FF Sarasota meets from Sept-June, all visitors are welcome.

We meet at the Fruitville Public Library at 6:00 pm, see calendar for meeting dates.

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Photos from Inbound Perth Australia to Sarasota

Join us on journeys and fun events with Friendship Force Sarasota, Florida, USA club

Enjoy photos from our Holiday Party. We enjoyed Alpine Doc and his amazing music and singing.

Membership Application is here (print and mail): CLICK FOR FORM

Rick Steves, a well-known American travel author and expert, has included Friendship Force International in his third edition of his book Travel as a Political Act alongside other educational travel organizations.

As Rick writes, I’ve taken several wonderful trips with organizations that offer ‘educational’ or ‘reality’ tours… It’s clear to me that if you want to get the most out of visiting a complicated corner of our world, your best bet is to go with an organization that has a network of people on the ground who can provide an insider’s understanding.

Following his blog post on the topic last year, Rick’s new book debuted in February with a section called “Take an Educational Tour,” where Friendship Force is detailed.

Upcoming Journeys/Events/Meetings: click on calendar.

Visitors and guest are always welcome. Email for meeting information and to be included on mailing list Click here to send email to the club

Friendship Force International

Be more than a tourist. Travel for good.

Experience Different Views. Discover Common Ground.

Friendship Force Sarasota is just one of 356 Friendship Force (FF) clubs active in 55 countries on 6 continents. See view all clubs, click here.

Under the guidance of Friendship Force International (FFI) in Atlanta, Georgia, we learn about other cultures and experiences the only real way you can and that is by sharing their roof and putting your feet under their table. At first you may be hesitant, especially if you aren’t fluent in another language, but it can be a great and rewarding experience to join in their daily activities and specially planned events. After making these special friendship and exchanging cultures, your hosts will in turn want to visit our club and learn more about us–much more than can be found in a travel guide or on the internet. As other clubs around the world learn more about our beautiful part of the world, they will also want to visit us and we in turn will visit them, exchanging a world of experiences and friends that will last a lifetime. How we do this is by club ‘exchanges,’ the heart of the Friendship Force organization.

During a journey, club members or ‘ambassadors’ visit a club as a group of 15-25, sharing in group travel costs and having the comfort of traveling with friends. One of the club members serves as Ambassador Coordinator (AC), to make sure that everyone gets there and back without a hitch. If you belong to an FF club, you can also join another club’s journey if they are going to a place you have always wanted to visit.

Learn more here: https://friendshipforce.org/.

Explore your world.
Understand its people.
Serve the cause of peace.

Become an ambassador of the Friendship Force today.