mwr enews 8 july 2015
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TICKETS AT LEISURE TRAVEL SERVICES 305.437.1595 | Leisure Travel Services
BOSS TRIP TO BUSCH GARDENS, JULY 25
MONSTER TRUCK JAM, AUGUST 8
VAREKAI, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, AUGUST 15, 22
MIAMI DOLPHINS, MIAMI HURRICANES, FLORIDA PANTHERS,
MIAMI HEAT, MIAMI MARLINS
K1 SPEED TICKETS
BLUE MAN GROUP at Universal Studios
DISNEY WORLD MILITARY SPECIALS
ATTRACTIONS, CRUISES AND MORE!
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JULY/AUG 2015
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JULY 8, 2015 http://miami.armymwr.com [email protected] No endorsement implied
COMMUNITY FAIR – A FAIR TO REMEMBER
August 7 – Fitness Center
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/community-fair
BOSS - Monthly meetings to discuss all BOSS matters and to plan for future
programs and events are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 1400 in the Food Court.
http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/programs/boss/
SUMMER SPLASH JULY 18 http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/summer-splash
Sports & Fitness
Fitness Center Class Schedule http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/programs/fitness-center/
Monday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1215-1315 Connected Warriors Yoga with Loren - Free
Tuesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling with Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1215-1315 Yoga with Loren
Wednesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
Thursday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling with Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 0500 – 2100, Friday: 0500 - 2000
Saturday and Sunday: 1000 – 1700, Closed on holidays
Open to Active Duty, Reserve, Retired Military & their
Dependents
305.437.0123/0124
All SOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI employees may use the Miami Dade Public Safety Training Institute Aquatic Center
9601 NW 58th Street, Miami, FL 33178. M-F, 0600-1800. Call for details: 305.715.5000. No guests allowed.
Schedule is Subject to Change
$3 per Class or $25 for 10 Classes
Pay with cash, check or credit card
Please arrive on time for class
First Come – First Served
Friday
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Monica
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1215-1315 Yoga with Carole
BODYBUILDING COMPETITION Aug. 1, 9am - 3pm, Fitness Center - US Army Garrison-Miami.
Sign up! Participate, Compete, or Meet the role models that chose to educate themselves and took up the
challenge. They chose to change their lives through dedication, proper nutrition and a proven weight training
program. Witness the transformation of the human body, a transformation that you too can achieve.
Participants must register and attend workshops. There will be four categories: Men’s Bodybuilding and Men’s
Physique, Women’s Figure and Women’s Bikini. Call 305.437.0123. Sponsored by Hampton Inn and USAA. The
Department of Defense does not endorse the sponsors.
Sports & Fitness
http://miami.armymwr.com
Interview Workshop for High School Students, July 22, 8am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Financial Survival, July 23, 8am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Newcomer Orientation, July 28, 8:30am–12pm, POC: [email protected]
Divorce & Credit with Financial Strategies for Single Parents, July 29, POC: [email protected]
Miami Tour, July 31, 9am-4pm, POC: [email protected]
FREE YOGA FOR VETS - Connected Warriors Classes, Dharma Holistic Center, 305. 834.3371
8260 NW 27th Street, #410, Doral, FL 33122. www.dharmainstitute.org
SUMMER SLAM BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT August 14-16! Military teams are free.
Non-military teams - $300. Fee must be paid by 15 July 2015. 305.437.0123/0124.
