mwr enews 29 april 2015
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TICKETS AT LEISURE TRAVEL SERVICES
FOR TICKETS – CALL 305.437.1595 Leisure Travel Services
KEVIN HART, 5/9, IGGY AZALEA 5/16
MIAMI MARLINS VS. NY YANKEES, JUNE 15-16
MIAMI DOLPHINS, MIAMI HURRICANES, FLORIDA PANTHERS, MIAMI HEAT, MIAMI MARLINS
K1 SPEED TICKETS
BLUE MAN GROUP at Universal Studios
DISNEY WORLD MILITARY SPECIALS
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MAY/JUNE 2015
BUGLE BOY
APRIL 29, 2015 http://miami.armymwr.com [email protected] No endorsement implied
MOTHER’S DAY SALE! 30 April – 1 May, 10-4, Food Court
http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/mothers-day-sale
Vendors – registration form may be found at the link.
Did you attend the Family PICNIC AT ZOO MIAMI? Please tell us what you thought in ICE!
Sports & Fitness
Fitness Center Class Schedule http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/programs/fitness-center/
Monday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
Tuesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling with Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1215-1315 Yoga with Loren
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Wednesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
Thursday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling - Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 0500 – 2100, Friday: 0500 - 2000
Saturday and Sunday: 1000 – 1700, Closed on holidays
Open to Active Duty, Reserve, Retired Military & their Dependents
305.437.0123/0124
All SOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI employees may use the Miami Dade Public Safety Training Institute Aquatic Center
9601 NW 58th Street, Miami, FL 33178. M-F, 0600-1800. Call for details: 305.715.5000. No guests allowed.
Schedule is Subject to Change
$3 per Class or $25 for 10 Classes
Pay with cash, check or credit card
Please arrive on time for class
First Come – First Served
USSOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI - RELATED FACEBOOK PAGES
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) - https://www.facebook.com/southcom?fref=ts
USAG - MIAMI Family Support Center - https://www.facebook.com/USAGMiamiFamilySupportCenter
USAG-MIAMI FMWR - https://www.facebook.com/miamifmwr
SOUTHERN COMMAND SPOUSES - https://www.facebook.com/groups/131929440155922/?fref=ts
USSOUTHCOM PARENT SUPPORT GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/121356728011135/
MILITARY SPOUSE RECIPE SWAP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/102922893243498/
Southern Command On-line Yard Sales - https://www.facebook.com/groups/567364979982480/
Miami-Dade Zip Code Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MiamiDadeZCG/?fref=ts
Homestead Zip Code Group - www.facebook.com/groups/HomesteadMilitaryWives
SOCSOUTH SPOUSES GROUP - www.facebook.com/groups/socsouthredfam
Conference Center of the Americas (CCA) - https://www.facebook.com/USSOUTHCOMCCA
Army Substance Abuse Program USAG-Miami - https://www.facebook.com/ArmySubstanceAbuseProgramMiami
J9's Public Private Cooperation division - https://www.facebook.com/southcomppc
US SOUTHCOM Health Clinic: https://www.facebook.com/ArmyHealthClinicSouthcom
Friday
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Monica
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1215-1315 Yoga with Carole
Sports & Fitness
BODYBUILDING COMPETITION Aug. 1, 2015, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Fitness Center - US Army Garrison-
Miami. Sign up! Participate, Compete, or Meet the role models that chose to educate themselves and took up the
challenge. They chose to change their lives through dedication, proper nutrition and a proven weight training
program. Witness the transformation of the human body, a transformation that you too can achieve. Participants
must register and attend workshops. There will be four categories: Men’s Bodybuilding and Men’s Physique,
Women’s Figure and Women’s Bikini. Call 305.437.0123. Sponsored by Hampton Inn and USAA. The Department of Defense does not endorse the sponsors.
