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Friendship Force of San Diego County
January 2012
“Changing the Way you See the World”
Website: Tom Schulz www.friendshipforcesandiego.org
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HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
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President's Message
Well, the hustle and bustle of Christmas is over, the refrigerator is filled with left-overs, and I just put my feet up to do nothing……..HA!!!! I decided to first check email and learned that the FF president’s message for the newsletter is due. Yikes! That’s me!!
So my first official job is to send wishes for a good and prosperous new year to all of our San Diego Friendship Force members. We can look forward to a productive year for our club because of the great groundwork that was started last year.
Fortunately, I live with the past president so I have someone to lean on/prod me to move on. Also, I’m grateful that someone as capable as Nancy Alongi as vice president has my back. This past year, I was made aware of all that Roger Walsh does as “Exchange Coordinator” and am sooooo thankful that he will continue in this area. It is surely a blessing that Lily Banales has offered to be chairperson of a Legacy fundraiser. I know what Lily can accomplish and that she gets results!
We ended the year 2011 at our Holiday Party on December 17. Diane Green deserves kudos for organizing food and making Joyce Beers Center look so festive.
All of the dishes were delicious and no one left hungry.
We all enjoyed the sharing of holiday stories.
Thank you, Diane!
Also thanks to Roger and Nancy Walsh
for delivering our gifts to the Alpha Project.
The New Year 2012 is just beginning.
Read the newsletter and then hold on to your seats.
It is going to be quite a ride!
Kathy Brown
President 2012
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JANUARY
GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, January 21th.
San Diego Friendship Force
member
Gil Green
Presents
Papua
New
Guinea
Don’t miss our first meeting
of 2011
following the Holidays.
TIME: 1:30 pm
WHERE: Joyce Beers Uptown Community
Center in Hillcrest
1220 Cleveland Ave.
San Diego, 92103
Refreshments: Last names beginning with J-Z,
Please bring finger foods.
“Hot” coffee/tea will be provided.
Please bring your own “COLD” beverages
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WEO
WEO = We Eat Out
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
6:00 P.M.
ROMESCO
www.romescobajamed.com
4346 Bonita Road
Bonita, Ca.
Please RSVP
to
Lauren Beaudry
by January 16th
REMEMBER to invite friends
who may be interested in
Friendship Force
Lauren Beaudry Welcomes
YOUR WEO Suggestions!
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DUES ARE DUE
Please send your
2012 membership dues check to:
Roy Hattendorf
The cost is:
$30 for a single
or$50 for a family.
The deadline for your payment is January 15, 2012,
to ensure that your name and other information
will be in our new membership roster. If any members want different pictures in the roster
please contact Mike Brown
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HAPPY CHINEESE NEW YEAR !!!
YEAR OF THE DRAGON
January 23, 2012
Anyone interested in
celebrating the Chinese New
“Year of the Dragon”
at
Jasmine Chinese Restaurant
(in Kearny Mesa)
Should contact Lily Banales
for Information and
Group Reservations.
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Outgoing Exchange to ROMANIA
(tentatively) June 1 - 8, 2012
Our 1st Interest and planning meeting
will be
Friday, January 13, 2012
10am – noon
at the Walsh’s home.
Anyone interested in the exchange is welcome.
Call Roger or Nancy Walsh, for directions.
Please let me know if you will be coming.
Evie Kosower, ED
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February 28 - March 6, 2012
Our next planning meeting will be on
Tuesday January 10, 2012
at 6:30 p.m. in Andy and Nancy Alongi's home,
If you are new to our Club and a 1st-time home-host
you might want to be there!
Also, anyone interested in hosting a small group
“Friendship Dinner”
on Saturday, March 3rd for the Exchange,
please contact Lief Hendrickson.
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Please Welcome and get to know our newest members!
James and Viet Recer
Rhoda Levine
Michael & Susie Boyko
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“Welcome Barbara Painter”
Barbara retired in 2001 after having worked for the Federal government beginning in 1970. Starting as a Commissary sales store checker in Memphis, TN and North Island Coronado, she advanced to mail and file clerk, Executive Secretary, Management Assistant in San Diego keeping an eye on construction costs of Navy ships. Then on to Marine Corps Recruit Depot as a Program Analyst, followed by being Management Assistant Officer at the Naval Training Center.
Barbara retired with a GS-13 rating,
As Supervisory Management Analyst with the Chief of Naval Education Training Management Engineering Team. Her work included travels to many Naval facilities.
Barbara was born in Cincinnati, Ohio but grew up in Gibson City, Illinois. She married in 1963 and widowed in 2008. She has 2 children and
4 grandchildren, (between the ages of 8 and 17). Her travels have taken her to Japan, Hong Kong, Alaska and several cruises to Mexico. She enjoys gardening, dancing, theater and reading and hopes to soon experience an exchange with our Friendship Force Club and to share the experience with friends of a like mind.