http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/summer-slam-basketball-tournament
USSOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI - RELATED FACEBOOK PAGES
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) - https://www.facebook.com/southcom?fref=ts
USAG - MIAMI Family Support Center - https://www.facebook.com/USAGMiamiFamilySupportCenter
USAG-MIAMI FMWR - https://www.facebook.com/miamifmwr
SOUTHERN COMMAND SPOUSES - https://www.facebook.com/groups/131929440155922/?fref=ts
USSOUTHCOM PARENT SUPPORT GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/121356728011135/
MILITARY SPOUSE RECIPE SWAP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/102922893243498/
Southern Command On-line Yard Sales - https://www.facebook.com/groups/567364979982480/
Miami-Dade Zip Code Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MiamiDadeZCG/?fref=ts
Homestead Zip Code Group - www.facebook.com/groups/HomesteadMilitaryWives
SOCSOUTH SPOUSES GROUP - www.facebook.com/groups/socsouthredfam
Conference Center of the Americas (CCA) - https://www.facebook.com/USSOUTHCOMCCA
Army Substance Abuse Program USAG-Miami - https://www.facebook.com/ArmySubstanceAbuseProgramMiami
J9's Public Private Cooperation division - https://www.facebook.com/southcomppc
US SOUTHCOM Health Clinic: https://www.facebook.com/ArmyHealthClinicSouthcom
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION - Volunteer Management Information System (VMIS)
1. Using Internet Explorer, go to www.myarmyonesource.com. If you are not already registered on this site, click on Register at the top right. Click on the Join Now button in the middle of that page on the right. Complete the registration form and select USAG-Miami in the Military Community Affiliation drop-box under HQ IMCOM. 2. Once registered, you can log in. Click on the Volunteer Tools tab located in the upper right hand corner of the webpage. 3. Click on Volunteer Profile. Complete all requested information in the volunteer profile. Be sure to enter the last four digits only of your social security number and save the page. This will ensure you are a registered volunteer. 4. You can use the Volunteer Opportunities tab to locate volunteer opportunities on the installation. If you want to volunteer off the installation, click on the Army Community Service link provides a generic volunteer position description – Special Projects Volunteer – for all off-post volunteer opportunities. 5. Once you locate a volunteer opportunity, click on the position of interest. This will supply you with a detailed outline of the position including the organization contact person. If you want to apply for the position, click on the Apply button on the top right of the position description. 6. Questions or concerns, contact Mary Ortiz, Volunteer Coordinator at 305.437.2665 or 305.437.2667 [email protected].
CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP - Make a real difference in the lives of people who have fallen on hard times. Volunteers are needed for: Meal Services Program, Breakfast (5:30-7:30am,) Lunch (11am-1pm,) Dinner (5-7pm.) After School Programming in our Family Resource Center (M-F 2-5:30pm and 6:30-7:30pm; Saturday 9-11:30am.) Warehouse and Maintenance Operations (M-F, 8am-5pm.) Holiday Assistance, Special Events. All volunteers must complete the volunteer registration paperwork along with a color picture ID. Chapman Partnership has two locations: one in Downtown Miami and one in Homestead. POC: Grace Ugalde-Wolpert, Community Outreach Manager, Chapman Partnership. 1550 North Miami Avenue, Miami, 33136, 305.329.3081, [email protected]. For more information, visit www.chapmanpartnership.org.
KRISTI HOUSE Volunteers needed at the Kristi House clinic: You must be over age 18 and a high school graduate for this program. Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm: Waiting Room Ambassadors (you can color with the children, read books, make bracelets etc.) Peak hours are afterschool 2-5:30pm. The clinic needs people to play with the children while they are waiting for therapy and/or when their parent is being interviewed by a State Attorney. The need is during the day and on weekdays Other volunteer activities include: public speaking, fundraising, special events and in-kind donation drives. Thank you for your support of these sexually abused children and their families. POC: Kristi House Volunteer Coordinator Abegail De La Fuente at o. 305.547.6823 c. 786.203.6758 f. 305.250.9161. [email protected].
THE ARTS - http://www.artsbizmiami.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=AHWWLp%2fPUVM30eGwruBkKg%3d%3d
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE in Miami International Airport (MIA.) Applicants select shifts but must work at least twice per month. Most volunteers work once a week. Shifts are from 9am-1pm, 1-5pm, and 5-9pm. Volunteers will receive passes for employee parking at MIA. Must have some computer knowledge and work well with traveling military and their families with IDs. Sign up online at www.militaryloungemiami.com/?page_id=8 or call 305.587.0046.
DIVERS, VOLUNTEER with Veterans Ocean Adventures and share the undersea world with the disabled community and disabled veterans. Once certified as a Buddy Diver by the Handicapped SCUBA Association, join us as we give back to the community supporting adaptive diving. Volunteers receive free air and free passage on scheduled boat dives. For more information, email [email protected].
CHARLEE OF DADE COUNTY, INC. provides for the needs of abused, abandoned, neglected, and at-risk children in Miami-Dade County. To volunteer, call 305.779.9706.
MIAMI-DADE ANIMAL SERVICES - email Volunteer Coordinator at [email protected] or visit http://www.miamidade.gov/animals/volunteer.asp
BROWARD: http://www.handsonbroward.org/
MIAMI-DADE: http://www.handsonmiami.org/
Volunteer
MIAMI-DADE DEFENSE ALLIANCE COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE AND DISCOUNT DIRECTORY - http://miami.beaconcouncil.com/mdda/mdda_resource_guide.html
MILITARY DISCOUNTS - http://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/military-discounts
MIAMI OPEN CITY TOUR - free hop on - hop off transportation to active duty and veterans as well as $19 (50% discount) to spouse and children (I.D. required).