http://miami.armymwr.com
Household Goods and PCS Entitlements, May 12, 1-2:30pm, POC: [email protected]
How to Create an Effective Civilian Resume, May 13, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Raise Credit Score and Liquidate Debt, May 14, 1-2:30pm, POC: [email protected]
Memorial Day Ceremony, May 14, 11am-12pm, CCA, POC: [email protected]
Financial Planning for a Home of Your Own, May 21, 1-2pm, POC: [email protected]
Foreclosure Alternatives and Prevention, May 21, 2:30-3:30pm, POC: [email protected]
Miami Tour, May 29, 9am – 4pm, POC: [email protected]
Interview Techniques Workshop, May 29, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Newcomer Orientation, May 26, 8am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Military Spouse Appreciation Luncheon, May 30 http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/military-spouse-appreciation-luncheon
The Department of Defense does not endorse the sponsors
FREE YOGA FOR VETS - Connected Warriors Classes, Dharma Holistic Center, 305. 834.3371,
8260 NW 27th Street, #410, Doral, FL 33122. www.dharmainstitute.org
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION - Volunteer Management Information System (VMIS)
1. Using Internet Explorer, go to www.myarmyonesource.com. If you are not already registered on this site, click on Register at the top right. Click on the Join Now button in the middle of that page on the right. Complete the registration form and select USAG-Miami in the Military Community Affiliation drop-box under HQ IMCOM. 2. Once registered, you can log in. Click on the Volunteer Tools tab located in the upper right hand corner of the webpage. 3. Click on Volunteer Profile. Complete all requested information in the volunteer profile. Be sure to enter the last four digits only of your social security number and save the page. This will ensure you are a registered volunteer. 4. You can use the Volunteer Opportunities tab to locate volunteer opportunities on the installation. If you want to volunteer off the installation, click on the Army Community Service link provides a generic volunteer position description – Special Projects Volunteer – for all off-post volunteer opportunities. 5. Once you locate a volunteer opportunity, click on the position of interest. This will supply you with a detailed outline of the position including the organization contact person. If you want to apply for the position, click on the Apply button on the top right of the position description. 6. Questions or concerns, contact Mary Ortiz, Volunteer Coordinator at 305.437.2665 or 305.437.2667 [email protected].
CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP - Make a real difference in the lives of people who have fallen on hard times. Volunteers are needed for: Meal Services Program, Breakfast (5:30-7:30am,) Lunch (11am-1pm,) Dinner (5-7pm.) After School Programming in our Family Resource Center (M-F 2-5:30pm and 6:30-7:30pm; Saturday 9-11:30am.) Warehouse and Maintenance Operations (M-F, 8am-5pm.) Holiday Assistance, Special Events. All volunteers must complete the volunteer registration paperwork along with a color picture ID. Chapman Partnership has two locations: one in Downtown Miami and one in Homestead. POC: Grace Ugalde-Wolpert, Community Outreach Manager, Chapman Partnership. 1550 North Miami Avenue, Miami, 33136, 305.329.3081, [email protected]. For more information, visit www.chapmanpartnership.org.
KRISTI HOUSE Volunteers needed at the Kristi House clinic: You must be over age 18 and a high school graduate for this program. Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm: Waiting Room Ambassadors (you can color with the children, read books, make bracelets etc.) Peak hours are afterschool 2-5:30pm. The clinic needs people to play with the children while they are waiting for therapy and/or when their parent is being interviewed by a State Attorney. The need is during the day and on weekdays Other volunteer activities include: public speaking, fundraising, special events and in-kind donation drives. Thank you for your support of these sexually abused children and their families. POC: Kristi House Volunteer Coordinator Abegail De La Fuente at o. 305.547.6823 c. 786.203.6758 f. 305.250.9161. [email protected].
THE ARTS - http://www.artsbizmiami.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=AHWWLp%2fPUVM30eGwruBkKg%3d%3d
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE in Miami International Airport (MIA.) Applicants select shifts but must work at least twice per month. Most volunteers work once a week. Shifts are from 9am-1pm, 1-5pm, and 5-9pm. Volunteers will receive passes for employee parking
at MIA. Must have some computer knowledge and work well with traveling military and their families with IDs. Sign up online at www.militaryloungemiami.com/?page_id=8 or call 305.587.0046.
DIVERS, VOLUNTEER with Veterans Ocean Adventures and share the undersea world with the disabled community and disabled veterans. Once certified as a Buddy Diver by the Handicapped SCUBA Association, join us as we give back to the community supporting adaptive diving. Volunteers receive free air and free passage on scheduled boat dives. For more information, email [email protected].
CHARLEE OF DADE COUNTY, INC. provides for the needs of abused, abandoned, neglected, and at-risk children in Miami-Dade County. To volunteer, call 305.779.9706.
