bronco newsletter september 2011
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3rd Brigade Combat Team, “Broncos” S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 1
Bronco Newsletter
3rd BCT FRSA Contacts:
~3rd Brigade FRSA Kristina Cusatti [email protected] Office: 655-1208 Duty Cell: 808-221-6763
~2/27 “Wolfhounds” 1LT Botero, Daniel Office: 808-655-4831
~2/35 “Cacti” Jessica Burmeister [email protected] Office: 655-9051
~3/4 “Raiders” Paula Davis [email protected] Office: 808-655-0689
~3/7 “Steel” Kristy Presock [email protected] Office: 808-655-1426
~325BSB “Mustangs” Travantha Miller [email protected] Office: 808-655-0150
~3BSTB “Bayonets” Layne Fitzpatrick [email protected] Office: 808-655-6207
Military & Family Life Consultant Kay Kosko [email protected] Office: 808-655-1770 Cell: 808-227-6960
3BCT Chaplain Chaplain Heather Simon [email protected] 678-923-3865
Blue Star Museums Through September 5 Blue Star Museums is an initiative that runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day allowing active-duty military and their immediate family mem-bers free admission to over 1,500 museums in the United States. Partici-pating museums include the Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Lyon Arbore-tum and The Lyman Museum and Mission House. For more information on Blue Star Museums visit www.BlueStarFam.org/BlueStarMuseums. FOCUS Deployment Club September 8-29 - Kalakaua Community Center FOCUS (Families Overcoming Under Stress) is hosting a Deployment Club for children 5-12 starting September 8 at 3:30 pm. This four part work-shop will teach participants skills to cope with separation of a deployed parent, strategies for thinking before acting, stress reduction techniques and tools for challenges of living in a military family. Registration is re-quired, call 257-7774 or email [email protected] by September 1. For more information on FOCUS visit www.focusproject.org. Stephen Siller Tunnel to Tower Run Pearl Harbor September 11 - Ford Island. Volunteers and runners are in-vited to participate in the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Tower Run on Septem-ber 11 at 7:00 am on the historic Ford Island. The Tunnel to Towers Foun-dation continues to follow Stephen's footsteps to do good for those in need. Honoring his heroic life and death, the lives of his 342 brothers, all who perished on 9/11 and those Service Members who continue to fight. Proceeds will benefit The Stephen Siller Foundation, USA Cares Hawaii Chapter and the Tripler Fisher House. All runners and volunteers must register at www.active.com/running/honolulu-hi/stephen-siller-tunnel-to-towers-run-pearl-harbor-2011 Free Auto Skills Classes Spouses of Deployed Soldiers this FREE class is just for you! Let your Fort Shafter Auto Skills Center show you how to check your oil, other fluids and tire pressure. They will teach you basic information about your vehicle. For more information or to schedule an appointment please call FS Auto Skills Center at 438-9402. Blue Star Card SUPERSTAR Punch Card The SUPERSTAR punch card is a recent Blue Star Card initiative. If you attend Blue Star Card events, you will receive a Blue Star Card SUPERSTAR punch card. After filling up your punch card, on your 10th event you will receive a FREE Blue Star Card t-shirt! Receive your punch card at any Blue Star Card event!
Blue Star Card
Upcoming Blue Star Event
Big R: Hale Koa Luau September 26 - Hale Koa Hotel
Join your Blue Star Card friends on an amazing adventure through the islands of Polynesia to celebrate another month of deployment complete on Monday, September 26, from 5:30 - 9:30 pm at the Hale Koa Hotel’s Luau! Enjoy the splendor and spectacle of ancient traditions while participating in cultural demonstrations from around the Pacific. There will also be live Hawaiian music and an authentic imu ceremony. You will enjoy a bountiful feast that infuses both authentic Hawaiian and local favorites. This will be followed by the spectacular luau show hosted by Glen Medeiros. The Hale Koa Hotel is offering Blue Star Card holders a special rate for this show. Adult (18 & older) ticket prices are only $30 and all children (17 & younger) are FREE courtesy the Blue Star Card program and a generous donation from the Fisher House! Ticket prices are not combinable with any other offer. For more information on the show visit www.halekoa.com. Limited transportation will be provided from Schofield Barracks to the Hale Koa Hotel leaving at 4:00 pm. Tickets for the show are limited! **You MUST reserve tickets through the Blue Star Card Program. Please DO NOT reserve your tickets through the Hale Koa Activities Office or through ITR for this particular show. For more information or to reserve your space please call 655-0002 or email [email protected]. Deadline to register is September 9.
September
Facts about
-The gem for September is the Sapphire. -The September flower is the Morning Glory. -The very first comic strip was printed in an American newspaper on September 11th, 1875 -The famous leader singer of the classic rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury was born on September 5th, 1946 on the island of Zanzibar. -The poem “Mary had a Little Lamb” was published September 1st, 1830. -World War II began September 1939, when Hitler invaded Poland. -The US Treasury Department was established 1789. -September 5th, is National Cheese Pizza Day. -The 1st Continental Congress was called to order on September 5, 1874. -September 9th is National Teddy Bear Day. -September 16th id National Play-Doh Day. -September 19th is “Talk Like A pirate Day” around the world…an International event. -The first airport opened on September 29. -Band-Aids were invented in September -September 24th, 1789 — the US Supreme Court was established. -On September 18, 1851 the infamous New York Times newspaper published it first edition. -Native American Day is always celebrated on the 4th Friday of September. -September 12th is National Chocolate Milkshake Day -The 4th week of September is National Dog Week -The Great Fire of London happened September 2, 1666. -George Eastman got his patent for the roll-film camera, in September of 1888 and the Eastman Kodak company soon was off to becoming one of America’s major corporations. -On September 5th, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed a hijacking bill, making air piracy a crime punishable by death or imprisonment. -Former President Richard M. Nixon was given an unconditional pardon, for his role in the infamous “Watergate” fiasco by President Gerald Ford, September 8, 1974.
