bulldogs weekly binder 15 march
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check out this week's issue for upcoming events and information!TRANSCRIPT
Seeking Bulldog FRG Volunteers:
Everyone is welcome to join, volunteer, attend sponsored events, or to watch from a far, the choice is yours. However, we are truly interested in establishing Company and/or Platoon FRG volunteers. We would like to plan and provide events to promote esprit de corps and build a core foundation of support and assistance that will help us through deployments and/or during times of separation from our Soldier. If you are interested in volunteering or have ideas and suggestions (no matter how big or small!) please let us know!
Thank you to Shelley Brigham and Carissa Newton for recently taking on key volunteer roles within the Bulldog FRG!
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What’s In This Week’s Binder?Upcoming Events & Information
Greywolf Messenger CAMP C.O.P.E. Family Weekend and Information
AUSA 2012 volunteer Family of the Year Nomination InformationFort Hood Family Housing Newsletter clips
Upcoming Events:Fort Hood Officers Spouses Club presents Wild West Night on Friday, 30 March from 6:00pm to 11:pm. This event is open to the public. For more information check out their website at www.forthoodosc.org
Child Safety Festival: 31 March from 10am to 2pm at Abrams Physical Fitness Center. For more information call 254-286-6774
Post Wide Yard Sale April 14, 2012 7am—3pm All Neighborhoods on Fort Hood Fort Hood is going all out as residents of the Great Place put on the biggest Yard Sale of the year to support NetZero efforts. Come out and see what great deals you can find in every community. For additional information, please contact Community Services at [email protected].
MS Office 2007 Training Classes22 and 23 March from 12:30-2:30 p.m. WANT TO DO MORE WITH EXCEL? Take your skills to the next level with TABLES, FORMULAS, FORMATTING, AND MORE...FREE to all military ID card holdersLimited Seating Registration is Required! 254.286.6684 [email protected] Special accommodations due to disabilities should call 254.288.2089
Reconnection Workshops – 21 MarchThe American Red Cross, with support from Wal-Mart, has developed the Reconnection Workshops, Presented by Wal-Mart for all military families to assist them with managing the challenges of reintegration. The ReconnectionWorkshops, Presented by Wal-Mart focus on individuals and small groups through facilitated sessions that enhance the likelihood of positive reconnections between family members and the successful reintegration of service members into civilian life. Actively licensed and specially trained Red Cross mental health professionals will facilitate the sessions, which cover topics relevant to a successful transition.On 21 March, the FH Red Cross is presenting the following modules of the Reconnection Workshop, at the Red Cross Main Office-Reynolds House-White house next to Warrior Way Commissary
Communicating Clearly1000-1200 hrsExploring Stress and Trauma1300-1500 hrsCall 254-287-0400 to RSVP and for more information on Reconnection Workshops
CFS Prep Student Success Course: 27-29 March, 0900-1100Taking college classes or military schools with heavy academic requirements? Returning to school? Enrolled in tech Training or Certification Studies? We can help you make the grade!Come join us and learn to tackle those common student challenges:Planning & Prioritization, Study Effort, Memory, Note Taking, Active Reading, Test Preparation, Test TakingPeer Learning,
Location: 31st Street and Battalion Avenue, CSF-PREP Building 12020, Suite 200.This workshop is open to Soldiers, Family members, DOD employees and Contractors.For more information or to reserve a seat, call April at 254.288.4671
REGISTER NOW - 2012 Hiring Our Heroes Military Spouse Event-Registration closes 20 March! March 28, 2012 - 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please join us for a FREE one-of-a-kind hiring fair for military spouse job seekers and employers at Club Hood, Building 5764, 24th Street & Wainwright Drive, Fort Hood, TX. This hiring fair is for military spouses, including active duty, Guard and Reserve, and veterans’ spouses. Employers and job seekers must pre-register for this FREE event by going to www.hoh.greatjob.net Registration closes on March 20, 2012 This hiring event, sponsored by Capital One and the Fort Hood Officers’ Spouse Club, is being conducted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Killeen Chamber of Commerce, Fort Hood, Texas, Fort Hood Enlisted Spouses Club, U.S. Army Morale, 3rd Corps, Welfare and Recreation, Club Hood, Fort Hood ACAP Center, the U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Services (DOL VETS), Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), and the United States Army Reserve. If you need assistance registering, please contact us at [email protected]
Easter Flashlight Egg Hunt – 5 AprilChildren's Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt: This event will take place on 5 Apr at Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area (BLORA). Open to children ages 2-12 and parents. Pre-hunt activities begin at 1800 followed by Easter egg hunt at 2030. Cost to enter BLORA: POV $6, 12 & 15 passenger vans $10 and 24+ passenger buses $20. For additional information call 287-2523.
