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Virginia Beach VA 23462

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Volume IV, Issue 1

Fall 2013

Our Mission

Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation, was established in 1987. Our mission is to provide college scholarships to dependent children and spouses of all

US Navy - officer and enlisted - active duty, retired, honorably discharged or deceased who served within Naval Air Forces. Recipients are selected on the basis

of scholastic merit, community service and extra curricular activities.

Wings Over America annually sponsors over forty scholarships to students who have chosen to con-

tinue their education. The foundation is funded solely through the generous contributions of private and corporate sources, and has proudly awarded over

$740,000 to outstanding students since 1987.

East Coast Scholarship Recipients gather at the Awards Reception in Norfolk, VA.

The Gouge

On average, military families move once every three years. In my family’s case, we moved twelve

times before I graduated high school. In most respects, I count this as an amazing blessing and one of the

many advantages of being a military child. Growing up, I had the unique opportunity to live in foreign coun-

tries and travel all over the world. These experiences have given me a passion for travel and an appreciation

for different cultures and lifestyles. With these opportunities, my siblings and I also faced unique challenges

that are unparalleled in non-military families.

As a child, I attended seven different schools. We moved to San

Diego the year my older brother entered his senior year of high school. My

sister started middle school in a new city, and the year my younger brother

began high school, we moved three thousand miles away from his middle

school friends. Among the stressors of moving on such a frequent basis, military children com-

monly face differences in school rules, academic standards, and extracurricular activities.

These factors can create an environment that makes it difficult for military children to create

ties in their community to educators, administrators, and scholarship foundations that often

lead to advancements in higher education. The Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation

helps bridge that gap.

As a high school senior, my heart was set on going to Virginia Tech. It had everything I wanted out of college: the op-

portunity to attend a nationally renowned architecture program, a beautiful campus, and an undeniable school spirit recognizable

by even the most avid University of Virginia fans. My acceptance letter had already arrived in the mail, and the only challenge

that still lay before me and my dream of becoming a Hokie was the college tuition for which I would soon be partially responsi-

ble. As I looked into scholarship opportunities, I found the Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation. The scholarships I

received from WOASF allowed me to pursue my dreams of higher education without the burden of overbearing student loans.

Without support from Wings Over America, I may not have had the same opportunities during and after college that have al-

lowed me to focus on my education and career pursuits.

In Their Own Words…Maggie Lewis WOASF Scholar

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

2013 WOASF Scholars

Fundraising This Year

Donors

Volunteer of the Year

Annual Golf Tournaments

New events

Letter from our Chairman

Calendar

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2013Scholarship Recipients Kira Adsit, San Diego, CA

