710 BSB FRSA FLASH

For the Week of October 24-28, 2011

UPCOMING EVENTS November 3, 2011: Family Safety Day @ The Commons November 8, 2011: VTC Day! Sign ups are OVER November 10, 2011: FRG Meeting Childcare due by November 1. November 11, 2011: Veterans Day NO SCHOOL / Services on Fort Drum VERY Limited November 11-14, 2011: Veterans Day Weekend services on Fort Drum may be limited November 22, 2011: VTC Day! Sign ups will begin November 4. NO PRIOR RESERVATIONS! November 24-27, 2011: Thanksgiving Weekend and DONSA NO SCHOOL / Services on Fort Drum VERY Limited December 1, 2011: Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony December 6, 2011: VTC Day! Sign ups TBA December 8, 2011: FRG Meeting Childcare Due by November 28 December 10, 2011: Holiday Party Location TBD December 23-26, 2011: Christmas Weekend and DONSA NO SCHOOL / Services on Fort Drum VERY Limited December 30, 2011-January 2, 2012: New Years Day and DONSA NO SCHOOL / Services on Fort Drum VERY Limited January 12, 2012: FRG Meeting . Childcare due by December 28, 2011 January 13-16, 2012: Martin Luther King Jr. Day and DONSA ...NO SCHOOL / Services on Fort Drum VERY Limited January 31, 2012: Reunion / Redeployment Briefing . Childcare due by January 20
NOTE: Cancelling childcare after the due date is the parents responsibility. If you will not need care on the date reserved, you may call 7727101 up to 30 minutes prior to drop off. Failure to do so will result in the PARENT being charged a no-show fee. This is NOT the responsibility of the unit and will not be covered by the unit. Please remember, while childcare is no charge to YOU, there is a charge to the UNIT.

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Flyers Included: Page 2: Mailing Deadlines

Page 3: Page 4: Page 5: Page 6: Upcoming Events for the Battalion Division Safety Winter Driving (Classes Begin October 4) Project Little Soldier (October 30 DEADLINE) 45th Infantry Gate Opening / Bike Drawing at the USO (Enter through November 1)

Page 7: Mall-o-Ween (October 31) Page 8: Family Strong and Safe Day (November 3) Page 9: Create an Ornament (November 5)

Page 10: Resilient Children FRG MEETING (November 10)

Page 11-12: Veterans Day Discounts (Nationwide) Page 13: 5 Hour Licensing Class (November 12) Page 14-15: In My Shoes (November 12) Page 16: Winter Clothing Give Away (November 19) Page 17-18: Turkey Run (November 24) / Registration Form Page 19: Holiday Events in Watertown (December 2) Page 20-22: ACS Calendar for November & December/ Contact Numbers for Agencies (NOTE: Go to View then Rotate View and Counterclockwise to view) Page 23-24: FMWR Upcoming Events Page 25: Operation Kid Comfort / Heart Walk Save the Date Page 26: Operation Kid Comfort form

Page 27: Applications for Dental Assistant Program being Accepted (Sept. 1 thru Dec. 1)

PROJECT LITTLE SOLDIER 2011

Each year since the war started, ARMS (www.supportarms.org) will provide at least 2 gifts to the children of our deployed or about to be deployed troops, ages newborn to 16 yrs. old. WE NEED YOUR HELP. Please check 2 items from the list below, and send from your home address no later than 30 October 2011. We will to provide gifts on or around December 17th. Please complete one form for each of your children. Please check 2 items. We cannot promise these, but will try to accommodate as close as possible to your selections: Dolls
List dolls type (Barbie, etc)_______________________________________________________________

Cars & Trucks

List type_____________________________________________________________________________

Action Figures
List type of figure_______________________________________________________________________

Clothes & Coats

Diapers/ Wipes 3-6 months 6-9 Months 12 months 2T 3T 4T

Gift CardsCheck 2 items

Target_______Walmart________ Best Buy________Sears_______Pennys________ Movie theatre______ Food store________ Toys-r-us_______Babies-r-us_______Justice______Claires______Kohls________ Childs name_________________________________________________Age________Gender________ Deployed persons name____________________________________ UNIT_______________________ Deployed armory/facility___FORT DRUM NY_____________________________________________ Deployed Familys address and telephone number: _____________________________________________________________________________________

Please mail one completed form per child no later than 30 October 2011 to: ARMS 265 Broad Street Eatontown, NJ 07724

Change to Access Control Point (ACP) Operations:

To help alleviate traffic congestion caused by the construction on NYS Route 11, DES will extend the hours at 45th Infantry ACP. The current hours are 0600-0800, closed weekends, holidays and DONSAs. The new hours are 0600-1900, closed weekends, holidays and DONSAs. This ACP is open for personnel with a DoD ID card, government vehicles and school buses only. Visitors, contractors (to include those with RAPIDGate)commercial vehicles, and those personnel who do not have their DoD ID Card in their possession are not allowed to access the installation using this gate. These new hours will begin on 7 November and will remain open until further notice.

FREE BIKE DRAWING

I wanted to let you know about an amazing donation we received today! We were the lucky recipients of many many children's bikes that we plan on giving away through a random drawing. We will be taking raffle tickets during our open hours Friday, October 28th - Tuesday, November 1st. Winners will be drawn on Wednesday morning and announced via the USO Fort Drum Facebook page by NLT COB Wednesday November 2nd. One entry per child. We'll have bikes available for winners during our open hours on Saturday and Sunday (November 5th & 6th). Children must be present to pick up the bikes and agree to be photographed receiving the bike. A parent or legal guardian must be with the child and present a military or dependent ID card. Those who don't pick up on Saturday or Sunday we will make every effort to contact individually.

