Contributed by Merrilyn Rundle
HARMONY Day is a time to celebrate all the different cultures in Australia.
Friendship Force members promoted this multicultural theme by wearing Harmony orange or their blue club shirts to enjoy a pot-luck lunch of international foods and an afternoon of games from different countries.
Breaking into groups, members played bocce (of Italian origin), which required rolling balls close to a target ball, finska (an ancient Finnish game where the aim is to knock down numbered wooden pegs), and Wooden Ladder Golf (patented in Pennsylvania), which required tossing bolas—two balls connected by a string—onto a ladder.
It was a day of colour, tasty foods, fun, and friendship. The aim of Friendship Force is to improve intercultural friendships by living together for a week with members in other countries.
For further information, please phone Jenny on 0448 866 141.
