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Sam the Cooking Guy at NMC

Compiled & Edited by Katie DesBois

San Diego Armed Services YMCASan Diego Armed Services YMCASan Diego Armed Services YMCA

Volume 7, Issue 2February 2012

San Diego ASY at the Armed Forces Bowl

What a great start to the year!

ASY at t he Arm ed Forces Bow lSpecial Event

Sam t he Cooking GuyAvant Garde and NMC

Carter Clothing and Operation

Litt le FeetVolunteer Programs

Open HouseYouth and Community OutreachAnnual Board Dinner Special Event

In this Issue

At the end of 2011, the ASYMCA was thrilled to bring 26 San Diegomilitary families to the Armed Forces Bowl in Dallas, Texas as ASYFamily Ambassadors. Families had the opportunity to enjoy aweekend together with complimentary flights, luxury hotel accom-modations, and tickets to the game on behalf of Bell Helicopter.Spending a weekend with well deserving military families bondingas a unit was an amazing way to end the year and a refreshingreminder of why we do what we do!

One ASY Ambassador Family shared: Our family has been havingan amazing time in Dallas. This was our family's best pre-deployment leave ever! It has been a great way to spend qualitytime together before my Husband leaves for Afghanistan. Our fam-ily can't thank you all enough! We really appreciate everything.

Last month, wounded, injuredand ill service members at Na-

val Medical Center enjoyed acooking demo and a deliciousmeal with Sam the CookingGuy. Sam showed everyonehow to make tasty enchiladasand pan-fried orders ofshrimp. Thank you AvantGarde for providing sidedishes and Laurie Hyde forcoordinating the event eve-ryone was entertained andwell fed.

Serving 9,000 active-dutyjunior enlisted mil itary service

members and their families

each month!


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Wounded, Injured and Ill Programs at Naval Medical Center

Armed Services YMCA at Naval Medical Center SaDiego (NMCSD) coordinated some very excitinevents in the month of January in addition tSams cooking demo. We took a group owounded, injured, and ill (WII) sail plane gliding i

southern Californias high desert outside RiversideThis has become a monthly activity thanks to thwonderful folks at Southern California SoarinAcademy. The wounded warriors absolutely lovthe thrill of gliding in a motorless plane 10,000above the ground! Also, to kick off the New YeaAmerican Legion Post 434 came aboard to serve barbeque lunch to approximately 100 woundeservice members and the staff that care for them.

New Partnership at Naval Medical Center San DiegoThanks to Carter Clothing and Operation Little Feet, newmilitary babies at Naval Medical Center are enjoying beauti-ful gift bags filled with sleepers, onesies, burp clothes andtowels. Volunteers from the ASY and Operation Little Feetorganize and distribute this ongoing donation. We havealready seen what these gifts mean to our military familiesand we look forward to this exciting partnership.

Avant Garde and Sam the Cooking Guy at Naval MedicalCenter San Diego.


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Thursday Club Sale to benefit ASY

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February16 KUSI Shopping Spree18 Father & Daughter Dance

23 ASYMCA Neighborhood Exchange27 Computer Giveaway

March9 KUSI Shopping Spree22ASYMCA Neighborhood Exchange2316th Annual ASYMCA Golf Classic26 Computer Giveaway

Visit our Website Event Calendar formore events, updates, and free ticket

giveaways!

Calendar of events

2012 Annual DinnerOn January 27th, the San Diego Armed Services YMCA Board of

Management, Staff, and Volunteers gathered for the 2012 AnnualDinner. Board Members and key volunteers were recognized fortheir outstanding service to the ASYMCA.

YCO Open HouseAt the YCO Winter Weekly ProgramOpen House over 60 families regis-tered for the Craft and Conversationprogram with over 70 children inter-ested in the Kids Club program!

WOW! This weekly program allowsspouses to create social bonds andinformal support networks, and pro-motes healthy constructive conversa-tion about the challenges of the mili-tary lifestyle. The group fosters apositive social networking opportunity while offering on-site structured Kids Club where their children canmake new friends and develop their self esteem and independence in a safe educational setting.

The 85th annual Thursday Club Rummage Sale San Diegos larg-

est thrift, estate and garage sale - will be held Saturday, March 10,from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, March 11, from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. in the large Balboa Park Activity Center (east side of ParkBlvd. near Veterans Memorial). All proceeds will benefit the SanDiego Armed Services YMCA and 21 other Balboa Park and localcommunity charities and organizations. There will be thousands ofitems and bargains galore, as well as FREE admission and lots ofparking. Visit www.thethursdayclub.org for more information.

Thank you to the Thursday Club for supporting theSan Diego Armed Services YMCA!


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Biogen Idec FoundationMrs. Christine ReedWarming Up America, CoronadoGEICOReuben H. Fleet Science CenterCharlie KingSteve Becvar and USD

Southwest AirlinesCallaway Golf CompanyPhil and Amy Mickelson FoundationStarbucksAvant GardeCarter ClothingOperation Little Feet

Our Latest donors and

contributors

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Thank you Corporate Partner Members

and Major Donors...

Sut herland Management CompanyThe Spiva Family

Foundation

The San Diego ASY would like to extend a bigthank you to Starbucks and Starbucks Employ-ees for providing thousands of pounds of coffeeto our service members deployed overseas. Inthe words of one family: Thank you Starbucks!It's amazing what a piece of home- somethingfamiliar- does for our guys. We appreciate it!


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Final thoughts...From the Desk of Executive Director Paul Steffens:

As you can see from the January events highlighted in this SNAPSHOT, theyear started with a BANG! We want to express our appreciation to BellHelicopter Company for their generosity in funding a trip to the ArmedForces Bowl for hundreds of military families A wonderful way to saythank you to military families for serving this great country. I also want tothank the members of Avant Garde who jumped in to assist Sam the Cook-ing Guy in providing an outstanding meal for the patients at the NavalMedical Center.. . . .Speaking of a real treat, Bravo Zulu to Carter Clothingand Operation Little Feet for truly making the day for new military babies.Their generosity means so much to military families. Thanks to our many

generous donors, we were able to announce at our annual Board of Man-agement Dinner that an average of 9,579 individuals participated in ourprograms each month in 2011. Without these donations and the assistanceof hundreds of volunteers, we could not provide these programs. Speakingof volunteers, the members of the American Sewing Guild have completedover 4,200 Operation Kid Comfort Quilts for military families and were rec-ognized as our Volunteers of the Year. Last, but not least, I want to expressmy personal appreciation to the fantastic ASYMCASD staff and the mem-

bers of our Board of Management and Civilian Advisory Committee. Theymake an amazing team.

For m ore inform ation on how YOU

can make a dif ference

[email protected]

www.mil i taryymca.org

Support the San Diego ASY through the 16th AnnualStars & Stripes Fishing, Golf and Music Festival!

100% of the proceeds from our Auction Items and Sponsorships willbenefit ASYMCA programs. Please contact Katie DesBois at 858-751-

5755 or [email protected] to donate.

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