Jefferson County Historical Society

News Release
228 Washington Street, Watertown, NY 13601 Phone: (315) 782-3491 FAX: (315) 782-2913 DATE: CONTACT: October 20, 2011 Bill Wood, Executive Director

Jefferson County Historical Societys Create Your Holiday Ornament

Children and adults are invited to Create Your Holiday Ornament at the Jefferson County Historical Society on Saturday, November 5th under the guidance of talented artist Ursula Mickle. All materials will be provided, and the design process shared by all. Ursula will work with Adults (classes limited to 12) from 10am Noon and with Children (ages 5 12) from 1pm 3pm. Beginners and experience artists are welcome. Children will decorate pre-molded tiles of snowmen, trees and stars. A call ahead will reserve a place for either workshop. Call the JCHS for more information at 782-3491. Registration fee is $15 which includes materials and also includes access to all JCHS exhibits, the historic buildings and grounds.

Operation Kid Comfort ASYMCA Project Strong Communities is offering FREE quilts to children of deployed soldiers through our Operation Kid Comfort Program here at the Fairgrounds YMCA! [Please note-- if the families have moved back home during the deployments, we will mail the quilts to them as well]. Operation Kid Comfort addresses the emotional stress that children suffer during a parents absence from home due to a routine or extended deployment. We offer photo transfer quilts that bear the images of the deployed family member, alone and/or interacting with the family, are made for each child in order to help comfort them. These quilts are durable, washable and meant for the child to cuddle with, play with and sleep with. We offer lap quilts free to children of deployed Soldiers. Each quilt uses up to 9 photos which can be emailed or disk (preferrred) or snail mailed for scanning. Minimum usable size is 3x5 though 4x6 and larger are optimal as we resize to 4x4. I have found that the more photos one uses the better. Attached please find the application that you can print out and give to the military families. You can visit our website at www.watertownymca.org <http://www.watertownymca.org/> also. Please have the families email their applications and photos to okcfortdrum@yahoo.com <mailto:okcfortdrum@yahoo.com> . Or, they may drop them off to our YMCA Fairgrounds site off of Coffeen Street in Watertown. If you or the families have any question, please call (315) 755-2016!

Operation Kid Comfort Quilt Request

Operation Kid Comfort Quilts are for children of deployed service men and women. To receive a quilt, please submit this completed form along with nine photographs (digital format that is emailed is preferred) that will help the child cope during the parents deployment. As all materials and services are donated, there is no fee for this program. Parent/Guardian Last Name: _______________________ First Name: _____________________________________
Please check branch of service: Army USMC Navy Air Force USCG Boy National Guard Girl Air Guard Reserve Boy Girl

Soldier/Airman Name ___________________________ Military Unit: __________________________________

Child(ren) Name and Age: 1. ______________________Age________

2._______________________Age______ 4. ______________________Age _______

3. _______________________Age _______

Boy

Girl

Boy

Girl

Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone:

__________________________________

Email: ______________________________________

ASYMCA/Operation Kid Comfort Release: The Armed Services YMCA is actively pursuing corporate, business and individual support for Operation Kid Comfort and the many other programs we offer. With your permission, we may use photographs provided for these projects, as well as photographs of the finished quilts and photographs taken at Operation Kid Comfort workshops and events for these purposes. Please read our privacy statement and approve or disapprove the use of your image, the image of your child(ren) and/or your spouse below. Please note that 6-9 high resolution digital photos are preferred and we will NOT be able to return any hard copies of photographs sent. Armed Services YMCA Privacy Policy We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you to anyone, except as permitted by law. We restrict access to your personal information to those employees and volunteers who need to know that information to provide products and/or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information. I give permission for photographic images of my spouse, my child(ren), my family and myself to be used for ASYMCA/Operation Kid Comfort media, promotional and fundraising purposes. I DO NOT give permission photographic images of my spouse, my child(ren), my family and myself to be used for ASYMCA/Operation Kid Comfort media, promotional and fundraising purposes. Signature: __________________________________ Date: __________________________________
Please return form to: Project Strong Communities Fairgrounds YMCA 585 Rand Drive Watertown, NY 13601-3323 Phone: (315) 755-2016 Fax: (315) 755-9623 okcfortdrum@yahoo.com

Operation Kid Comfort Wish List If you would like to make a contribution a list of the following items are always needed: ___ Material (100% Cotton preferred) ___100% Cotton Batting (Warm & Natural) ___Monetary Contributions (to: Project Strong Communities) ___ Jumbo 2.5 Gallon Zip Lock Bags (Hefty) ___ Joann Fabric Gift cards

DENTAL ASSISTANT TRAINING PROGRAM

FORT DRUM AMERICAN RED CROSS AND FORT DRUM DENTAL ACTIVITY
The Dental Assistant Training Program objective is to train students to acquire satisfactory skills and demonstrate competence in a variety of dental office procedures and laboratory techniques. The mission of the co-sponsored training is to provide the Ft. Drum community with access to a training program that promotes potential employment opportunities, engages both entities in the community and provide participants with a positive experience on Ft. Drum. This program is of NO COST to selected participants. Program duration is approximately 6 months beginning March 2012 (date subject to change). Basic program requirements: Sponsor must be active duty or retired military and Applicant must hold valid military ID card. Applicant must be United States Citizen. Must be at least 18 years old at start of program Open application dates are 1 September 2011 thru close of business (1600 HRS) 1 December 2011. Application packets may be obtained, MON-FRI 0730-1600 HRS, at the Ft. Drum American Red Cross office: Clark Hall 10720 Mt. Belvedere Blvd., Room B1-35 Fort Drum, NY 13602 Please contact the Ft. Drum American Red Cross at (315) 772-6561 for additional information or questions regarding this program.