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2005
President
Nancy
Brigden began the year encouraging members to develop and use their
talents to benefit the club.
Club members worked diligently all year long to expand our
knowledge and experiences of other cultures and to share, with new
friends, the uniqueness of our own culture.
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Every
2nd Friday of the month, community meetings, with programs of
international interest and an abundant refreshment table, are open to
the public and our membership.
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1, 2005, our club joined more than 175 other Friendship Force Clubs
around the world in observing the first World Friendship Day.
Concurrently we celebrated the 19th Birthday for The Friendship
Force of
Northern Colorado
. Proclamations were
received from the mayors in
Loveland
(pictured below),
Ft.
Collins
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Windsor
supporting the anniversary of our club and FFI.
Greeley Mayor Tom Selders (photo below) attended the celebration and
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support of The Legacy Fund to expand Friendship Force in key areas of
the world,
Northern Colorado
held a series of intimate fund raising dinners with an international
theme. At the dinners,
held throughout the year, club
members became better friends and enjoyed a table of special
gourmet food prepared and hosted by
one of our member households. |
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In
the spring our club was visited by new friends from The Netherlands.
Afterward one Ambassador wrote us,
"I'm so impressed with how many of your people you were able
to involve in our exchange and how many chances we had to get to know
them. I hope to talk
with you more about how we can do that here in
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in August a Florida
club came to visit. They
got a taste of our wild western culture though Bison burgers and tours
of ranches, forts, and Rocky
Mountain
National Park.
Pictured at the right below is our ED, Thelma, presenting her counterpart, Marilyn,
with a club gift. |
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We
encouraged friendship among membership and guests with comprehensive
follow up of each potential member, multiple social events, and a Photo
Membership Directory.
Events included Valentine Ice Cream Social; Potluck Supper; Soup
Supper; Christmas Medieval
Madrigal Feaste; March 1 Birthday Celebration;
3-Club Summer Picnic (Cheyenne, FFNC and Rocky Mountain)
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