IN BROWARD: http://www.handsonbroward.org/
IN MIAMI-DADE: http://www.handsonmiami.org/
Volunteer
MIAMI-DADE DEFENSE ALLIANCE COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE AND DISCOUNT DIRECTORY - http://miami.beaconcouncil.com/mdda/mdda_resource_guide.html
MILITARY DISCOUNTS - http://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/military-discounts
MIAMI OPEN CITY TOUR - free hop on - hop off transportation to active duty and veterans as well as $19 (50% discount) to spouse and children (I.D. required). Journey
begins at Bayside from 9am with the last departure at 4:30pm. Buses are equipped with: Retractable roof (for all weather), Wi-Fi, 7 language audio presentation, Air
conditioning on lower deck, Handicap essentials. www.miamiopencitytour.com/en/
DIVING MUSEUM All active duty military are free. Museum dedicated to collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting artifacts, antiques, books, documents,
photographs and oral history relative to the History of Diving and celebrates the special role that South Florida and the Florida Keys played in this untold story. Mile
Marker 83 on US-1 in Islamorada on the Bay Side. www.divingmuseum.org/
PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132, Active U.S. Military free with ID, http://www.pamm.org/
BIGSTAR MOVIES offers active and veteran service men and women a discounted rate - a one year membership, all access pass, for five dollars. $5 membership ($34.99
regular rate) for an entire year provides access to worldwide cinema. No matter where you are deployed, you can have access as long as you have an internet
connection. BIGSTAR Movies- go to the secure link HTTPS://www.bigstar.tv/?promo=usaf and fill in the information.
MILLER'S DORAL ALE HOUSE - Service members in uniform receive 25% discount on meals, 3271 NW 87 Ave, Doral, FL 33172. www.millersalehouse.com/location/doral-
ale-house.
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN offers active duty military personnel with ID free admission. Admission for spouses is $20 and children
$10 (with ID). www.fairchildgarden.org/
RUNNER’S CO, 10365 NW 41 Street, Doral, FL 33178 305.599.9972, www.runnersco.com, offers all USSOUTHCOM employees a 10% discount with ID. Running shoes,
apparel, accessories, nutrition, gait analysis, 2D foot scan.
MIAMI SEAQUARIUM offers free entry for all service members with ID. 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149.
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP COMPANY offers a 10% discount with military ID for up to 8 people. www.bubbagump.com/locations/miami/
MCDONALD REALTY - Home Purchases, Sales, Rentals and Property Management for Miami Dade and Broward Counties. 15% off standard commission rates for homes
sales and 15% commission rebate for all purchases for all Military Personnel, Government Civilians and their families. Veteran-owned business, Certified Florida Military
Specialist. Colonel David R. McDonald, Jr., USA retired, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Florida Military Specialist (FMS) Broker/Owner, McDonald
Realty, 954.443.6705 (office) 954.632.9105 (Cell)
MIAMI SCIENCE MUSEUM - free admission for all active duty military with valid ID. www.miamisci.org/
PARK ‘N FLY - Military Discount - 30% off posted rates for all Military. Show your Military ID Card and Save. The rates for Military in Miami is $7 outside and $9 inside
both valet parking included. View Quick Presentation - 15 seconds - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mho5g3xwey0iuin/Miami%20ParkNFly%20Preso.pdf.
http://www.pnf.com/
AIRPORT FAST PARK - If you are a federal employee, military or civilian, send an email to southcom.miami.sc.mbx-usag-mwr@mailmil for discount information. This
discount is only for federal employees.
YOUNG AT ART MUSEUM - All men and women currently are serving in the military, veterans and their families will be offered an $11 per person admission price to the
museum. The discounted entry fee of $11 will be honored at the Young At Art admissions desk. Please present a military ID to receive the discount. 751 SW 121 Ave.
Davie. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 10am to 5pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm. Admission - $14 per person; $12 for Broward County
residents, seniors and children over age 1 and $11 for military members and their immediate families. 954.424.0085 or www.YoungAtArtMuseum.org.