September is also National_____________________Month
ADHA, Apple, Baby Safety, Backpack Safety, Be kind to Editors and Writers, Children’s Good
Manners, Childhood Cancer Awareness, Chili Peppers and Figs, College Savings, Fall Hat,
Low-Cholesterol, Low-Fat Pizza Bake, Gynecology Cancer Awareness, Happy Cat,
International People Skills, International Self-Awareness, International Strategic Thinking,
Library Card Sign-up, Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness, Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Recovery, Mold Awareness, Chicken, Child Awareness, Childhood Obesity Awareness,
Childhood Injury Prevention, Fruit and Veggies, Coupon, Head Lice Prevention, Honey,
Mushroom, Organic Harvest, Sickle Cell, Piano, Prostate Cancer Awareness, Rice, Skin Care
Awareness, Passion Fruit and Peach, One-on-One, Self Improvement, Update your Resume,
Women’s Friendship, World Animal Remembrance, Hispanic Heritage, Whole Grain, Subliminal
Communications……”Shew! That’s a lot!”
3BCT Family Support Center
What services are at the Family Support Center
What can the Family Support
Center do for you.
Brigade Family Readiness Support Assistant (and Unit Victim Advocate)
Family Support Center NCOIC
Brigade S1
Military & Family Life Consultant
Chaplain
Also provided are resource services, support groups, reading to the children,
area for your FRG meetings to be held, large children’s play area equipped
with games, crafts, toys, chalkboard wall, etc., and a comfortable sitting area
for families and friends.
The FSC is equipped to handle just about any situation that may arise due to
deployment. The Chaplain and MFLC are here for counseling services. The
3BCT FRSA is available to answer questions or address concerns pertaining to
Family Readiness. The Brigade S1 is there to handle administrative issues. The
NCOIC is there for soldier support and or soldier related issues. And the chil-
dren’s play room is here just for FUN! Also, please contact us to utilize our fa-
cility for your FRG meetings and functions.
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Come to Arts and Crafts and take advantage of our great classes.
Watercolor for Beginners. Class begins September 1. Hand make your own Paper! Class begins September 6. Knit Now! and Baby Knits Tuesday afternoons beginning September 6. Fine Art for Teens meets every Saturday 12:30pm starting September 3.
Call Arts & Crafts at 808-655-4202 to register or receive more information .
Kids Day September 17, 2011 is a National day set aside to foster relationships be-tween adults and children and to honor American children through the gift of meaningful time. Come out to Schofield Barracks School Age Center (Building 1280) from 9 am to noon for a day filled with lots of fun, entertainment, demonstrations, con-tests, prizes…all to celebrate KIDS! Open to military children and youth of all ages. Sponsored by Child, Youth and School Services, DFMWR. For more information contact Parent Central Services, Schofield 655-8380 or AMR 833-5393.
Enter your best images to compete against top photographers in the
Army and win cash awards.
Categories: People, Military Life, Still Life, Nature and landscapes, Ani-
mals, Design elements, Digital Darkroom, Monochrome
Divisions: Active Duty, Eligible Civilians (Family Members, Retirees and
DA Civilians)
Submission Dates: September 5 - October16, 2011
Entry Deadline: October 16, 2011
To enter contest go to https://apps.imcom.army.mil/APPTRAC/
Entries are only accepted starting on September 5th
Schofield Barracks Teen Center is moving
The Teen Center will be moving to Bennett Youth Center at 2251 McMahon
Road, Bldg 9090 on 1 September 2011
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May 10, 2011 FRG Boot Camp (FS) 0900 – 1345 (FRG 101, Key Callers, Fundraising, VMIS)
May 19, 2011 TBA 0900 – 1030
June 7, 2011 FRG Boot Camp 0900 – 1345 (FRG 101, Key Callers, Fundraising, VMIS)
June 16, 2011 Relaxation Techniques 0900 – 1030
July 21, 2011 TBA 0900 - 1030
July 26, 2011 FRG Boot Camp 0900 – 1345 (FRG 101, Key Callers, Fundraising, VMIS)
August 25, 2011 TBA 0900 - 1030
August 27, 2011 FRG Boot Camp (FS) 0900-1345 Saturday (FRG 101, Key Callers, Fundraising, VMIS)
September 13, 2011 FRG Boot Camp 0900 – 1345 (FRG 101, Key Callers, Fundraising, VMIS)
September 15, 2011 Stress Management 0900 – 1030
October 4, 2011 FRG Boot Camp 0900-1345 (FRG 101, Key Callers, Fundraising, VMIS)
October 20, 2011 Holiday Spending Plans 0900 – 1030
November 15, 2011 FRG Boot Camp 0900 – 1345 (FRG 101, Key Callers, Fundraising, VMIS)
November 17, 2011 Relaxation Techniques 0900 – 1030
December 6, 2011 FRG Boot Camp (FS) 0900-1345 (FRG 101, Key Callers, Fundraising, VMIS)
December 15, 2011 Appreciation Breakfast 0900-1030
Army Community Service, Building 2091
655-4ACS (4227)