Golden Dragons FRG Deployment newsletter
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2010 Golden Dragons Ohana, We hope this newsletter finds you well as we enter into a new month of this deployment. September flew by and before we knew it, October was here and in the blink of an eye, it's almost November. November and December will be a busy few months as we have a jammed packed calendar of events. 1-14 Infantry would like to congratulate all the nominees up for DIV Volunteer of the Quarter Award! Included in the Final Nominees that will represent 1-14 IN BN Awards Ceremony are our very own Emma McGraw, Justin Babb, and Tricia Carrasco. Did you know that we are almost to the halfway mark of deployment? There is still plenty of time to set some personal goals for yourself to complete before your loved ones come home on R&R ! Whether it be learning a new hobby, finishing a project around the house, or getting into better shape, setting goals for ourselves will help make the rest of this deployment fly by and give us something to be proud of that we can share with our Soldiers when they return. It is important to make sure we are continuing to take care of ourselves and each other as we continue with this deployment. The FRG’s has lots of exciting events planned in the upcoming months, so be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to get together with other families in the Battalion and with your companies to enjoy the free food, games, and support these activities/ meetings offer. On 29 Nov at 9am we will be participating in a service project; The Fisher House “adopt a room” for the holidays. We’ll be decorating the living room in Fisher House 1 (at Tripler) with the theme of “A Country Christmas” and of course, All volunteers are welcome to partici1pate! Also, keep an eye out for information regarding the BN Holiday party and photos with Santa. We look forward to seeing you at all of our upcoming events and don't hesitate to contact your FRG Leaders, POC's, or the Rear D if you have any questions or concerns. NEWS FROM THE HOME FRONT SEND US PHOTOS AND ARTICLES OF WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING TO KEEP BUSY THIS DEPLOYMENT! GOLDEN DRAGONS 1-14 IN BN FRSA M.Aloha Valverde
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Transcript of Golden Dragons FRG Deployment newsletter
2010! � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
Golden Dragons Ohana,
We hope this newsletter finds you well as we enter into a new month of this deployment. September flew by and before we knew it, October was here and in the blink of an eye, it's almost November. November and December will be a busy few months as we have a jammed packed calendar of events. 1-14 Infantry would like to congratulate all the nominees up for DIV Volunteer of the Quarter Award! Included in the Final Nominees that will represent 1-14 IN BN Awards Ceremony are our very own Emma McGraw, Justin Babb, and Tricia Carrasco. Did you know that we are almost to the halfway mark of deployment? There is still
plenty of time to set some personal goals for yourself to complete before your loved ones come home on R&R ! Whether it be learning a new hobby, finishing a project around the house, or getting into better shape, setting goals for ourselves will help make the rest of this deployment fly by and give us something to be proud of that we can share with our Soldiers when they return. It is important to make sure we are continuing to take care of ourselves and each other as we continue with this deployment. The FRG’s has lots of exciting events planned in the upcoming months, so be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to get together with other families in the Battalion and with your companies to
enjoy the free food, games, and support these activities/meetings offer. On 29 Nov at 9am we will be participating in a service project; The Fisher House “adopt a room” for the holidays. We’ll be decorating the living room in Fisher House 1 (at Tripler) with the theme of “A Country Christmas” and of course, All volunteers are welcome to partici1pate! Also, keep an eye out for information regarding the BN Holiday party and photos with Santa. We look forward to seeing you at all of our upcoming events and don't hesitate to contact your FRG Leaders, POC's, or the Rear D if you have any questions or concerns.
NEWS FROM THE HOME FRONT
SEND US PHOTOS AND
ARTICLES OF WHAT YOU
HAVE BEEN DOING TO KEEP
BUSY THIS DEPLOYMENT!
G O L D E N D R A G O N S
1-14 IN BN FRSA M.Aloha Valverde
KEEPING BUSY DURING DEPLOYMENT!
Alpha Company would like to thank all of those who came out to help put together Halloween goodie bags for our soldiers downrange. They really enjoyed them and appreciated all of our hard work!
Reminder: We will be having an FRG Meeting on November 27th. We will be assembling holiday packages for our brave soldiers so that we can send them out in time for Christmas. We would love for as many volunteers as possible to help give our soldiers the thoughtful gifts they deserve for the holidays. We welcome any ideas you may have. Please email [email protected] with any suggestions, comments or questions.
What has been keeping you busy during this deployment??? We would like to put together a few pages in the next newsletter highlighting the various activities our Alpha Company families have been taking part in while their loved ones are away. Please send photos and stories to [email protected]
Alpha Company will be participating in the gift wrapping fundraiser in December which will be a great opportunity to raise money for upcoming events and activities for the company. We will be looking for volunteers to come out and help wrap presents at the PX. ALEXA SMITH & EMMA MCGRAW
Message from the Company Commander:
Hello Reaper families and friends! Thank you for all the support you have given us over here in Iraq; whether it was through care packages, letters, emails, or just a simple thought or prayer, we appreciate all of it. While the mission over here can be a little frustrating from day to day, the guys are making the best of it. We've been here for about four months already, so guys are starting to get really good at their daily jobs and comfortable with the area we are working in. They are staying sharp on their battle drills and working hard to improve individually and collectively every day. Thanks again for everything you all do and take care.CPT Tony Smith
ALOHA ALPHA COMPANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS!REAPER NEWS:
REAPERS FRG CONTACT
INFORMATION
ALEXA SMITH
AND
EMMA MCGRAW
Bushmaster Families,
B Co is currently participating in a fundraiser. Ward center is having a "Festival of Giving" November 12 - 14. The way it works is this: You buy a ticket for $10.00, with that ticket you get exclusive discounts at OVER 90 stores and restaurants during that weekend only. They are even offering free gift wrapping for ticket holders! The best part is we (the company) gets to keep the whole $10.00! So if you are interested, and you will be on the island during that weekend please let me know and I will meet up with you to make sure that you get a ticket, tickets are limited though so if you want one please let me know as soon as possible!