Tomcat Sunset Scholarship University of California, Los Angeles

Abigail Andreasen, Coronado, CA

Mark Blumenthal & Al Lovering Scholarship Cal-Poly

Alex Anduze, Virginia Beach, VA

USS Harry S. Truman Scholarship University of Miami

Carly Baker, Bothell, WA

Wings Over America Scholarship University of Washington, Seattle

Amelia Black, Duluth, MN

Wings Over America Scholarship University of Minnesota

Samuel Brennan, Virginia Beach, VA

Lockheed Martin Scholarship University of Virginia

Amanda Brooks, Perkasie, PA

Wings Over America Scholarship Penn State

Chase Carroll, Cantonment, FL

Wings Over America Scholarship University of West Florida

Sydney Catoire, Virginia Beach, VA

Raytheon Scholarship Old Dominion University

Caitlin Cavanaugh, Virginia Beach, VA

CAPT John “Turk” Green Memorial Scholarship College of William & Mary

Gannon Connor, Virginia Beach, VA

Newport News Shipbuilding Scholarship College of William & Mary

James Corcoran, Saline, MI

Wings Over America Scholarship University of Michigan

Sean Curry, Chesapeake, VA

Rafael Collado Scholarship

USS Theodore Roosevelt Scholarship Old Dominion University

John Denning, Chesapeake, VA

VADM Richard “Sweet Pea” Allen Scholarship University of Virginia

Morgan Gallagher, Virginia Beach, VA

CAPT Neil Kinnear Memorial Scholarship Virginia Tech

Sydney Gawne, Virginia Beach, VA

Carol Driscoll, Volunteer of the Year Scholarship Virginia Tech

Anne Gent, McLean, VA

Pratt & Whitney Scholarship University of Virginia

Samantha Gray, Green Cove Springs, FL

Boeing Scholarship Swarthmore College

Marissa Gray, Brighton, TN

Wings Over America Scholarship University of Southern Indiana

Brittanie Haas, Leonardtown, MD

USS Theodore Roosevelt Scholarship Virginia Tech University

Robert Herbst, Englewood, CO

Wings Over America Scholarship Dartmouth College

Katherine Hitchcock, Virginia Beach, VA

LCDR Kieron “Tator” O'Connor Scholarship University of Virginia

Brooke Hollingsworth, Chesapeake, VA

Pratt & Whitney Scholarship Christopher Newport University

Emma Holmes, Lexington Park, MD

CAPT Brad Johansen Memorial Scholarship

Maritime Patrol Association Scholarship University of Maryland

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Morgan Karney, Coronado, CA

Wings Over America Scholarship Gonzaga University

Ashley Kyle, Virginia Beach, VA

USS Enterprise Scholarship James Madison University

Deanna Laga, Fleming Island, FL

Wings Over America Scholarship St. John River State College

Joshua Leidy, Virginia Beach, VA

Doug Williams USB Scholarship University of Virginia

Rebekah Lester, Mount Sinai, NY

Wings Over America Scholarship Wake Forest University

Holly Mason, Virginia Beach, VA

NAS Oceana Scholarship Sentara College of Health Sciences

Angelina McBride, Norfolk, VA

San Diego Aviation Spouses Scholarship Tidewater Community College

Amber McKinney, Chesapeake, VA

Hampton Road Aviation Spouses Scholarship University of MD, University College

JoAna Mueller, Leonardtown, MD

Northrop Grumman Scholarship Northwestern University

Gabrielle Nissalke, Tampa, FL

Wings Over America Scholarship University of Florida

Charlotte Oren, San Diego, CA

Northrop Grumman Scholarship Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Jan Chris Orolfo, Fallon, NV

Wings Over America Scholarship University of Nevada, Reno

Linda Preiss, Hanford, CA

Wings Over America Scholarship Columbia College

Marcus Pruitt, Suffolk, VA

Lockheed Martin Scholarship University of Missouri

Marcos Stephens, Fleming Island, FL

Wings Over America Scholarship University of North Florida

Lauren Swanson, Virginia Beach, VA

RDML Jack Godlewski Memorial Scholarship Bucknell University

Kyanna Tamborini, San Diego, CA

VP- 47 Golden Swordsman Scholarship Hawaii Pacific University

Molly Undersander, Orange Park, FL

CMC Jeff Garber “Easy Day” Scholarship University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Matthew Wagner, Virginia Beach, VA

GEICO Scholarship Harvard College

Ansley Webb, Virginia Beach, VA

WOASF Centennial Scholarship Florida State University

Meganne Weissenfels, Coronado, CA

Kitay Family Foundation Scholarship California State University, Fresno

Logan Wibe, Virginia Beach, VA

Wings Over America Scholarship Virginia Tech

Cynthia Wibe, Virginia Beach, VA

Boeing Scholarship Bridgewater College

Sophie Wirt, Bowling Green, OH

Wings Over America Scholarship Carnegie Mellon University

Catherine Wood, Williamsburg, VA

Wings Over America Scholarship College of William & Mary

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It has been a roller coaster ride for Wings Over Amer-ica. The trickle down from sequestration effected our corporate sponsors’ annual giving, so overall dona-tions were down this year. Fortunately, we had the most prolific year with our special events, adding in-augural golf tournaments in Hawaii and Jacksonville, and increasing our participation in the Patuxent River, San Diego and Virginia Beach tournaments. Your gen-erosity and participation in our events enabled us to award $103,500 in scholarships this year.

All this is great news for WOASF, but there is still work to be done. The average in-state college tuition is over $17,000 and $38,000 for private colleges. The new debt crisis in America is no longer home loans, but college debt. The average 2010 college graduate owes over $25,000 in loans, totaling over $1 trillion dollars for the nation. College students need our help more than ever; between the rising cost of higher edu-cation and the lack-luster job market students find when they graduate, scholarships matter!

We hope you will continue your commitment to WOASF and the scholarships we provide . As we strive to increase our award to $2500 this year (a 25% in-crease) we ask that you consider increasing your do-nation by 25% to meet the needs of our college stu-dents. Every dollar you give, makes a tremendous dif-ference to our scholars.

Receiving a Wings Over America scholarship is very important to me. With the rising cost of school, I am so grateful to the scholarship donors for helping me fund my education. It is an honor to receive this scholar-ship, and I am proud to represent a foundation that is so supportive of the military and its families. The Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation has supported me ever since I graduated from high school, and I am so thankful for that. I hope one day to be able to repay the favor by serving in our nation’s Navy. -Matthew Wagner, Harvard University - Four time WOASF recipient.