Journey begins at Bayside from 9am with the last departure at 4:30pm. Buses are equipped with: Retractable roof (for all weather), Wi-Fi, 7 language audio
presentation, Air conditioning on lower deck, Handicap essentials. www.miamiopencitytour.com/en/
DIVING MUSEUM All active duty military are free. Museum dedicated to collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting artifacts, antiques, books, documents,
photographs and oral history relative to the History of Diving and celebrates the special role that South Florida and the Florida Keys played in this untold story.
Mile Marker 83 on US-1 in Islamorada on the Bay Side. www.divingmuseum.org/
PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132, Active U.S. Military free with ID, http://www.pamm.org/
BIGSTAR MOVIES offers active and veteran service men and women a discounted rate - a one year membership, all access pass, for five dollars. $5 membership
($34.99 regular rate) for an entire year provides access to worldwide cinema. No matter where you are deployed, you can have access as long as you have an
internet connection. BIGSTAR Movies- go to the secure link HTTPS://www.bigstar.tv/?promo=usaf and fill in the information.
MILLER'S DORAL ALE HOUSE - Service members in uniform receive 25% discount on meals, 3271 NW 87 Ave, Doral, FL 33172.
www.millersalehouse.com/location/doral-ale-house.
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN offers active duty military personnel with ID free admission. Admission for spouses is $20 and
children $10 (with ID). www.fairchildgarden.org/
RUNNER’S CO, 10365 NW 41 Street, Doral, FL 33178 305.599.9972, www.runnersco.com, offers all USSOUTHCOM employees a 10% discount with ID. Running
shoes, apparel, accessories, nutrition, gait analysis, 2D foot scan.
MIAMI SEAQUARIUM offers free entry for all service members with ID. 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149.
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP COMPANY offers a 10% discount with military ID for up to 8 people. www.bubbagump.com/locations/miami/
MCDONALD REALTY - Home Purchases, Sales, Rentals and Property Management for Miami Dade and Broward Counties. 15% off standard commission rates for
homes sales and 15% commission rebate for all purchases for all Military Personnel, Government Civilians and their families. Veteran-owned business, Certified
Florida Military Specialist. Colonel David R. McDonald, Jr., USA retired, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Florida Military Specialist (FMS)
Broker/Owner, McDonald Realty, 954.443.6705 (office) 954.632.9105 (Cell)
MIAMI SCIENCE MUSEUM - free admission for all active duty military with valid ID. www.miamisci.org/
PARK ‘N FLY - Military Discount - 30% off posted rates for all Military. Show your Military ID Card and Save. The rates for Military in Miami is $7 outside and $9
inside both valet parking included. View Quick Presentation - 15 seconds - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mho5g3xwey0iuin/Miami%20ParkNFly%20Preso.pdf.
http://www.pnf.com/
AIRPORT FAST PARK - If you are a federal employee, military or civilian, send an email to southcom.miami.sc.mbx-usag-mwr@mailmil for discount information.
This discount is only for federal employees.
YOUNG AT ART MUSEUM - All men and women currently are serving in the military, veterans and their families will be offered an $11 per person admission price
to the museum. The discounted entry fee of $11 will be honored at the Young At Art admissions desk. Please present a military ID to receive the discount. 751
SW 121 Ave. Davie. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 10am to 5pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm. Admission - $14 per person; $12
for Broward County residents, seniors and children over age 1 and $11 for military members and their immediate families. 954.424.0085 or
www.YoungAtArtMuseum.org.
SAFARI EDVENTURE - Hands-on nature and wildlife presentations. 23700 SW 142 Ave, Miami, Fl. 33170, (About 3 miles south of Cutler Ridge – or – 7 miles north of
Homestead.) Active U.S. military families, (Active personnel, spouse, & their children entering with them): $2 off each. http://safariedventure.com/
FLORIDA STATE PARKS – Military discount - https://www.floridastateparks.org/content/annual-pass-information#discountsforveterans
Discounts
NAS KEY WEST MWR - To be placed on the e-mail distribution list: [email protected] – please provide your name & command. LIKE their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NAS-Key-West-MWR/127937197261693. Web page:
www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_key_west/ffr/things-to-do.html
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE at Miami International Airport for traveling military personnel and their families. Appropriate military identification and airline tickets
or boarding passes are required. Concourse E (in the Central Terminal,) level 2 (Departures and Gates.) Enter hallway to the right of and outside
the Security Check-in point. Look for signage directing you to restrooms and the Military Hospitality Lounge. For additional guidance on access to
the lounge please check with the nearest Airport Information Counter.
