7. Scripture Readings and Devotional Guides for Available free from the Religious Education Center, Call 706-791-4703. the Post Chapels, and the Religious Support Office.
8. JEWISH FAITH BIBLE STUDY following the Torah portion of the week Fridays at 12:00, Noon, Ike’s Café, 3 rd Floor DDEAMC, For more information, call the Jewish Distinctive Faith Group Leader at 787-1353. Brown bag lunch forum. Books provided. Conference Room near the windowed area. All Welcome!!
10. Greater Augusta – Ft. Gordon Chapter of AUSA Presents Breakfast & Briefings Thursday, February 24, 2011 from 7:30AM – 9:00AM Gordon Club at Fort Gordon Gives Civilians and Ft. Gordon service members an opportunity to interact with the Ft. Gordon leadership and learn about the military missions and training at Fort Gordon from the leaders who direct those activities. Enjoy a full breakfast buffet Interact with others in the business and military community Learn how the presence of Fort Gordon can positively affect your business This Month’s Speaker Brigadier General W. Bryan Gamble of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medical Center will present: “ The Eisenhower Medical Center Mission – Today and Tomorrow” The cost (including breakfast) is only $8.00 for AUSA members or $10.00 for non-members. Make your reservation today: Call 706-821-1312 (Reservations must be received no later than Tuesday, February 22 nd .)
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16. The Augusta Chapter of the Military Intelligence Corps Association is hosting a 10k Trail Run/5k Walk on 12 March 2011 at Fort Gordon. ****A Portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Fort Gordon Fisher House*** Entry fee is $30 for the 10k and $25 for the 5k. All participants will receive a t-shirt and a bag with gifts from our sponsors. For more information and to register visit our website: www.mica10krun.com
32. You are Cordially Invited to Fort Gordon Federal Credit Union’s Annual Meeting! Find out What Your Credit Union is Doing for You! Meeting will be Held March 24, 2011 at 4:00 P.M. at Fort Gordon’s Gordon Club in the Victoria Room Refreshments and Door Prizes will be Available.
36. Ways to Save! Sign up for Ft Gordon’s Buddy List for exclusive savings, promotions and special offers. Only at www.shopmyexchange.com also available to register in Main Exchange Receive money saving offers via text message! Use your mobile phone to follow these easy steps: Step 1: Text the keyword “EXCHANGE” to 95613 Step 2: Receive your WELCOME message Step 3: Take advantage of your exclusive Exchange offers by showing message to cashier or entering promo code during checkout at shopmyexchange.com
40. Free Movie! The Signal Theater will be offering a Free Appreciation Advance Screening of the upcoming comedy Hall Pass, starring Owen Wilson and Christina Applegate. Stop by the Signal Theater on 20 February 2011 at 1830 to view this comedy before it is released in commercial theaters!
44. Please join Army Community Service Financial Readiness Office in celebrating Military Saves Week, part of the nationwide America Saves Campaign, from 20-27 February 2011. Military Saves is a program that encourages service members to make saving a priority. Embrace the vision of building wealth, not debt. Create a sound financial plan that includes a realistic standard of living, wise use of credit, and a commitment to regularly “paying yourself”. You’ll be one step closer to long term financial stability! Join others in making the commitment. Log in to www.militarysaver.org and take the military saver pledge. For more information, contact (706) 791-3371 .
