What is Friendship Force?
The Friendship Force was founded in 1977 by Wayne Smith, President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Rosalyn Carter. It is a non-profit organization head-quartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Today there are a total of 378 clubs around the world, in 56 countries and on six continents.
The Dubuque Club was started in 1979 with an exchange to Guatemala City, Guatemala. We were the first club in Iowa.