The 10th Annual Apache Arts and Crafts Spring Easter Festival.March 31, 11 am- 4 pm Fort Hood area youth have the opportunity to create memories of a lifetime. Other free activities will include inflatables, sidewalk chalk drawings games and more! You will also have the opportunity to paint ceramic eggs, bunnies and animals, as well as, photos with the Easter Bunny, Caricature Drawings and Wax Hands for a fee.Back by popular demand, Apache Arts and Crafts will be conducting Make and Take Crafts for parents. Learn how to cut a mat to frame a photo, make a bracelet or paint a figurine. The festival will be filled with prizes, food and fun galore, so come on out to a day of fun! Apache Arts and Crafts, 761st Tank Battalion and 62nd Street, Bldg. 2337 (254) 532-2586
News and Information
Volunteers NeededChild Youth & School Services is currently recruiting volunteers to assist with the 2012 Month of the Military Child Fest scheduled for April 27, 2012 from 15:30 until 19:00 pm. Volunteers will need to arrive about 30 minutes before their shift to allow for parking and signing in.Volunteers needed arrive at 1500- depart at 1900 (4hours)Volunteers will be manning the different activities available for children below. Cyber Spin Big, Glove Boxing Mechanical, Bull2, hamster balls Laser, tag Dart, wall Jousting, Recycle project Jewelry Making Arts, and Crafts Face, Painting Stick, Fly Wall, Jungle Fun Bungee, Run2, Bouncers 15x15, 20x20Slide 24'60', Inflatable Obstacle Course Quad, bungee trampoline Entertainment
Call the POC below to sign up and appreciate our Military Children!Audrey L. French, Deployment Cycle Support Specialist, Family and MWRChild and Youth Services Division, (254) 287-7438, [email protected]
GREYWOLF Messenger13 March 2012
3BCT Facebook page: 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team
Information Worth Reading www.campcope.org
Mission: CAMP C.O.P.E.®
FAMILY WEEKEND AT Mo Ranch DATE: May 18th -20th , 2012 FOR: Our Young Heroes Ages 4–18 and their families TIME: CHECK IN ON FRIDAY MAY 18 BETWEEN 4PM TO 7 PM, THE EVENT
ENDS SUNDAY AT 2PM. Meals and Accommodations provided
for qualified and pre-registered families
BUSES PROVIDED FROM KILLEEN AREA
LOCATION:
Mo Ranch Conference Center 2229 FM1340
Hunt, tx 78024 COST: FREE REGISTER: FORMS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
www.campcope.org 214.991.2673
Because KIDS SERVE TOO! Camp C.O.P.E.® was
designed to help our YOUNG HEROES cope with the
effects of war, deployments and the sacrifices they
are asked to make every day.
At CAMP C.O.P.E.® children are provided
age-appropriate, fun play-activity interventions in
small groups of their PEERS, who have had
SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. The interventions are both
direct and indirect, according to their comfort level,
and are tailored to HELP them COPE BETTER
emotionally.
Children who have attended Camp C.O.P.E.® have
reported IMPROVED GRADES and BEHAVIOR, more
ENJOYABLE family functioning and increased
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS with others.
CAMP C.O.P.E. ®
CAMP C.O.P.E.’S ® INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE CHILDREN OF DEPLOYED OR
INJURED SERVICE MEMBERS.
THESE ACTIVITIES WILL HIGHLIGHT
*HANDLING STRESS & FEARS *UNDERSTANDING CHANGES WITHIN THE FAMILY
*DEALING WITH SADNESS & LOSS *COPING SKILLS *EMPOWERMENT *ANGER MANAGEMENT *APPROPRIATE EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS
Information Worth Reading www.campcope.org
CAMP C.O.P.E. at Mo Ranch Join us for a fun family weekend!!!