45. Family Outreach Center 16 March 2011 1130 - 1300 Free childcare is available by calling 791-3579, 10 days prior to the event Questions? Contact 706-791-0793 Activities Include: ▪ Games ▪ Prizes ▪ Refreshments New Parent Support Program ACS /FAP invites you to a “ Baby Shower” Come Celebrate and Learn
47. African American Black History Command Program Theme: African Americans and the Civil War Date/time: 24 February 2011, 1330 Location: Alexander Hall Guest Speaker: Corey Rogers Lucy Craft Laney Museum Historian Responsible Agency: 35 th SIG BDE U.S. Army Signal Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon’s POC can be reached at (706)791-9371
48. Women’s History Command Program Theme: Our History is Our Strength Date/time: 28 March 2011, 1330 Location: Alexander Hall Sponsored by: 706 th MI Group U.S. Army Signal Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon’s POC: can be reached at (706)791-0912
49. Upcoming Program/Training: Month: May Program Date: TBD Dates: 1-7 May 2011 Theme: Justice and Accountability in the Face of Genocide: What Have We Learned? Observance: Days of Remembrance Authority/comment: Public Law 96-388, Oct 1980 Responsible Agency: 7 th Signal Command Month: May Program Date: TBD Dates: 1-31 May 2011 Theme: TBD Observance: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Authority/comment: Public Law 101-283, May 1990 Responsible Agency: 15 th Signal Brigade Senior Leaders Workshop : 19-21 April 2011 Next Training Date: 19-21 July 2011 EO Leaders Course: 14-25 March 2011 (Cass Full) Next Training Date: 6-17 June 2011 POC can reached at (706)791-2014
70. Before & Afterschool Pre-k/Kindergarten Program Before school care: 0515-0745 at Bldg 44401 Freedom Park and CYSS GA Pre-K children walk to school Transportation available to some off-post schools! After school care: 1500-1800 at Bldg 45400 Freedom Park and CYSS GA Pre-K children walk from school Transportation available from some off-post schools! Children must be entering Pre-k or Kindergarten in the Fall. Please call Parent Central Services 791-4722 for CYSS registration information. Or 791-1306/1398 for Program Information
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72. SCHOOL AGE CENTER The Fort Gordon School Age Program has openings for children in grades 1 st -5 th for Before and After School!
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74. Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security CIB Slides available at: http://www.gordon.army.mil l
75. Upcoming CIBs/Town Halls: CIBs: 20 April, 18 May, 20 July, 17 August, 19 October, and 16 November 2011, Gordon Club Town Halls: 1830-1930, 15 March,15 June, 21 September 2011, 21 December Alexander Hall
76. Welcome to Fort Gordon's first ever ‘Facebook Town Hall’ 1830-1930, 15 MAR 11, on Fort Gordon's Official Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Fort-Gordon-Garrison/153690448019215?sk=app_4949752878 ). Fort Gordon's Garrison Commander and Directors from across the installation will be on hand to answer questions you might have about this great installation we call home. So...what kind of things are we going to talk about? Living on Fort Gordon, Moving, PCSing, Youth Services, Elementary School Local Area, Housing, What’s up at the Gates, How to put in a work order to get something fixed in your house, Places to get information online, traffic, construction, Signal School updates. Community Town Hall
77. So...how is this going to work? At 6:30 p.m. we will post to our wall the first message welcoming everyone to the town hall. COL Kennedy will then invite you to ask a question, post a concern or compliment by hitting 'comment'. Please DO NOT POST QUESTIONS TO THE WALL. Only post your question, concern or compliment by hitting 'comment' on COL Kennedy's original post . Remember ... Fort Gordon's Leadership cares deeply about providing our Military Members and Families with the best quality of life possible. However, when we have problems or challenges along the way…… We want to use this forum as a way to turn those challenges into positives. Please let us know if something is frustrating you, but please try to do it in a constructive way. Community Town Hall
78. Conversation screening.... Remember that this is our first time using Facebook for a forum like this. There is a good chance that we may get a lot of folks joining in on the conversation. So we may have to remove comments or posts that are not relevant or are redundant or germane to the discussion. This does not mean we will censor; it means we will screen the conversations to maximize the value of the discussion. Need more privacy? You can send us an issue sheet using the template at www.gordon.army.mil , under “NOTICES”; “Town Hall.” Email the form to GORD.BEHEARD@conus.army.mil. We need to receive your email by 3 p.m. EST in order to get it addressed at the Town Hall. (We will not be able to monitor email during the discussion.) Any emails we receive after 3 p.m. EST will be sent to the appropriate agency for action after 15 March 2011 Community Town Hall
79. So...what are the other rules? “ KEEP IT REAL ” • We appreciate and invite your honest comments. Tell us what’s working, what needs improvement, and what services are exceptional. " KEEP IT CLEAN ” • We want you to be honest, but we need the conversations to be constructive. Let’s use these conversations to solve problems, not create more. We will remove any posts that are abusive or use profanity. “ KEEP IT TO AN HOUR ” • The subject matter experts that we’ll have answering questions or providing information will only have an hour to spend with us. “ KEEP IT IN MIND ” • This is a new effort, so we may experience some growing pains along the way. Please be patient with us. Some questions we can answer on the spot, some we’ll have to look into and get you the answers. Community Town Hall
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Please Announce : Most folk of the Christian faith know that “LENT” is the 40 days (excluding Sundays) set aside for prayer, fasting, and other personal spiritual preparation for the EASTER celebration . Lent always begins on “Ash Wednesday” – the day after “Mardi Gras.” This year that will be on March 9th . The Religious Education Center is offering FREE material for adults and children to help guide us through this special season. Materials will be available from the Religious Education Center, the Post Chapels, and the Religious Support Office. You may call the Religious Education Center at 791-4703.
