AAFSW and DACOR-Bacon House Co-sponsored Program Lunch with His Excellency Dr. Hamdullah Mohib on April 7

AAFSW and Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired (DACOR) invite you to a co-sponsored program and delicious lunch on Friday, April 7th featuring his Excellency Ambassador Hamdullah Mohib of the Republic of Afghanistan, who will enlighten us with a presentation on “The Challenges facing Afghanistan Security in 2017.” You will also have the opportunity to view the historic DACOR-Bacon house, built in 1825 and listed with the National Register of Historic Places. More information on the house can be found at dacorbacon.org. RSVP to office@aafsw.org by Monday April 3, and send a check for $30.00 (made out to AAFSW) to our headquarters at 4001 North Ninth Street, Suite 214, Arlington, VA… Read More

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Trip for a Chocolate Lover’s Afternoon Tea in Richmond, VA

Celebrate the spring season with an excursion and a Special Chocolate Lover’s Afternoon Tea at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Optional: Guided tour of historic St. John’s Church, Richmond at 11:00 a.m. 2401 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23223 ($8.00, not included) Optional: Guided tour of Virginia State Capitol, Richmond at 12:30 p.m. -1:30 p.m. 1000 Bank St., Richmond, VA 23219 (free of charge) Park at St. Paul Episcopal Church, 815 E. Grace St. ($15 cash, not included) Appointment for Tea: Jefferson Hotel, Richmond at 1:45 p.m. 101 W. Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23220 (included), enjoy a surprise by Clive Christian Perfumes! Optional: Self-guided… Read More

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AAFSW and AAFSW Fun For Funds Special Valentine’s Day Celebration on February 10

In a completely sold out event, the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide (AAFSW) and the AAFSW Fun For Funds Fundraising Events Committee hosted a very successful Valentine’s Day celebration on Friday, February 10 at 7:00 p.m. at the University Club of Washington DC. Nearly 100 guests enjoyed a magical musical arrangement offered in three parts by renowned pianist, Aphrodite Mitsopoulou, as well as the ambience of the University Club, a stylish mansion in the heart of Washington, DC where the diplomatic, international and local university communities frequent. To commemorate Valentine’s Day, Ms. Mitsopoulou gave us an international and Greek piano musical interpretation of the four international natures of… Read More

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Two Flat Tires and a Fun Potluck Lunch Tuesday, February 28, 2017

  On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, around 15 AAFSW members got together to celebrate the opening of this year’s ballroom dancing and Viennese waltz season. The room was set for all of us to enjoy learning the basic steps of the most important ballroom and Latin dances by a professional ballroom dancing instructor. Due to two flat tires while he was driving to the event, which took place in the Party and Community Room of Randolph Towers, our ballroom dance instructor was unable to show up. So we all enjoyed a nice, light lunch and a lively discussion. Later, some of us initiated dancing, practiced our dance moves, and had… Read More

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AAFSW Fun For Funds Fundraising Events Committee 2nd Committee Meeting February 21, 2017

On Tuesday, February 21, 2017, the AAFSW Fun For Funds Fundraising Committee members got together to discuss our first successful fundraising event which took place on Friday, February 10 at the University Club of Washington, DC and celebrated Valentine’s Day. This event was totally sold out. At our meeting, we discussed all the high notes and the great feedback we got from all our guests. During our second AAFSW Fun For Funds Fundraising Events Committee meeting, we exchanged ideas and we initiated the organization of other AAFSW fun events that will take place in March and April this year. As with our first event, the funds raised from these fun… Read More

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