Mo Ranch Conference Center 2229 FM1340 Hunt, TX 78024
May 18th – 20th, 2012
Meals and Lodging are provided
Camp C.O.P.E. teaches coping skills to the children/teens of service members who:
• Have returned from deployment • Are currently deployed
• Are preparing for a deployment • Have been injured during a
deployment**While the children attend the Camp COPE sessions the parents have the option of attending a relationship enrichment class or a parenting support group. Babysitting is offered for children under the age of 4, while
you attend the classes.
Space is Limited so register soon! To register:
Go to www.campcope.org
Print off the forms and send back to us:
1. Mail forms to 6119 Greenville Ave # 625 Dallas Texas 75206 2. Fax to Camp COPE at (214) 824-3777 3. Scan and email to [email protected]
Killeen&Area&families&can&drop&off&their&forms&at&the&following&two&locations:&
• Rivers Building 121 o POC: Rebekah Brittsan
• Soldier and Family Assistance Center, Building 36042 o POC: Jacqueline Bates
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Van Epps Family, TX - I wanted to tell you how wonderful I thought Camp COPE was. My boys both got so much out of it and asked if they could go to "camp" every Saturday. Even at age 5, I can see them using some of the skills and tools you all provided them with. I especially like the "worry dolls" and they have used them every night since. It seems to be very comforting for them. THANKS to you all again.
Carr Family, NC - I wanted to send my sincere thanks for a FANTASTIC program today. This program went way beyond my expectations. I cannot tell you how excited my kids were to tell me all about their day and to show me all of their things. I have not seen them both that excited about something in a long time. I was not going to stay for the parent program today and I am so very glad that I did. Laura did a fabulous job and really helped me get some incite to help my children. I really hope that you are able to put this program on again because I really feel that military parents and kids need this kind of help! Thank you so much! For Questions call 214.991.2673 (cope) or 214.886.4210 or 817.715.2785
2012 AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year Award
Fort Hood Information Sheet
DEADLINE FOR FORT HOOD NOMINEE SUBMISSIONS is March 22, 2012.
Nomination and Submission Process: Nominations for the 2012 AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year Award may be submitted in hard copy or via email to the Army Community Service, Army Volunteer Corps, building 16005 TJ Mills Boulevard and Old Ironsides Avenue. POC is Kimberly D Parker, [email protected]; 254-287-8657. The Army Volunteer Corps will then send packets to the local AUSA chapter for selection to forward.
Please ensure submissions have the following:1. Nominators should complete the “Nominated Family” portion of the nomination cover sheet. (encl 1)2. Provide a 600-800 word narrative (see attached sample at encl 2) describing the nominated Family’s volunteerism,
their overall impact on the community and any awards received. Please do not include pictures or award certificates in your submission packet.
The Award: The AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year Award recognizes an exceptional Army family whose dedicated volunteer service significantly contributes to improving Army well-being and the well-being of the local community.
Sponsorship: For the second year, the AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year Award is being sponsored by TriWest Healthcare Alliance and Express Scripts. Together with AUSA we have partnered to recognize the contribution that families make to the United States Army and to local communities through volunteer service. With their sponsorship, the Family of the Year recipient as well as the first runner up family will be recognized at the AUSA Annual Meeting.
Eligibility: Active Duty, Reserve Component, National Guard, Retiree and Army civilian families are eligible for the award. Previous recipients or runner-up families, current AUSA chapter officers and their families are not eligible for this award.
Nomination and Submission Process: Nominations for the 2012 AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year Award may be submitted only through AUSA chapters. Each chapter may submit up to three families for consideration. The chapter is responsible for verifying each nomination. Please note that the first and second runner up recipients are not eligible to be resubmitted the year following their selection.
Although all nominations must be submitted and verified through a chapter we are encouraging units, family readiness groups, ACS coordinators and others to contact their local chapter if they know of a deserving family.
Each nomination should consist of a completed nomination form with a point of contact, address and telephone number for both the individual nominating a family as well as the nominating chapter and a 600-800 word narrative describing the nominated family’s volunteerism, their overall impact on the community and any awards received. Please do not include pictures or award certificates in your submission packet. A sample narrative is available below. *Please note: Selection of the family is dependent upon the information provided in the narrative.
