), a professor of creative writing at UW-Madison. Meeting on Zoom.

Second Harvest
2024-03-27 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, 53719, United States
Join us for our service project. Second Harvest collects, sorts and delivers food to food pantries throughout South Central Wisconsin.

Dining on the 6th
2024-04-06 17:30 - 19:30 | Touch of Ukraine, 2438 Winnebago Street, Madison, United States
Join us at the Touch of Ukraine for an evening meal. Contact is Gail Holmes

Book Club
2024-04-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom – within your own home!, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
We will be discussing THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver. Join us for a lively discussion of this fascinating book. If you haven’t had time to read the book, join us anyway. Contact either Marjie Marion or Maria Ehrenberg for the zoom link.

Annual Membership Meeting
2024-04-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Fitchburg Public Library, 5530 Lacy Road, Fitchburg, Wisconsin, 53711
Our annual membership meeting will be held at the Fitchburg Library. The meeting will begin at 2:00. We will enjoy a brief program and elect our officers for the coming year. Please join us for this important meeting!

Second Harvest
2024-04-24 12:30 - 15:30 | Second Harvest Food Bank, 2802 Dairy Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718
Join us for our monthly service project at the Second Harvest Food Bank. We sort donated items which are then distributed to food pantries throughout South Central Wisconsin