BUSHMASTERS FRG CONTACT INFORMATION
APRIL GONZALEZ
CHARLIE ROCK FRG CONTACT INFORMATION
LISA KAIN AND KIM SEECH
Charlie Company Families,
Thank you for the HUGE turn out at the C Co & D Co Halloween party. To all of our volunteers, we could not have had such a successful event without you! If you have photos or articles that you would like to share for the next newsletter, please let us know!
Let's also give a huge congratulations to Justin Babb who will be awarded at the 23 November DIV Volunteer of the Quarter Awards Ceremony. If you have any photos or stories of what you have been doing during the deployment so we can include them in the next newsletter, please send them my way! Let's continue to support each other and stay connected to help this deploymentfly by!
April Gonzalez
BACK ON THE HOMEFRONT
HEADHUNTERS CARE PACKAGE TIPSWork It Out!: sneaker balls; deodorant; Gatorade powder; muscle milk; power bars; headphones; ipod; gift cards to download iTunes; gym socks
Cookie Mania: everyone bakes a batch of various cookies, put them in tins that you decorated and send out
Helllloooo Football!: Highlights DVDs, Sports Magazines, Team Pennants; Nerf Footballs; pretzels and chips and salsa; posters of cheerleaders =0)
Game Night: Poker Chips; Board Games; Packs of Cards; hand-held games and puzzles; nut mix; snack packs
There are a number of websites that provide suggestions, Soldier "wish lists, " and possible theme ideas for CARE packages. Here are a few great themes and most can be adapted for personal use or for our FRG.
Got some helpful hints or ideas? Send me a email and share with us YOUR ideas, tips or photos!!
HEADHUNTERS
FRG CONTACT INFORMATION
TRICIA CARRASCO
Diablo Ohana,
It's already almost the end of October and fall is in the air well except to those of us on the island where every day is warm and mostly sunny! Halloween is right upon us so I hope everyone has their costumes picked out! Can you believe our Soldiers have been gone for three months now? And what a busy three months it has been. Delta Company has come a long way! Everyone should be proud of what we have accomplished! We have set up a new company and an FRG and we've met lots of new people and built relationships that will last a lifetime. We held our first company FRG meeting in August where we were introduced as your FRG leaders. In September, we put on our bowling shoes and had a great time at the bowling alley! We explored a new part of Oahu while hiking the Kaena Point trail on the monthly battalion hike. Also this past month, Delta Company joined the other companies in the battalion and put together Halloween goodie bags for our Soldiers with lots of great candy I'm sure they will enjoy! As of right now, because we are so new, Delta Company doesn't have any funds and we really want to be able to send our Soldiers a Christmas care package This is going to require a lot of participation but I know we can do it!. We hope to see you all at our next FRG meeting! We will send out a confirmation with more details soon. We'd also like to make a couple of Announcements: We'd first like to IntroduceRebecca Grace Hart, Born on August 10, 2010 at 1:25pm, 6lbs, 5oz and 18.5 inches. She is welcomed by parents Ben and Chrissy Hart and big sister Ashelyn. Secondly, we'd like to thank our New POC for 2nd Platoon and HQ, Angela Stephens, for volunteering for this position. Please email us any photos or stories of what you have been doing during the deployment so we can include them in the next newsletter. For now, everyone stay strong and continue to support our Delta Company Ohana! This deployment will be over before you know it!
Chrissy Hart & Amy Wolf
DIABLOS
FRG CONTACT INFORMATION
CHRISSY HART AND AMY WOLF
SAPPERS
FRG CONTACT INFORMATION
Lindsay McLaughlin and
Courtney [email protected]
Sappers,We'd first like to thank Hollie Joubert and Evelynne Billings for volunteering to be our new FRG primary treasurer and alternate treasurer. We would also like to thank all of our volunteers, Spouses and Families who continue to support each other and our FRG. Our next FRG meeting is going to be Nov. 6th, noon at the Battalion classroom. We'll also be doing our company Thanksgiving carnival at that time. I sent out the information via email and Facebook but if you did not get it, please let me know. I will be the POC for this event, so if anyone has questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Anyone who wants to come, is invited to attend. All proceeds will go to 66th FRG funds. The money earned will be used for our next FRG event. Some of the games include: turkey trot, gobble wobble, gobble hobble, turkey in the straw, gobble up, The First Thanksgiving, the Horn of plenty snack bar. We hope to see you there!
Lindsay McLaughlin and Courtney Pierce
