Outbound Journeys
2025 Outbound Journeys
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In March, 2025, our club will be visited the Friendship Force club of Tallahassee, Florida. Judy Hornsby and Molly Hunter were the journey coordinators.
Members of our club will be visiting the Friendship Force club in Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka April 24 - May 1 and then will go on an extended tour of Sri Lanka from May 1 through May 9. Sri Lanka, formerly called “Ceylon”, is an island nation, southeast of the Indian subcontinent, and is often referred to as ‘The Pearl of the Indian Ocean’ or ‘The Land of Smiles’. Ambalangoda is a coastal town in the Southern province and is home to the first Friendship Force club in Sri Lanka. Beth Duff and Susan Richardson are the journey coordinators. |
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2024 Outbound Journey
From June 19 through June 24 our club visited the Simcoe Lake Club in Ontario, Canada. To see more pictures from this journey, CLICK HERE
2023 Outbound Journey
Friendship Force International matched us to Saitama Japan for an outbound journey in 2023. This is the Journey we had planned to make in 2020, but had to wait for COVID to be settled. Having had the Saitama club visit us in Cincinnati in 2018, it was a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with our new friends. In addition to spending time in Saitama and its surrounds, the extended trip covered Kanazawa, Hiroshima, Kyoto, and Osaka. Ambassador Coordinators for the Journey were Rella and Joe Hadley. For a report of our journey, CLICK HERE.
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2022 Outbound Journey
Our first outbound Journey following Covid was to the Friendship Force club of Utah in September of 2022. Because the Utah club did not have enough members who were able to home-host, our Cincinnati club all stayed together in an AirBnB. This did not mean that we did not get to know our hosts! We enjoyed home-hosted dinners and spent the days together visiting the state capital, Tabernacle Square, the Hill AFB and Aerospace Museum, the Utah Natural History Museum, the Peace Garden, and much more. Ambassador coordinators for the Journey were Mark Bowers and Nick Sakelos. For a report of our journey, CLICK HERE.
2019 Outbound Journey
Our club visited the club from the Lower Columbia region of the state of Washington, September 17 through September 24. The Lower Columbia area is located in Southwest Washington along the I-5 corridor. The region extends from as far north as Castle Rock, WA and as far south as Vancouver, WA. The region is bordered by the Cascades Mountain Range with Mt. St. Helens on the east, the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Columbia River with its beautiful gorge area on the south, and Seattle, WA to the north. Our club members enjoyed the breathtaking scenery, sighting wildlife, and, of course, sitting around the table sharing laughs with new friends.
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2018 Outbound Journey
In 2018 our club visited the club in Leicestershire, England and the club in Norderstedt, Germany. The Journey left Cincinnati on August 28 and arrived in Leicester on August 29. The group traveled to Norderstedt on September 5th and returned home on September 12. Kay Atkins and Sandra Small were Journey Coordinators.
2017 Outbound Journey
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Our club visited two clubs in New Zealand from October 10 through October 26th, 2017. Beth Duff and Judy Hornsby led the journey to visit the clubs in Gisborne and New Plymouth and then planned an optional extension to the South Island following the exchange.
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2016 Outbound Journey
.Our Friendship Force club visited two clubs in Brazil during April of 2016. From April 8 through April 15 our ambassadors visited the club in Ribeirao Preto and then flew to Rio de Janeiro for a homestay from April 15 until April 22 with the club in Rio. Following the two exchanges, an extension to Iguazu Falls and the Pantanal was planned for April 22-28. The Pantanal is the largest area of wetlands in the world and is home to hundreds of bird species and a huge variety of reptiles and mammals.
2015 Outbound Journeys
Visit to historical museum in Edmonton
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Sixteen of our members were joined by four ambassadors from California in an exchange with the Friendship Force club in Edmonton Alberta from June 30 to July 6, 2015. During the exchange we visted many historical and cultural sites in Edmonton and the surrounding area. Following the exchange we spent 5 days visiting Jasper and Banff national parks.
Sixteen of our members were joined by four ambassadors from California in an exchange with the Friendship Force club in Edmonton Alberta from June 30 to July 6, 2015. During the exchange we visted many historical and cultural sites in Edmonton and the surrounding area. Following the exchange we spent 5 days visiting Jasper and Banff national parks.
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Central Europe
Members of clubs in the Great Lakes Region of Friendship Force joined together in a Special Global exchange to Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia during September 4 – 21, 2015. This exchange included a home stay with the FF Club in Bratislava Slovakia and a luncheon with the club in Budapest Hungary. Previous Journeys
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Group at Orava Castle, Slovakia
Raft trip in Mexico
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