Media relations webinar

Take part in an exciting, free online webinar for Friendship Force clubs, members, and leaders to learn ways to strengthen your club through Media Relations! Join us for a free workshop – Marketing FFI Through the News Media to Grow Membership – on January 30, 2018 from 10:00 AM EST – 11:00 AM EST. Be sure to include your club name in the First Name field as well, please. Space is limited to 50, so reserve your spot now! Register for the seminar here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5567325838284073730 This workshop will be educational and relevant for club presidents, PR directors, and club members in general who seek to strengthen their marketing, public relations, and media relations skills to expand placement of FFI news in traditional and social media in their communities in order to grow FFI membership. Your workshop leader is Andrew Bowen, APR, career journalist, former political press secretary, founder and senior counsel with his own international marketing/PR firm, Clearview Communications & Public Relations Inc. Andy, who has been working with FFI for more than a decade, presented two popular media relations/marketing workshops in Manchester, England, during the 40th Anniversary World Conference in September. Space is limited to 50 participants, so register early! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. We hope you’ll join us virtually on January 30th! Can’t make this one? Stay tuned for emails from Friendship Force for additional dates and times! Questions? Email us at support@friendshipforce.org.

Chinese New Year

February will be our first Social Event and it will be a Chinese New Year’s Banquet! There will be a delicious SIX (6) course meal, live entertainment, educational presentation (you will learn about the history and the Year of the Dog); there will be a Lion’s dance, and a raffle to support the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Albuquerque Lodge (CACA-ABQ) Scholarship program and as in the past, quite festive! Tickets go fast!!; however, special arrangements were made and 20 tickets were reserved for our Club. It will be on a first come basis as to who gets to attend. It is therefore important to let me know, “the check is in the mail” so that I know to anticipate receipt and know when we have reached our limit. Date: Sunday, February 18, 2018 Time: Noon Place: Ho-Lo-Mai Restaurant Address: 8624 Menaul Blvd NE Luncheon Price: To Be Determined (It was $22 last year) Menu includes tax, tip & hot tea. Iced tea, soft drinks, beer and wine are additional. If you leave hungry, it is your own fault; there will be lots of food!!! Checks Payable to: CACA-ABQ Lodge Mail to: Berta Wagstaff PO Box 66775 Albuquerque, NM 87193 DEADLINE: February 9, 2016 – NO refunds Berta Wagstaff Membership Development Chairperson

January Journey Catalogue

Jan‎ ‎17 at ‎7‎:‎06‎ ‎AM Check out the January Journey Catalog! Travel the world. Be welcomed into someone’s home. Immerse yourself in their local culture. Invite travelers from other places into your own home and proudly share your culture with them. NEW JOURNEYS Nor Peru, Peru — April 7 to April 13, 2018 Indonesia, Vietnam, and China — April 25 to May 25, 2018 Western Washington Outdoor Adventure — July 23 to July 30, 2018 Art, Culture, and Gastronomy of Brazil — May 29 to June 9, 2018 Discover Jordan — October 30 to November 8, 2018 Don’t see what you’re looking for in the catalog entry? Don’t forget to click on the “Itinerary” and “Details” tabs at the top of each entry, underneath the main photo! View all of our available Journeys here!