Eastern Washington/Northern Idaho & Southern Oregon – Sept. 7 – 13, 2023 – Inbound

FFWNC was pleased to host twelve ambassadors from Friendship Force Eastern Washington/Northern Idaho and one ambassador from Friendship Force Southern Oregon.  We visited the Biltmore Estate, Pisgah Forest and Chimney Rock.  We spent a day in Asheville which included the LaZoom Comedy Bus tour and the Moog Factory, and ended the journey in North Carolina with a visit to the Veterans’ Healing Farm in Hendersonville, NC.

On September, 13th, we transported the ambassadors to Jonesborough, Tennessee.  At the Storyteller Museum, we met the Knoxville Club for a “hand-off” of the ambassadors.  Allison Lindsey of FFI spoke to us at lunch and gave us an overview of what is happening at FFI and provided details about the newly-formed FFI “individual journey” concept.  We ended the day with attending a spectacular storytelling session at the museum.

The journey was truly memorable.

–Ellen Brazauskas and Diane Tokarski, Co-Journey Coordinators