Event Sponsorships

($500 and up)

Fundraising at a Glance

$0.00

$10,000.00

$20,000.00

$30,000.00

$40,000.00

$50,000.00

Scholarship Donations FY2013

Donations FY2013

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Ruby ($10,000 – $24,999)

Boeing Corp.

Platinum ($5,000-$9,000)

Lockheed Martin

VADM and Mrs. Mike Malone In honor of USS Enterprise

Navy League of Hampton Roads

Northrop Grumman

Pratt & Whitney

Gold ($3,000 - $4,999)

CDR and Mrs. William Adsit, USN (Ret.)*

Silver ($1,000 - $2,999)

Mrs. Margaret Allen In memory of VADM Richard "Sweetpea" Allen

RADM and Mrs. Ted Branch, USN In honor of USS Enterprise

RADM and Mrs. Steven Briggs, USN (Ret.)

Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Edenzon

GEICO

Mrs. Patricia Godlewski In memory of RDML Jack Godlewski

Mr. and Mrs. John Griffing

Kitay Family Foundation

RADM Bud Jewett, USN (Ret.)

VADM and Mrs. John Mazach USN (Ret.) In memory of LCDR Kierin "Tator" O'Connor

VADM and Mrs. Joseph Mobley, USN (Ret.) In memory of VADM Richard "Sweetpea" Allen, USN

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Patten

Raytheon

RADM and Mrs. Mike Shoemaker

VADM and Mrs. Denby Starling, USN (Ret.) In memory of VADM Richard "Sweetpea" Allen

In memory of CAPT William “Otis” Shurtleff, USN (Ret.).

Tailhook Ready Room Six

Mr. Doug Williams

Mr. David Winiker In memory of Gloria Winiker

VADM Jim Zortman, USN (Ret.)

Bronze ($999 and below)

RADM and Mrs. Chris Ames, USN (Ret.) In memory of their parents

Anonymous*

CAPT and Mrs. Kelly Baragar, USN (Ret.)*

RADM Harold Bernsen, USN (Ret.)

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brennan

Mr. Dee Burcham

Mrs. Beth Burroughs In honor of Mrs. Judy Myers

CFC**

Mrs. Diane Cugini In memory of Robert Cugini

In memory of Tara Pietromonaco Anderson

In memory of Robert "Bob" Groh

Mr. William Davis In honor of the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their

country

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dynia In memory of RADM Jack Godlewski

Mr. Michael Eckhart

CDR & Mrs. Johann Fournier*

Mr. Thomas Hills

Mr. Ron Hoppock

ADM and Mrs. Tim Keating, USN (Ret.) In memory of CAPT Turk Green

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Neidlinger

CAPT & Mrs. Lee Mandel* In honor of Jenny Mandel

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Edens*

RADM and Mrs. Dennis FitzPatrick, USN (Ret.)*

Mr. Fred Dickson

Mrs. Nancy Harwood

CAPT Ted Harwood, USNR (Ret.)

ADM George Kinnear, USN (Ret.)

CAPT Jim Joyner, USN (Ret.)

Loly's Lane

Mrs. Joyce Johnston In honor of Mrs. Tricia Groothousen

Mr. O. V. Maiden In honor of RADM Bud Jewett, USN (Ret.)

Mr. and Mrs. Peter McDevitt*

RADM and Mrs. Thomas McNamara

Mr. Michael Myers

Mr. Steve Padron In memory of LTCOL William "Salty" Watkins

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Peppe In honor of John Griffing

Mr. Tom Phelan

Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 131 In memory of Patrick T. O'Brien RADM Yank Rutherford

CDR Steven Trotta, USNR (Ret.)*

Mr. Roger Whiteway

CAPT and Mrs. Craig Wilson, USN

In honor of RADM Mike Shoemaker

Mr. Roger Arrowsmith

Mrs. Rebecca Pugh & Mrs. Kathleen Sarraino

Mr. Michael Overs

CAPT and Mrs. John McQuillin, USN (Ret.)

CAPT and Mrs. Ryan Scholl

Mrs. Helen Shoemaker

*Denotes Parents’ Circle Giving

** CFC donors cannot be individually recognized

2013 Scholarship Fund Donors

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Volunteer of the Year—Carol Driscoll

WOASF is lucky to have so many wonderful volunteers. We have a great scholarship com-

mittee comprised of 10 volunteers, a great auction committee that helps spread the word about the event

and coordinate the baskets. But it takes an army of volunteers to help run our 5 golf tournaments that we

host throughout the country. Carol Driscoll, our “Volunteer of the Year” was an army of one when it

came to our Hawaii golf tournament.

