Military Saves Week February 22nd-27th

What is Military Saves?

Military Saves, a component of the nonprofit America Saves and a partner of the Department of the Defense’s Financial Readiness Campaign, seeks to motivate, support, and encourage military families to save money, reduce debt, and build wealth. The research-based campaign uses the principles of behavioral economics and social marketing to change behavior. Military Saves encourages all service members, their families, and civilian employees to take the Military Saves pledge and for organizations to promote savings year-round and during Military Saves Week.

Start saving today and take the pledge! www.militarysaves.org

February 2016 Proudly serving the residents of Hampton Roads

Community Newsletter

Inside this issue:

Resident Reminders

2

Living Green 2

Upcycled Craft 2

Upcoming Events

3

New Programs 3

Upcoming Community Events

4 –5

Coming Soon 6

Heart Healthy Month Unhealthy lifestyle choices can contribute to many medical conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes. Therefore, it is important to make healthy lifestyle choices such as healthy eating, active living, healthy BMI (body mass index), and manage your stress. Below are a few tips on how to improve your eating habits to reflect a healthy diet.

To decrease your risk of heart disease, eat a balanced diet of nutrient-dense foods and follow these tips:

1. Make half your plate fruits and vegetables

2. Make at least half of your grains whole grains

3. Switch to fat-free or low fat(1%) milk

4. Choose foods with less sodium

5. Avoid oversized portions

6. Drink water instead of soda or sugary drinks

Source: http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcphc/Documents/health-promotion-wellness/general-tools-and-programs/hp-toolbox/HeartHealthRiskFactors.pdf For more information visit: WIC-http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/women-infants-and-children-wic American Heart Association-http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ Navy Marine Corps Public Health Center-http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcphc/health-promotion/Pages/default.aspx

Recycling at home or school is easy and a great way to make a difference, both locally and globally. By recycling you can decrease the amount of energy and oil used each year to produce new products. Check out the facts and tips below about recycling and what you can do to make a difference!

Recycling Facts: A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the shelf as a new can, in as little

as 60 days. We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum soda cans each year. Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour! More of them are thrown

away! Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as

1,000,000 sea creatures every year! A modern glass bottle would take 4000 years or more to decompose and even

longer if it’s in the landfill. On average, it costs $30 per ton to recycle trash, $50 to send it to the landfill

and $65 to incinerate it.

Resident Reminders

Living Green

Maintenance Tip

Check your snow shovel! If the blade is bent or worn, replace it before it snows. Remember last year the stores were sold out of snow shovels and salt.

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Residents enjoyed glow bowling in

August at our Kids’ Crew event.

Spouse Appreciation Self Defense class in

May.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Valentine Paper Roll Owls

All district housing offices will be closed Monday, February 15th. Offices will resume their normal business hours on Tuesday, February 16th. For emergency maintenance issues, please call Lincoln At Your Service, our 24-hour hot line, at 1-888-578-4141.

Remember, this is a toll free service request line, not a local call.

Toilet paper rolls Valentine’s Day themed scrapbook paper Red & orange cardstock paper Googly (wiggle) eyes (size 14mm) Pencil & scissors Glue (Mod Podge) Paint brush, circle puncher, heart stickers & ribbon

1. First, cut scrapbook paper to fit the paper roll and glue it to the paper roll. 2. To make the ears, push down slowly on one end of the roll. Repeat on other

side. 3. Make the eyes by gluing googly eyes onto red paper cut into circles. 4. Cut a beak using orange paper and glue onto owl.

5. To make the wings, cut out heart shaped wings and glue to the sides of the owl.

6. Attach ribbon to the top so you can hang them. 7. I also placed one heart sticker on each owl to give them some extra love.

*For detailed instructions visit: http://www.happyclippings.com/2013/01/diy-valentine-paper-roll-owls.html

Attend the FREE events offered by Lincoln! To Register: Go to www.LincolnMilitaryResident.com and enter your Tenant ID and your service

member’s last name to log-in. Review the terms and conditions for data authorization. The first time you log-in, you will not see any events. It will take approximately an hour

to update your profile. When you log back in, please review your profile carefully and make sure the

information is correct. Please allow 24 hours after you make an update to see it reflected on your profile.

Once you are set-up, visit the website often to see upcoming events and enter the lotteries. Add the email: no-reply@lpsi.com to your contact list to prevent emails from going to your Spam.

Preferred browsers for optimal performance include Internet Explorer 10 & Google Chrome.

Lincoln does not promote events on Facebook for security reasons, but we will send out emails frequently, so please make sure the office has the most frequently check email on file for notifications!

Upcoming Lincoln Events

Dinner & a Class: “Marriage The Games We Play” Presented by C.R.E.D.O. (A program of the Navy Chaplain Corps)

February 26th, 6:00-8:30pm

RSVP Event

Attention all couples! Come attend a free marriage enrichment workshop and build a stronger, healthier, and more satisfying marriage. Dinner will be provided along with limited child care. Registration is required to attend.

