Upcoming Events The Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Friendship Force has the following upcoming activities planned: February 20-26- Outgoing Domestic Exchange to Los Angeles. 28- Sunday, February 28 in Iowa is also March 1 - World Friendship Day in New Zealand – Video teleconference. More details to come. Contact Audrey Bradford audrey.b@mchsi.com if you have 2 way internet cam access. March 7- World Friendship Day Celebration Ethnic Potluck at 4 p.m. at the Lowe Park Arts and Environment Center, 4500 N 10^th Street, Marion. Dinner and dialogue with international students and their host families. Members and their guests, please RSVP to Sandy Colton 378-8971 or sandy1008@live.com. Students and host families, please RSVP to Vic Klopfenstein 377-5502 or vpklopfensten@msn.com. Members, please bring an ethnic dish (serving 8+) to share. Table service and drinks will be provided. There is a meeting fee of $5 for members. 21- Board Meeting from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Hiawatha Public Library. April 14-30- Outgoing International Exchange to Kapati Coast and Christchurch, New Zealand. May 16- General meeting. Details T.B.D. 18- Dalai Lama makes historic visit to the University of Northern Iowa. For more information, please visit http://www.uni.edu/dalailama/visit71409. June 15-22- Incoming International Exchange from Gifu, Japan. 19- Exhibit at Farmer’s Market in Downtown Cedar Rapids. July 27- Incoming Domestic Exchange from Tucson, Arizona. August 21- Exhibit at Farmer’s Market in Downtown Cedar Rapids. 30-September 14- Outgoing Global Exchange to Baku, Azerbijan. If you are interested in this exchange, please contact Steve Williams at swill1234@msn.com.