BOOKS & BOOKS EVENTS: Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Florida 33134. For more details on these and many other author events -
www.booksandbooks.com/event/selector. Sign up for emails from Books & Books, www.booksandbooks.com/. Many of their events are live
streamed. Check the website for further information.
ROBERT KURSON - PIRATE HUNTERS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 8PM
Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - But two men—John Chatterton and John Mattera—are willing to
risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. At large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the
seventeenth century, Bannister should have been immortalized in the lore of the sea—his exploits more notorious than Blackbeard’s, more daring
than Kidd’s. But his story, and his ship, have been lost to time. If Chatterton and Mattera succeed, they will make history—it will be just the second
time ever that a pirate ship has been discovered and positively identified. Soon, however, they realize that cutting-edge technology and a
willingness to lose everything aren’t enough to track down Bannister’s ship. They must travel the globe in search of historic documents and
accounts of the great pirate’s exploits, face down dangerous rivals, battle the tides of nations and governments and experts. But it’s only when
they learn to think and act like pirates—like Bannister—that they become able to go where no pirate hunters have gone before. Fast-paced and
filled with suspense, fascinating characters, history, and adventure, Pirate Hunters is an unputdownable story that goes deep to discover truths
and souls long believed lost. About the Author: Robert Kurson is an American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, Shadow Divers,
the true story of two Americans who discover a World War II German U-boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. Kurson began his career
as an attorney, graduating from Harvard Law School, and practicing real estate law. Kurson's professional writing career began at the Chicago
Sun-Times, where he started as a sports agate clerk and soon gained a full-time features writing job. In 2000, Esquire published "My Favorite
Teacher," his first magazine story, which became a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He moved from the Sun-Times to Chicago magazine,
then to Esquire, where he won a National Magazine Award and was a contributing editor for years. His stories have appeared in Rolling Stone, The
New York Times Magazine, and other publications. He lives in Chicago.
LAURA LEE HUTTENBACH - THE BOY IS GONE -WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015 - 8:M
A story with the power to change how people view the last years of colonialism in East Africa, The Boy Is Gone portrays the struggle for Kenyan independence in the
words of a freedom fighter whose life spanned the twentieth century's most dramatic transformations. Born into an impoverished farm family in
the Meru Highlands, Japhlet Thambu grew up wearing goatskins and lived to stand before his community dressed for business in a pressed suit,
crisp tie, and freshly polished shoes. For most of the last four decades, however, he dressed for work in the primary school classroom and on his
lush tea farm. The General, as he came to be called from his leadership of the Mau Mau uprising sixty years ago, narrates his life story in
conversation with Laura Lee Huttenbach, a young American who met him while backpacking in Kenya in 2006. A gifted storyteller with a keen
appreciation for language and a sense of responsibility as a repository of his people's history, the General talks of his childhood in the voice of a
young boy, his fight against the British in the voice of a soldier, and his long life in the voice of shrewd elder. While his life experiences are his
alone, his story adds immeasurably to the long history of decolonization as it played out across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. About the Author:
Laura Lee P. Huttenbach, a graduate of the University of Virginia, has written dispatches from South America, the Middle East, and Africa.
In the Community
In the Community
FREE GOLF OUTING!
In the Community
At Books & Books
The members of the Delaire Country Club would like to show their appreciation to service members past and present
by hosting you to lunch and a round of golf at their private Country Club in Delray Beach.
Yes that means this is a FREE event to attend.
17 July (Friday)
Lunch: 1130-1230
Golf: 1230-1630 (18 holes)
Post Golf Reception 1630-1730 ( drinks and appetizers)
Location: Delaire Country Club, 4645 White Cedar Lane, Delray Beach, FL 33445
This event is open to all Active Duty, Retirees, Reservist, National Guard, Veterans and SOS family members.
Space is limited so we ask that you only sign up once you are sure you can attend.
Signups will be on first come first served basis.
Your name will be given at the security gate for entrance, so who ever signs up must be the one to attend no substitutions permitted.
All attendees must arrive by 1130. You may arrive earlier if you wish and can hit practice balls to warm up.
REGISTRATION is at the Leisure Travel Office in the Garrison Bldg. office #A1155 or by phone at 305-437-1595/2400
PROPER dress and attire required with collared shirts.
POC: Steve Ondriezek, 305-437-2726