SAFARI EDVENTURE - Hands-on nature and wildlife presentations. 23700 SW 142 Ave, Miami, Fl. 33170, (About 3 miles south of Cutler Ridge – or – 7 miles north of
Homestead.) Active U.S. military families, (Active personnel, spouse, & their children entering with them): $2 off each. http://safariedventure.com/
MILITARY BURGERS “A Hero’s Burger” offers a 10% discount to all service members and law enforcement. 10834 SW 104 St, Miami, FL 33176,
www.facebook.com/militaryburger
Discounts
NAS KEY WEST MWR - To be placed on the e-mail distribution list: [email protected] – please provide your name & command. LIKE their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NAS-Key-West-MWR/127937197261693. Web page:
www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_key_west/ffr/things-to-do.html
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE at Miami International Airport for traveling military personnel and their families. Appropriate military identification and airline tickets or
boarding passes are required. Concourse E (in the Central Terminal,) level 2 (Departures and Gates.) Enter hallway to the right of and outside the
Security Check-in point. Look for signage directing you to restrooms and the Military Hospitality Lounge. For additional guidance on access to the
lounge please check with the nearest Airport Information Counter.
BOOKS & BOOKS EVENTS: Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Florida 33134. For more details on these and many other author events -
www.booksandbooks.com/event/selector. Sign up for emails from Books & Books, www.booksandbooks.com/. Many of their events are live
streamed. Check the website for further information.
RAISING KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: AN EVENING WITH ANNE FORD - Apr 29 2015 6:30 pm. LAUGHING ALLEGRA: The Inspiring Story of a Mother's Struggle and
Triumph Raising a Daughter with Learning Disabilities. Blending memoir with self-help, this is the remarkably honest and inspiring story about
raising a child with learning disabilities. When Anne Ford learned that her daughter Allegra's “differences” were the result of severe learning
disabilities, she faced a challenge that neither money nor position could ease. Desperate for answers, she sought out doctors, schools, and tutors
for help. As she journeyed from denial to acceptance, Anne faced rejection, intolerance, disinterest, and puzzlement from friends, family, and
professionals, eventually finding her way to the schools, people, and situations that enabled her to raise her family with hope and promise. Anne
became an activist on behalf of children and families faced with LD, and in time, she saw her child grow into a vibrant, loving, independent adult
with a passion for ice skating and a commitment to help other children with disabilities.
OFFSITE: DAVID BROOKS - THE ROAD TO CHARACTER - MDC Chapman Conference Center, 300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, Florida Apr 30 2015 6:30 pm. Please RSVP HERE.
In today’s culture of achievement, the drive for external success and attention is so fierce there's little time to cultivate inner depth. We're taught
to be assertive, to master skills, to broadcast our brand, to get likes, to get followers. We’ve become a self-preoccupied society; and the noise, the
fast and shallow communications, makes it hard to hear the quiet voices that steer us beyond our immediate needs. In this elegant interweaving
of politics, spirituality, psychology, and confessional, New York Times bestselling author David Brooks’ The Road to Character urges us to confront
the meaning of true fulfillment. Brooks separates two sorts of virtues, resume virtues and eulogy virtues. Resume virtues are the skills you bring
to the marketplace--wealth, fame, status and a great career. Eulogy virtues are the things people will say about you at your funeral-- these virtues
are driven by a spiritual urge not only to do good but to be good--to be honest, loving, steadfast, and integrated at the core. Most of us would say
that eulogy virtues are more important than the resume ones, but not the ones we think about the most. How did we become a culture of the Big
Me? Brooks looks to the post-WWII years when people wanted to escape from the shackles of self-restraint and subjects like sin and depravity.
They were ready to put scarcity and thrift behind them. Positive Psychology and other movements came to the fore, and, while these movements
weren’t illegitimate, Brooks believes they went too far and have put us out of balance. He argues that the central fallacy of modern life is that
The Big Me –the Culture of Achievement, our total focus on resume virtues as opposed to eulogy virtues – can lead to true fulfillment. But it’s
only by cultivating eulogy virtues that we can get there and, unfortunately, we’ve lost the vocabulary and means to do this. Brooks does not offer
a seven-point program on finding inner worth, instead, he makes the point that we do not learn through moral lecture but through emulation and
inspiration. Citing an array of history’s greatest thinkers and leaders—from St. Augustine and Dorothy Day to Dwight Eisenhower and Samuel
Johnson—Brooks traces how these men and women were able to face their weaknesses and transcend their flaws. Each choosing to embrace
one simple but counterintuitive truth: in order to fulfill yourself, you must learn how to forget yourself. The good news of this book is that it is
okay to be flawed, since everyone is. Sin and limitation are woven through our lives. Brooks writes, “we are all stumblers, and the beauty and
meaning of life are in the stumbling… Joy comes as a gift when you least expect it. At those fleeting moments you know why you were put here
and what truth you serve. You may not hear the orchestra’s delirious swell or see flashes of crimson and gold, but you will feel a satisfaction, a
silence, a peace—a hush. Those moments are the signs and the blessings of a well-lived life.” Eye-opening and deeply personal, The Road to
Character proves that it is how we want to be remembered – and not what we put on our resumes – that truly matters. This is David Brooks’
most powerful and revolutionary book yet. About the Author: David Brooks writes an op-ed column for The New York Times, teaches at Yale
University, and appears regularly on PBS NewsHour, NPR’s All Things Considered, and NBC’s Meet the Press. He is the author of Bobos in Paradise:
The New Upper Class and How They Got There; On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense; and The Social
Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement.