It all started with a phone call in December when Carol said she would rather try to start a golf

tournament in Hawaii than an auction. She was completely enthusiastic and as an avid golfer, and past

WOASF golf volunteer she knew what she was getting into. In three weeks time, we had a course, the

beautiful Kaneohe Klipper, a registration form and an unstoppable volunteer.

In six weeks, Carol had spread the word to over 100 golfers, we sold out a week prior to the

event. She also was able to coordinate over 100 prizes for our golfers including Shark Tours, restaurants and the Grand Prize a 2 night

stay at the Grand Wailea in Kauai. Through Carol’s hard work and the generosity of the entire military community of Honolulu, we

were able to raise over $8500 from the tournament. For all of Carol’s hard work and her impact on the foundation, she is our Volunteer

of the Year. A 2013 scholarship was named in her honor.

“I am honored to be chosen as the Volunteer of the Year for WOASF. My love for golf and Naval aviation made it a pleasure

to help coordinate the first Golf Tournament in Hawaii. I am thrilled that our efforts in Hawaii spread the word of the scholarships avail-

able to dependents and that we were able to raise money to support WOASF. My husband has recently retired after 35 years of Naval

Aviation and volunteering for WOASF is my way of giving back to the community I have shared with him all those years. Thank you

for honoring me and thank you WOASF for supporting fellow dependents!” - Carol Driscoll

The receipt of this scholarship is an incredible honor, and I cannot thank the Wings Over America donors enough. I feel blessed to be entrusted with your confidence and support. This scholarship has helped make my college education an affordable dream, providing me with the freedom to concentrate on my engineering studies while continuing to pur-sue extra-curricular and community service opportunities. Without the extra burden of having to work to pay for my education, I plan to volunteer for summer engineering in-ternships at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, which I believe will help me pursue my career goal of working in the Aerospace industry. I am exceptionally proud to be a member of the Navy’s extended family. It’s a life lesson that has not only taught me the value of personal responsibility and hard work, but also that we take care of our own. Thank you Wings Over America for helping to take care of me.— Emma Holmes, University of Maryland- College Park, WOASF Renewable Scholarship & MPA Scholarship Winner

WOASF Virginia Beach Golf Tournament

Another successful golf tournament was held aboard NAS Oceana’s

Aeropines Golf Course. While the weather started out great, we fin-

ished in the rain with a 20 degree temperature drop. But that didn’t

dampen our 200 golfers’ spirits. Sponsors included Newport News

Shipbuilding, Pratt & Whitney, BAH, Lockheed Martin, UBS, First

Command, Navy Auto Source, GEICO, Boeing & Northrop Grum-

man. In addition to scores of door prize winners, team and individual

winners (for both Hornet & Tomcat) included:

Command Challenge – USS Harry S. Truman (6 teams)

1st Place: Team Hunter & Team Aros

Middle of the Pack: Team CSC & Truman Team 3

Dead Ass Last: Team Brant

Longest Drive (men’s) – Dave Cruz

Longest Drive (ladies’) – Kristin Kohart & Colleen Morgan

Closest to the Pin – Butch Grant & Tom Green

Our fabulous committee volunteers included: Jodi Branch, Liz Mal-

nati, Diane Brennan, Roberta Roth, Mary Lewis, Steve Laukaitis,

Page O’Flaherty, Amber Mc Kinney, Liz Nosal, John Griffing and

Ron Hoppock Please join us for our tournament next year—

Friday, May 23, 2014.

WOASF PAX River Golf Tournament It was another great golf tournament aboard NAS PAX

River, Cedar Point Golf Course. The weather was perfect

and the golf plentiful for the 70 golfers WOASF hosted.

Sponsors included Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, Wyle,

Sikorsky, Raytheon, Simply Home, HP & NMAA.

Team and individual winners included:

1st Place: Team Sabre Systems

Middle of the Pack: Team VX-1

Dead Ass Last: Team Boeing

Longest Drive (men’s) – Ken Folwer

Longest Drive (ladies’) – Bree Hartledge

Closest to the Pin – Denby Starling

Our event volunteers came courtesy of the PAX River Of-

ficers’ Spouses Club. See you at our next PAX tournament

in the Fall of 2014!

Our PAX Golf First Place

Team—Sabre Systems

John Kovic, Jamie Norton,

Bob Roof & Robin East

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Letter from our Chairman

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donation—sign up on line.

Give monthly, quarterly or

yearly. Its easy to do!

