Welcome to the Swiss-American Friendship Society of Denver
The SAFS is a non-profit organization dedicated to foster and advance friendship and goodwill between the people of the state of Colorado and Switzerland through social and cultural programs. We strive to serve all persons having a natural interest in the two nations.
Scroll down or visit our calendar page for event information including our monthly Stammtisch gatherings and to our membership join page for information on joining our club. Existing members, navigate over to our manage account page to update your membership for 2025. Consular questions and other resources are found on our Useful-Links page and visit our President’s Corner for a Winter message from our SAFS President Heidi Gallegos-Tornare.
Follow and interact with us on social media! Instagram and Facebook.
Thank you for your support as SAFS Members. Bis bald, à bientôt! 🇨🇭
Winter is coming!
We’re getting ready for some big events this winter, including the Kids Christmas Party in December and our much-loved Fondue and Annual Meeting in January.
This month we had a great turnout for our annual Jass Tournament and Kaffee-Kraenzli with President Heidi Gallegos-Tornare.
Upcoming Events
2025 Kids Samichlaus Party
Sunday Dec 7th at 2pm
Come meet Père-Noël and enjoy some holiday treats!
Location will be announced closer to the event, but this will be held outside, so make sure your kids are appropriately dressed for the weather. In Mid-November we will open registration and request your “Notes to Samichlaus”.
More info to come.
2026 Fondue and Annual Meeting
Sunday January 25th
3:00 - 6:00pm
Calvary Church
1320 Arapahoe St, Golden, CO 80401
The SAFS Fondue and Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday January 25th in Golden, CO!
Registration will open in December, return here for more information in the coming weeks.
SAFS Third Wednesday
Stammtisch North
Wednesday Nov 19, 2025
Parma Trattoria
1132 W Dillon Rd, Louisville, CO 80027
5:30pm - 8:30pm
SAFS First Wednesday Stammtisch South
Wednesday December 3, 2025
Location TBD
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Simply show up to our Stammtisches and look for our tables with Swiss flags. Optionally, for more updated information, visit our website's calendar page 🇨🇭 our Facebook 🇨🇭 or email us so we can get an estimated head count. 🍻
Important Information for Swiss Citizens Living Abroad
On Tuesday Sept 16, 2025, the Swiss Consulate aired two Webinars with important information regarding taxes and finance questions for Swiss citizens living abroad: dual taxation, pensions, wealth management, inheritance etc. If you were not able to join the live Webinars the recordings from the presentations can be found here.
See the Swiss Community Website for more information.
Social Media Connections
Follow our Calendar Page for a list of upcoming events and registration information.
Follow our Swiss-American Friendship Society Instagram Feed (last four posts above),
Like and Follow us on Facebook and join our FB group to interact with other local Swiss.
SAFS Membership
Welcome to the Swiss-American Friendship Society!
We welcome all new and renewing Members to update their membership through our website's
New Online Membership Portal
including a new direct, donation based registration payment link.
Thank you and Bis Bald! 🇨🇭
Heidi Tornare
SAFS President