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CARLOS ALAMILLA - COLLEGE AVENUE - May 1 2015 8:00 pm. WHAT: The book COLLEGE AVENUE- A guide to enter into the best colleges in the US and get
scholarships written by Carlos Alamilla. WHO: Carlos Alamilla, is the Director of Miami All Stars, a non-profit organization that provides services to
underprivileged youth in education, basketball, fitness, and nutrition and has been working counseling youth for over 30 years. He graduated from
USC-University of Southern California where he received his degree in Social Psychology and Marketing. About the Author: Carlos Alamilla was
born in Cuba and migrated to the United States in 1961 thru Operation Pedro Pan. He lived in different orphanage camps in Miami and then sent to
a foster home in Chicago. His mother reunited with him in Chicago and was raised there without his father that died in Cuba. He graduated from
high school in Chicago and received a scholarship to USC-University of Southern California where he graduated with a degree in Social Psychology
and Marketing. During his years at USC-University of Southern California, he organized the NORMAN TOPPING SCHOLARSHIP FUND, to provide
scholarships to minority students-Latinos, Blacks and Asians. He was the first Director of the scholarship fund and it has given over $12 million in
scholarships and is still active. Carlos starts working with the Los Angeles Lakers where he works for a couple of years and starts coaching
basketball to youth ages 9 to 15 years old in Los Angeles. Carlos moves to Miami and starts a food company and then later in real estate, but the
passion to help youth and basketball continues coaching at the YMCA, and Boys Club and then starts the MIAMI ALL STARS, a non-profit
organization, that provides services to underprivileged youth in Miami in education, basketball, nutrition and fitness. He’s selected by the NBA as
Coach of the Year for the Jr. NBA program and is given the top community service award by WELLS FARGO.
MARCO BORGES - THE 22 DAY REVOLUTION - May 2 2015 3:00 pm. A fun event with Miami-based celebrity trainer and nutritionist that recently partnered with
Beyoncé to create a vegan meal delivery service, and is responsible for creating the 22 day vegan challenge that Beyoncé and Jay-Z followed last
year. THE 22-DAY REVOLUTION is based on the theory that it takes 21 days to make or break a habit, and the program has only been available to
Marco’s clients—until now. Founded on the principle that it takes 21 days to make or break a habit, The 22-Day Revolution is a plant-based diet
designed to create lifelong habits that will empower you to live a healthier lifestyle, to lose weight, or to reverse serious health concerns. The
benefits of a vegan diet cannot be overstated, as it has been proven to help prevent cancer, lower cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of heart
disease, decrease blood pressure, and even reverse diabetes. As one of today’s most sought-after health experts, exercise physiologist Marco
Borges has spent years helping his exclusive list of high-profile clients permanently change their lives and bodies through his innovative methods.
Celebrities from Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, and Pharrell Williams, to Gloria Estefan, and Shakira have all turned to him for his expertise.
Beyonce is such an avid supporter that she's partnered with Borges to launch 22 Days Nutrition, his plant-based home delivery meal service. Now,
for the first time, Borges unveils his coveted and revolutionary manifesto, featuring the comprehensive fundamentals of starting a plant-based
diet. Inside, you’ll find motivating strategies, benefits and tips for staying the course, delicious recipes, and a detailed 22-day meal plan. With this
program, you will lead a healthier, more energetic, and more productive life—helping you to live the life you want, not just the one you have. About
the Author: Marco Borges is an exercise physiologist, founder of 22 Days Nutrition, author and plant-based living advocate. Passionate about
guiding people to develop healthier lifestyles, he has spent the last 20 years as a lifestyle coach and touring the world empowering others with
tools for ultimate wellness. He is also the author of Power Moves: The Four Motions To Transform Your Body For Life. He lives in Miami with his
wife and their three sons.
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