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MEDICAL SIMULATION TRAINING CENTER

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Make your voice be heard...take the Fort Lewis

ACS Needs Assessment Survey

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Scholarship information available!

6th Annual Military Family Support March

September 13, 2008

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FREE PRESCHOOL

Clover Park School District has Head Start and ECEAP (the State funded version of HS)! This is a FREE preschool program for eligible 3 and 4 year olds. There are several sites on post, on McChord and in Lakewood.

Eligibility is dependent on income; however, because of deployments, many families who otherwise would not qualify will under some new guidelines. Only taxable income is counted!

It's a great program-Call for an application/information. 253-606-6371.

CYS expanded the hourly and respite care program.

More info here...

Win a Recording Music Experience!

Click here for prize information & here for the official rules & here for a downloadable application.

Check with the Fort Lewis MWR for the local application deadline.

Go to www.OpRisingStar.com if you have further questions.

Fort Lewis Thrift Shop News

The Sale Room will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Sept. 1.

Consignor checks for July sales are available for pick up during regular consignment hours. (These hours are from 0900 until 1300 every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.) We are only able to disburse checks to the consignor and/or the sponsor. We will happily mail checks if we are provided a self-addressed stamped envelope. You may bring envelopes into the consignment room or mail them to us at:
PO Box 33274
Fort Lewis WA 98433
Be certain to include your consignor number.
We are now accepting 20 consignment items per day, 6 of which may be clothing.
Bring in a few extra items when consigning in the event that we can't accept an item or we have additional time to accept more than 20 items.
Donations of household items are gratefully accepted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Please use our donation barn in front of Building 2070.
Regular Thrift Shop hours of operation are:
Sales: Tuesday-Thursday 9:00-2:30, 1st Saturday 10:00-2:00 (military in uniform have priority at all times)
Consignments: Tuesday-Thursday 9:00-1:00 (military in uniform have priority at all times) 1st Saturday of the month by appointment only.
Sale Room: 1st Saturday 10:00-2:00, Mondays 9:00-12:00
Buildings 2070 and 2071 Pendleton Avenue, Fort Lewis, Washington. Phone: 964-0445
Thank you for your continued support!

Individual and Family Emergency Preparedness and Awareness

Are You Ready?

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Federal Election Mailing Dates

Children & Youth Services Summer Sports Camp 2008

Registration available now!

Details...

2008 Care Team Training Schedule April thru December 2008

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What do Deploying Soldiers and their Spouses Need?

Ft. Lewis, the Army, and the Secretary of Defense want to hear from service members and their spouses about the types of needs they have before, during, and after deployments. If you are a soldier or spouse of a soldier who has returned from deployment within the past year, and you are 18 years or older, you are invited to participate in a voluntary and confidential survey.

The survey takes about 25 minutes to complete: that may seem like a long time, until you consider that the survey is intended to learn enough about the last two years of your life to help ensure that policies and support programs are able to meet the needs of all types of soldiers and families.

This survey is being tested in just a few select locations, so your participation will also help to develop a tool that could be used to routinely assess how well soldier and family needs are being met across the deployment cycle.

If you would like to take this survey online please visit: http://militaryfamilysurvey.rand.org . If you would prefer to take this survey by phone, please call toll free 1-800-631-0702 between 6 am and 9 pm Pacific and give the operator reference number 4327.

This survey is being conducted for the Army and OSD by the RAND Corporation, an independent, non-profit research institution. For more information about RAND, visit www.rand.org.

Tell us how we are doing... We want to serve you better.

The 1ST Corps Commanding General has directed the Inspector General to assess Soldier and Family Member’s experience while in-processing the installation. This survey will be used by the CG to determine the quality of customer service experienced while in-processing. Your participation is confidential and should only take a couple minutes to complete.

Just go to: http://www.lewis.army.mil/ig/surveys/In-Processing/index.htm