december newsletter from us africa command family readiness group

8/8/2019 December Newsletter from US Africa Command Family Readiness Group

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Thank you AFRICOMFamily for making theFRG "Movie Day" agreat success. I wasvery excited to see

all the Directoratesand Componentstook part in thisevent. I would liketo send out a veryspecial "thank you"to those AFRICOMfamily memberswho donated tick-ets to the familiesthat were affectedby the warehouse

fire. Your kindnesshelped to enhancecohesion and mo-rale, and broughtabout a sense ofbelonging to theCommand and theCommunity. I amproud to say weare well on our way

to becoming a strongand effective FamilyReadiness Group.

The Holiday Season isupon us and there areso many beautifulsights to see and fun

things to do. So

please be safe asyou go about yourmerry way and en-

joy all that the sea-son brings.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Tracey Whitfield

AFRICOM FRG

LEADER

[email protected]

From The Heart

Special points of interest:

Santa Claus Sightings

Road and Weather Conditions

New Years Fire Works Laws

Womens Leadership Forum

AnnouncementsThere is a recall on vehiclelicense plates that start withAD, AF or HK. If you haveone of those old platesplease turn them in to theregistration office on Panzerby December 31

Please check your CMRmailboxes more often fromnow until the holidays areover. The postal officeshave limited space

For those of you that live inon-base housing, if a firealarm goes off in your hous-ing unit you will need to callthe Fire Control Center bydialing 117 or the MilitaryPolice at 114/116. An alert isnot AUTOMATICLLY sent.

Every mile is two in winter. ~ George Herbert~

Inside this issue:

FRG News 2

FRG Directorate Reps 2

Holiday Invite 2

Chaplains Holiday Schedule 3

Post Office Hours 4

Community Happenings 5

Important Numbers 6

Volume 1, Issue 3

December 3, 2010

US AFRICA COMMAND FAMILY READINESS GROUP

AFRICOM


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Thank you to all the families who came and supported the AFRICOM FRG Movie Day!

MEGAMIND was a fantastic movie for the children and the adults.

Please join us at our FRG Kickoff Meeting Friday, January 14th at the Kelley Gym from10 am to 12 pm. If you are interested in becoming a Directorate Representative, thiswould be a great time to volunteer.

The Family Readiness Group is to provide support for the AFRICOM Service Members,Civilians and Family Members.

UPDATE:

The packages put together for our Service Members in Liberia at the AFRICOM FRG Huddle were sent and received.

The Service Members were very appreciative and loved the packages.

Thank you for all who donated and helped put the packages together.

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Do you know who your Directorate Rep. is?

Volume 1, Issue 3

AFRICOM Family Readiness Group

DIRECTORATE FRG REPRESENTATIVE CONTACT INFORMATION

INTEL & KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT JESSONDA MELLIN [email protected] CRYSTAL EADDY [email protected] DAVE STEVENS [email protected], PLANS & PROGRAMS KATHY HOPKIN [email protected] SYSTEMS JEN CROPPER [email protected] GROUP/SPECIAL STAFF RACHEL CHILDRESS [email protected] FORCE DEV & READINESS VACANT [email protected] & LOGISTICS VACANT [email protected]
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Y ou a re cordia lly inv ited to a ttendU nited State s Af r ica Com m andH ol iday P arty atS indelF ingen Stadthalle

Ear ly Bi rd D i s count : 5 off t icket price ifpurchased before 30 Novem berO 6 / G S 1 5 4 00 5 /G S 1 3 & G S 1 4 : 3 5E 7 t h r u O - 4 / G S 9 th r u G S 1 2 3 0E 6 & b e lo w / G S 8 & b e lo w 2 5

Satu rday, D ecember 18, 2010

Please see your d irectorate representativetoday to pu rchase your t icketsCocktai l s : 1700-1800Dinne r : 1800-1930Program, Festiv it ies an d M usic : 1930 -2300Attire : Semi-formalPlease Note: the Directorate Representative for the Holiday Party is not the FRG Directorate Representative. Please ask yourDirectorate if you do not know your Representative.


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15 Nov 18 Dec 10

Patch

Mon Wed and Fri 0900-1600

Thursday 1000-1700Saturday* 1100-1500

Panzer

Mon - Fri 1000-1600Saturday* 1100-1500

Kelley

Mon - Fri 1000-1600

Robinson Bks

Tues and Thurs 0930-1600*Open 20, 27 Nov and 04, 11, 18 Dec.

15 Nov 2010 24 Dec 2010

In addition to normal Monday throughFriday hours, your mail rooms cus-tomer service window will be open thefollowing days:

Saturday 20 Nov

1100 1500

Saturday 27 Nov

1100 1500

Saturday 04 Dec

1100 1500

Saturday 11 Dec1100 1500

Saturday 18 Dec

1100 1500

FRIDAY 24 DEC

1100 1600

All CMRs will be closed Thanksgiving

Day, Christmas Day, New Years Eve,

New Years Day and all Sundays

Volunteers are needed at the Kelley &

Panzer CMRs, no experience needed.