For more information and to secure your spot visit www.LincolnMilitaryResident.com.

Window Safety

Preventing falls out of windows

is as important as learning how to

use one in an emergency. Unattended

children run the greatest risk of

falls and injuries, so the best first step is to watch

your children as they play.

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Fall Fiesta Bingo at Little Creek in

November.

Pictures with Olaf at our Holiday by the

Bay event in December.

New Programs at Lincoln Military Housing Community Centers

W.I.C. Clinic A W.I.C. representative will be on site to see if you are eligible and if so, register with the W.I.C. program. This clinic will be located at the Whitehurst Farm and Willoughby Bay community centers. Check your monthly calendar for the dates. The clinics are 8:30am-4:30pm. Whitehurst Farm: Feb 2nd & 16th Willoughby Bay: Feb 8th & 22nd

NMCRS Visiting Nurse Program Come by to meet a visiting nurse from Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. Get information on the program, check infant weight, and set up a free appointment for a nurse to come to your home. Nurses will be on site 10am-Noon. Little Creek Community Center: Feb. 25th Wadsworth Shores Community Center: March 24th

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Residents from Midway Manor

toured the Botanical Garden holiday lights.

Spouses enjoyed a lunch and a musical at

our Spouse Club in December.

Upcoming Community Events

FFSC Presents: Job Fair

FFSC Transition GPS February 18th

Be ready to impress with your resume and interview attire.

Call or visit your local Fleet & Family Support Center to review your resume and schedule a mock interview to get some practice.

For more information call 757-444-6089.

Lego Shipbuilding Event

Hampton Roads Naval Museum February 6th

The event is completely FREE of charge.

You and your kids can build your ships on-site or bring in your creation from home. The event includes many fun Lego-related crafts and games, the Lego shipbuilding contest, Lego robotics, and much, much more!

For more information visit http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/hrnm/calendar.html.

Preventative

Maintenance Tip

It is imperative that you put in a maintenance request for any form of water intrusion, no matter how small. This includes any water resulting from leaks, roof leaks, floods, etc. that you have occur in your home.

Community Newsletter

FFSC Norfolk Employment Week

February 9th-12th

Transitioning out of the Military? Retiring? New to the area and looking for Employment? Join FFSC Norfolk for Employment Week: 09 Feb Career Planning 8:30-11:30 09 Feb Job Search Strategies 1:00-4:00 10 Feb Effective Resume Writing 8:30-11:30 10 Feb Job Network 12:00-1:00 11 Feb Federal Employment System 8:30-11:30 12 Feb Interview Techniques 8:30-11:30

For more information or to register for any or all of the workshops, please contact FFSC Norfolk at 757-444-2102.

RECP Tip

Look for the DAV

donation bins in

your community

to drop off your

gently used

clothes.

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Our first Hearts at Home event in

February for families of a deployed spouse.

(2015)

Lincoln men were able to enjoy a morning of

paintball for our October 2014 Guys’

Day Out.

Proudly serving the residents of Hampton Roads

Upcoming Community Events

Virginia Beach Hotel Week February 19th-28th

Virginia Beach Restaurant Week February 22nd-28th

Virginia Beach Restaurant Week features two course lunches for twelve dollars and three course dinners starting at twenty two dollars. This year’s Restaurant Week promises to be the most exciting ever with over 90 participating restaurants. For more information visit http://www.dineinvb.com/restaurant-week/.

The Virginia Beach Hotel Association is excited to announce its first ever Virginia Beach Hotel Week! Virginia Beach Hoteliers are offering special discounted rates for guests to take advantage of the week of February 19-28, 2016. Stay, Eat and Play Like a Tourist! For more information visit http://virginiabeachhotelassociation.com/hotel-week.php

ASYMCA Night with the Norfolk Admirals

February 19th Come support the ASYMCA at the Scope Arena for a night at the rink. Tickets cost only $13 (regularly $19). From your purchase, the Armed Services YMCA will receive $3 for each ticket.

Anchor Scholarship Foundation

IMPORTANT DEADLINES Eligibility Applications must be postmarked by MARCH 1 Scholarship Applications must be postmarked by APRIL 1

For more information visit http://www.anchorscholarship.com/.

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Proudly serving the residents of Hampton Roads

Community Services Department Email: CSHR@LPSI.COM

Website: WWW.LINCOLNMILITARYRESIDENT.COM Adrianna Thomas Coordinator: Little Creek, Midway Manor, Northwest, Oceana, Portsmouth

TBD Coordinator: Norfolk Crossing, Norfolk Pointe, Willoughby, Whitehurst, Yorktown Brooke Scarbrough Community Services Director : Flag Becky Slimak AmeriCorps Navigator

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Spouses learn beading techniques at a jewelry

making class, BEADazzled.

Residents “Raced Through New York”

during an afternoon full of fun at our G-Force

Kids’ Crew event.

Spring Events Begin! Dinner & a Class: Tax Season Tips Upcycled Spring Craft And More!

Register for your community & regional events today!

www.LincolnMilitaryResident.com