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Friends of Fiji in Peace Corps Times

The Peace Corps Times is a quarterly newsletter distributed to all Peace Corps Volunteers in the field. The newsletter provides Peace Corps-related news from across the globe, and also allows Volunteers to share information on their successful projects and endeavors with their fellow Volunteers and others in the Peace Corps community.

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2010 Friends of Fiji Gala Fundraiser

Friends of Fiji held its Gala Fundraiser, a biennial celebration of the warm relationship between the U.S. Peace Corps and the island nation of Fiji.

Food was cooked Friday in the lovo (earth oven) at Potomac Overlook Park.  The lovo was opened and the pork, chicken, fish, palusami, dalo, etc. were all [...]

Fiji 1-4 RPCVs – Hawaii Training Pictures

To Fiji 1-4 RPCVs:

If you have any pictures of your Peace Corps training in Hawaii that would help tell the story of the important role the Center for Cross-Culture Training and Research in preparing people for P.C. service, could you send them to Dan Hatch Fiji 1 at rev.hatch@gmail.com.  He is preparing for [...]

2010 Friends of Fiji Annual General Meeting

Rob Bartel presiding at the 2010 Annual Meeting

The Annual General Meeting and Pot Luck Dinner of the Friends of Fiji was held  Saturday, January 23, 2010 at the Fairfax, VA home of David and Willa Downes (Fiji I RPCVs). Approximately 30 people attended . The business meeting included the President’s annual [...]

Fall 2009 Friends of Fiji Newsletter

The fall edition is full of interesting stuff, including articles on our Fiji Day Picnic and the upcoming fundraiser.  If we have your current address, you should have received the print version.  It’s also available online here and from the  Newsletters page. To ensure that you continue to receive a paper copy of [...]

Fiji 60/61

We are considering a reunion at the Friends of Fiji Fundraiser to celebrate 25 years since we served in Fiji and the Peace Corps’ 50th birthday. All members of Fiji 60/61 groups are invited to contact Susan Pettit-Riley, pettitriley@yahoo.com for more details.

Request for Website Help

Friends of Fiji is planning to upgrade this website http://www.fofiji.org in the near future. We are looking for people with skills and/or ideas about designing and implementing a sleek, modern, user friendly website. Also, we would like one or more volunteers who might want to become webmaster(s) for the new site. [...]

DC Area Fiji Day Celebration October, 3, 2009

The Washington DC Area Friends of Fiji held an early Fiji Day celebration and barbecue at the Potomac Overlook Regional Park in Arlington, from 2-6 PM on Saturday October 3, 2009.  Fifty friends joined in the festivities – food, socializing, yaqona, and laga sere led by Kele and Saula.

Picnic at Potomac [...]

Friends of Fiji Membership – Now Join/Renew Online

You can now join or renew your membership and pay with a credit card. It’s all available on our new Membership page.

If you receive Friends of Fiji News by mail, check your membership status on the mailing label on the last page. Please renew your membership when the mailing label shows [...]

Friends of Fiji Networking Sites

Friends of Fiji is no longer maintaining a Yahoo Group.  For pictures and social networking, please use our Facebook pages (links listed under “Blogroll”  on the left of this page) and our Friends of Fiji group page on Peace Corps Connect.