As we close out our 26th year, WOASF is pleased to report that we awarded over $103,000 in

scholarships to 48 very worthy students this year. You will see a complete list of scholars in this newslet-

ter, but please take the time to view their profiles on our website. They are truly an amazing group of stu-

dents.

We’ve seen many changes to our Board of Directors in the past few months. We send our heartfelt

thanks to Jodi Branch, our former President who departed in June. Jodi served on our board for the past

two and half years, and we thank her for her devoted service and the expertise she brought to the founda-

tion. We will all miss her. We also say thank you and farewell to long time supporter and board member,

Linda Carter, as she and RADM Carter move to Newport, Rhode Island.

We are pleased to announce that Mrs. Peg Shoemaker has taken on the position of President of

WOASF. Peg is the spouse of COMNAVAIRLANT, RADM Mike Shoemaker. All of us at WOASF look

forward to working with Peg. You will be hearing from her in our next newsletter. Additionally, we are

pleased that long time volunteer, Mary Lewis, has joined our Board and will be our key volunteer in Fallon

NV, where she and RDML Lewis are currently stationed.

As we prepare to begin another scholarship year, we want to remind you that our 2014 application

is currently available on our website. We are excited to have our first complete online application and hope

it will be the easiest and most complete format for our applicants. We look forward to a successful year of

providing scholarship assistance to the children and spouses of the Navy Aviation community.

Mike Malone, VADM, US Navy (retired), WOASF, Chairman of the Board

Scholarship Deadlines!

WOASF has a new on-line application! Please visit our website for complete information

October 1st—Pre-qualification opens

March 1st—Pre-qualification form upload deadline,

postmark for supporting documents

April 1st—Full scholarship application upload deadline,

post-mark for supporting documents

Save the Date

Saturday, Jan 11, 2014

Live at the Sandler Center,

Virginia Beach

Join us for a night of music with the

from the University of Virginia

Recently seen on network TV and a

major motion picture.

$25 Tickets available on our website.

Visit our website for the latest information

www.wingsoveramerica.us

Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation

4966 Euclid Road, Ste. 109 Virginia Beach VA 23462

(757) 671-3200 ext.

Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation Board Of Directors

VADM Mike Malone, USN (Ret.)—Chairman Peg Shoemaker– President Jean FitzPatrick -Treasurer Pat Mazach - Emeritus Advisor Maryellen Baldwin—Navy League of Hampton Roads Steve Brennan —The Boeing Company Donna Buss—Advisor Thomas Hills—Rolls-Royce Corp. Ron Hoppock—Raytheon RADM Bud Jewett , USN (Ret.) —Booz Allen Hamilton Steve Laukaitis—Lockheed Martin Mary Lewis—Advisor RADM Lindell Rutherford, USN (Ret.)—Huntington Ingalls Industries Marjy Starling— Advisor Jon Thomson—GEICO Doug Williams—UBS Financial Services, Inc. VADM Jim Zortman, USN (Ret.)—Northrop Grumman

Special Thanks.... The WOASF exists today thanks to many wonderful sponsors. If you are interested in

making a donation - no amount is too small! WOASF is a Virginia Corporation which meets tax exempt status under IRS code 501(c) (3).

Donations can also be made through the Combined Federal Campaign VA CFC #86767

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE

Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation is a non-stock corporation organized under the laws of Virginia and tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the

Internal Revenue Code. A financial statement is available upon written request from the Office of Consumer Affairs, Commonwealth of Virginia.

Donations are tax deductible to the extent provided by law.

EBAY YOUR SUPPORT FOR WOASF! Did you know that eBay Giving Works supports WOASF? Isn’t tech-

nology grand? Now you can sell your items on eBay and donate part or all of your profit to Wings Over America. Simply log onto

www.givingworks.ebay.com or log onto www.ebay.com and select giving works. There you will be prompted to either, buy, sell or

donate to your particular charity. So clean out the closet, de-clutter the attic or prepare for another PCS move and sell your items on

eBay and support WOASF at the same time!

CALENDAR NOTES 2013 NOV 1—Aviation Spouses’ Basket Bonanza, NAS Oceana

2014 JAN 11—College Concert Series– Sandler Center, VB, VA

FEB 21— WOASF Golf Tournament, Pt. Magu, Ventura

County, CA

FEB 28—WOASF Golf Tournament—NAS North Island,

Coronado, CA

MAY 23– WOASF Spring Golf Tournament, NAS Oceana,

Virginia Beach, VA

SEPT—WOASF Golf Tournament, NAS Jacksonville, FL

OCT—WOASF Golf Tournament, NAS PAX River, MD

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