Judging: Nominations will be reviewed by a panel comprised of representatives from all components of the Army. The panel will select the three outstanding finalists who best represent the selection standards (see below). The AUSA National Awards Committee will make the final selection. The recipients will be notified by the Director of Family Programs. The narrative is the only document seen by the judges and will be in “blind” format with all names and identifying information removed.
Selection Standards: The selection of the award recipient will be based upon the following selection standards:• Family must be active volunteers and (one or more member) must have volunteered for a minimum of two years for
community, installation or unit programs (not necessarily at the same location) beyond what would be expected due to one’s position in a unit or place of employment.
• Family must have demonstrated outstanding leadership in planning, organizing or directing a major event or program that has resulted in a tangible or intangible benefit to the community or Army families.
• Family must have a demonstrable pattern of volunteering and achievement which has been recognized by other awards.
• Family must have exhibited leadership in performing assigned duties that resulted in improved services and/or programs for service members and families or community.
• Involvement in a variety of volunteer programs is desirable.• AUSA Family Programs believes that the entire family supports the efforts of dedicated volunteers, it is not necessary
for each family member to provide specific volunteer service for the family to be nominated.
CORDED MINI BLINDSFor your safety, we ask that you take a moment to reviewthe correct and incorrect position of the mini blind strings. If your cords are looped or have excess strings (the cords should not hang below your window sillswhen the blind is completely raised), please contact the Maintenance Team at 254-532-3133 so we can correct the issue promptly.If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact your Community Management Staff.
DATE EVENT TIME & LOCATION Point of Contact MARCH 26 CAPM/MOMC Proclamation Signing 1415-1445 III Corps Headquarters,
West Atrium Nadya Rodriguez, 287-6505
MARCH 31 Child Safety Festival 1000-1400 Abrams Physical Fitness Center Nadya Rodriguez, 287-6505 APRIL 02 Lunch & Latch 1130-1300 Oveta Culp Hobby Family
Readiness Center, Bldg 18000 New Parent Support Program 287-2286
APRIL 02
Teens & Communication Workshop (Parent s and Teens Sessions) Part I
1800-2100 Oveta Culp Hobby Family Readiness Center, Bldg 18000
Leticia Lerma, 287-1763
APRIL 03 All About Children Information Fair (Parents and Children 0-3 yrs old)
0930-1100, Comanche Youth Center New Parent Support Program 287-2286
APRIL 03 Teens & Communication Workshop (Parent s and Teens Sessions) Part II
1800-2100 Oveta Culp Hobby Family Readiness Center, Bldg 18000
Leticia Lerma, 287-1763
APRIL 05 Military Child Celebration: Circles of Learning
1130-1300 Oveta Culp Hobby Family Readiness Center, Bldg 18000
New Parent Support Program 287-2286
APRIL 10 Internet Safety Workshop for Teens 1700 Comanche Youth Center Nadya Rodriguez, 287-6505 APRIL 11 Scream Free Workshop 1800-2000, TBD Mary Prater, 618-7443 APRIL 12 Scream Free Workshop 1000-1130, TBD Mary Prater, 618-7443 APRIL 13 Save-A-Tot/Boost-A-Youth: Car Seat
Inspection 0930 Sprocket Auto Craft Center; By Appointment
Nadya Rodriguez, 287-6506
APRIL 14 Daddy and Me Play Morning/ Infant Massage
0930-1100 Bronco Youth Center New Parent Support Program 287-2286
APRIL 18 Explore, Learning and Play, and Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Awareness Walk
1030-1200, Bronco Youth Center New Parent Support Program 287-2286
APRIL 19 Internet Safety Workshop for Teens Bronco Youth Center Nadya Rodriguez, 287-6505
APRIL 20 Reach to the Stars Teen Concert 1800 Bronco Youth Center Leticia Lerma, 287-1763 APRIL 27 Save-A-Tot/Boost-A-Youth:
Car Seat Inspection 0930 Sprocket Auto Craft Center; By Appointment
Nadya Rodriguez, 287-6505
APRIL 27 Time for Tots 0930-1100, Oveta Culp Hobby New Parent Support Program 287-2286
APRIL 27 Earth Fest/MOMC/CAPM Festival 1530, Field South of Building 4622, By 79th Street Gate, Fort Hood
Nadya Rodriguez, 287-6505