Please contact : Tammy Clarke at

0711-729-2330 or DSN 421-2330

Tiffany Martin: 07031-15-3407 or

421-3407

Patch Commissary:

Dec. 18th 10a.m.2p.m.

Kelley Commissary:

Dec. 20th1-6p.m.

Santa can be visited and taken pictures

with at the following locations, datesand times.

Panzer Exchange:

Dec. 11th 10am -6p.m.

Dec. 13-14th 2 -6p.m.

-USO-

For younger than school agekids, Pictures with Santa:

Wednesday, December 8 from8-11apm. He will take pictureswith each child and share acontinental breakfast duringTime for Tots Program. Pic-tures will be available, just intime for the holidays!

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USAG Stuttgart Road and Weather Information

Santa Sightings

site the link is on the right side ofthe home page and appears as ablack box with "Weather & RoadConditions" in white text. I recom-mend forwarding this email home

and putting this link in your favor-ites.http://www.stuttgart.army.mil/sites/about/weather.aspAFRICOM will typically follow theGarrison's lead for late reportingdue to poor road conditions. When

in doubt, err to the side of safetyand report your situation to yoursupervisor for accountability.Please ensure that your recall infor-mation is up to date on your direc-

torate/division/branch recall rostersnow to prevent any delay in yourchain of command contacting youduring a command recall for ad-verse weather. ~Commandant~

As we near the first adverse winterweather event of the year, I wantedto make sure that everyone had thefollowing link to the Stuttgart Garri-son website to check the weather

and road conditions which will in-clude DODDS and Garrison latereporting instructions. Internet, atelephone hotline, and both AFN TVand radio sources of road andweather information are availableon this site. On the Garrison web-

Volume 1, Issue 1

Holiday Season 2010: Army Post Office Hours
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US AFRICA Command Family Readiness Group

Panzer Commissary will

be open 24 Dec,Christmas Eve,

From 9:30a.m.-4p.m.

Kelley Commissary will be open 24

Dec, Christmas Eve,From 8:00a.m. 3p.m.

Patch Commissary will be open on

24 Dec, Christmas Eve,

from 8:00 a.m. - 4p.m.

Kelley, Patch and Panzer

Commissaries will beclosed on 24 Dec. Christ-mas Day and 01 Jan. NewYears Day.

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Community Happenings

Stuttgart Commissaries Holiday Hours

If you have not celebrated a New Year'sin Germany you are in for a very pleas-ant surprise. Your neighborhood skieswill be FILLED with fireworks. It is atruly amazing site. Know this, fireworks

are on sale at local stores, ONLY, 3days prior to New Year's Eve and theyare ONLY LEGAL to shoot them onNew Year's Eve and until noon on NewYear's Day!

All of the USO trips are booking up fast.

Give them a call 07031-15-3505 orcheck the

website http://affiliates.uso.org/stuttgart/

for openings.book early!**Early Bird Discounts are available by

signing up 10 days early to save 10 on

the price of your USO tour!

(some tours excluded)

Inters port Breit-meyer

There will be a WinterSportswear and

Equipment Conces-sionaire at the Ex-change, on Panzer,from December 8-23.

Commissary Holiday Hours


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HQ USAFRICOM

BLDG 3306 Room 102

Kelley Barracks

Trudie A. Lara-Smith

Medical Clinic:

0711-680-8610

Patient Liaison:

0711-680-5262

Base Operator:

0711-680-113 or DSN: 113

Military Police Desk:

0711-680-5261/5262

Police-110

Ambulance-112

Poison Control:

001-800-222-1222

American Red Cross:

07031-15-2812

On-call Chaplain:

07031-15-3079

Social Work Services:

07031-15-2676/2677

Road Condition Hotline:

07031-15-3744

Army Community Center:

07031-15-3362

Military Family Consultants:

0170-708-0715

TRICARE:

0711-680-4381

Nurse Advice Line:

00800-4759-2330

Dental Clinic:

0711-680-8626

Patch High:

http://www.stut-hs.eu.dodea.edu/

Patch Elementary:

http://www.patch-es.eu.dodea.edu/

Bblingen Elementary/Middle:

http://www.stut-esb.eu.dodea.edu/

Robinson Barracks Elemen-

tary/Middle:

http://www.rbar-es.eu.dodea.edu/

Important Numbers / Websites

Phone: 421-5264

CIV: 011-49 (0) 711-729-5264

[email protected]

Slide your way into the New Year

Happy Holidays,

All the information concerning Garrison events came from the MonthlyTenants meeting. More information on these events can be accessedthrough this website

http://www.stuttgart.army.mil/sites/commander/townhall.asp

If there are any questions concerning the AFRICOM FRG please con-tact Mrs. Tracey Whitfield the FRG leader, your Directorate representa-tive or myself.

Thank you and have a safe holiday.

Trudie Lara-Smith

Its nice to be important, but its

more important to be nice.~Author Unknown~
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