By Roy Hattendorf
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“Get to know Terry and Jean Reilly”
Terry Reilly
1942: Born in Pekin, Illinois.
1968: Married Jean (Evans).
1972: MBA from Northwestern University, Evanston, Il.
Moved to San Diego.
1972 : Various supervisory positions at Union Bank.
1997: Retired.
1997 - 1999: Flight attendant for Continental Air Lines.
1999 - 2004: Various accounting jobs as a temp. worker.
2004 - 2011: Regional Property Manager with self-storage
units and office/warehouse units.
1978 -: Continues to teach various business courses,
part time as an Adjunct Faculty member
at Grossmont College.
Has four grown children and three grandchildren.
Currently serving as a Senior Volunteer
with the California Highway Patrol.
Jean Reilly
1946: Born in Freeport, Il .
1967: BA in Sociology from University of Illinois.
1968: Married Terry Reilly.
Worked for the Public Aid Department in Chicago,
until Terry graduated and we moved to San Diego.
Enjoyed being a stay at home Mom
and raising our four children.
Now, I enjoy helping our daughter
raise our three grandchildren.
By Walt Butcher
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CALENDAR 2012
(mark your calendars, dates are subject to change)
January
3 - Board Meeting - 6:30 Brown’s
18 - WEO (Baja cuisine)
21 - General Meeting
1:30 pm - Joyce Beers Community Center 3900 Vermont Street, (Hillcrest), San Diego
February
15 - WEO
18 - General Meeting
1:30 pm - Joyce Beers Community Center 3900 Vermont Street, (Hillcrest), San Diego
NO Board Meeting
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Monthly meetings are usually held on
the 3rd Saturday of each month at 1:30 pm.
www.friendshipforcesandiego.org
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What’s Happening in San Diego:
Grey Whale Migration Watching thru February
San Diego Auto Show, Jan. 1, 10 - 7:00, Convention Ctr.,
sdautoshow.com/
San Diego Restaurant Week, Jan. 15 - 20, Various,
sandiegorestaurantweek.com/
Lunar New Year Tet Festival, Jan. 20-21, Balboa Park,
sdtet.com/program/
Big Bay Whale Festival, Jan. 21, Embarcadero
Passport to the World:
A Musical Journey Around the World,
Jan. 29, Copley Symphony Hall, $15
http://www.sandiegosymphony.org/calendar/
For many more activities in San Diego, visit:
www.sandiego.org (then click on the Event Calendar)
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FRIENDSHIP FORCE
San Diego County
2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Kathy Brown
President Elect: Nancy Alongi
Treasurer: Roy Hattendorf
Past President: Mike Brown
Stewart Taylor (1 yr)
Barbara Copeland (1 yr)
Sharon Reid (2 yr)
Edwina Shell-Johnson (2 yr)
Barbara Jones (3 yr)
Bob Copeland (3 yr)
Roy Hattendorf (1 yr Appointment)
Carol Tatum (1 yr Appointment)
2012 COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Newsletter & Website: Tom Schulz
Mailing & Roster: Mike Brown
Publicity: Chuck Bras
Membership Development: Julie Bras
Legacy Fundraiser: Lily Banales
Programs: Nancy Alongi
Activities: Mary Jane Pizzato
WEO: Lauren Beaudry
Nominating: Mike Brown
Hospitality: TBD
Merchandise: Linda Butcher
Sunshine: Ruth Bowers
Greeter: Stewart Taylor
Exchange Coordinator: Roger Walsh
Exchange Welcome Bags: Virginia Meyers
Telephone: Marilyn Hagen
Historians: Bob & Barbara Copeland
Photographers: Mike Brown & Walt Butcher
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Friendship Force San Diego 2012 Schedule
Feb.28 - In, West North Carolina - ED: Andy/Nancy Alongi
Mar. - Friendship Day
May - In; Belo Horizonte Brazil - ED: Roger Walsh
June 1 - Out; Sibiu, Romania - ED: Evie Kosower
Sept. - In; Gold Coast, Australia - ED Needed
Oct.21 - Out; Western North Carolina - ED: Gin Meyers
Oct.30 - Out; FFI World Conference (Hiroshima, Japan)
Nov. - Installation Luncheon
2013 Exchanges
April/May - In; Niagara, Canada - ED Needed
Late Sept. - Out; Niagara, Canada - ED Needed
Nov.22 - Out; FFI World Conference (New Orleans, US)
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Newsletter Deadline for February
If you have information you would like included in our next newsletter, please submit copy by Friday, Jan. 27 to webmaster@friendshipforcesandiego.org
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