JEWISH FAITH GROUP BIBLE STUDY The Fort Gordon Jewish Faith Group hosts a weekly Bible study, following the Torah portion of the week. . . . . and everyone is welcome to come!! The group meets on Fridays at 12:00, Noon, in Ike’s Café, 3rd Floor DDEAMC, in the Conference Room near the windowed area. This is be a “brown bag lunch” forum. You’re welcome to grab something from Ike’s or bring your own. Books are provided. For more information of other details, contact Jon Shoenholz, Fort Gordon’s Jewish Distinctive Faith Group Leader, at 787-1353, or [email_address]
Main Exchange ~ (706) 793-7171, customer service ext: 122 PXtra ~ (706) 793-7177, customer service ext: 105
Main Exchange ~ (706) 793-7171, customer service ext: 122 PXtra ~ (706) 793-7177, customer service ext: 105
Converted both of our gas stations (Shoppettes at Gate 1 and Gate 5) from selling conventional fuel to E10 (10% Ethanol). This decision was heavily weighted with both my HQ and our Fuel Suppliers throughout the GA and SC areas. We made the conversion to E10 the 2 nd of February 2011. Our HQ was notified that the fuel terminal that supplies fuel to our locations in Georgia and South Carolina had to change to E10 by mid-February (they also supply other gas stations in GA and SC, not just AAFES/Exchange) as there would no longer be anyone in the area that would be supplying conventional fuel. Before we converted, we surveyed 25 Fuel stations surrounding Ft Gordon (All gates) and found that 95% of the gas stations were already selling E10 and a few selling E85. Those few gas stations that are selling conventional fuel now will soon have to convert this year due to current EPA (RFS) Renewable Fuel Standard Program signed in 2006 and the Energy Independence and Security Act signed in 2007 to meet Federal/EPA renewable fuel quotas. It is not mandatory and required of states to sell E10, however they are mandated a specific amount of renewable (ethanol) fuel to be sold within each state. More than 60% of the country's fuel now contains ethanol and this is expected to rapidly increase this year. Bottom line: Fuel Suppliers just cannot afford to store both conventional fuel and E10, so one by one they have converted their supply to E10 or E85 to meet the federal/state EPA requirements. Gas Stations must convert if the fuel supply availability is no longer there. We delayed this transition as long as we could, but when we ran out of Fuel in Jan for half a day at one of our shoppettes due to the supplier not being able to get conventional fuel, I had to talk to the fuel center and suppliers about the fuel; as it is unacceptable to run out of fuel for our customers. Pricing: It is about the same as conventional fuel and we are competitively priced. We survey 8 Gas Stations (only required to survey 5) surrounding Ft Gordon for our pricing twice a day/ 7 days a week. At the same time, the Exchange converted to a new world wide fuel purchasing system that was implemented at the beginning of this month that allows for fuel suppliers to provide fuel competitively to us and reduces added costs to Exchange gas stations. This has had hiccups this month that has caused delays in receiving fuel from suppliers that has affected customers waiting time. Our HQ and the suppliers have assured us that they are working to correct this and will be on track each day to ensure seamless fuel service for our customers.
Free Distributor Appreciation advance screening of the Movie “Hall Pass” This movei is a Comedy starring Owen Wilson and Christina Applegate at your Ft Gordon Theater on Barnes Avenue. The movie will be shown on Sunday, 20 February at 1830pm in the evening. The Film is rated R This film will be released in the U.S. commercial theaters on 25 February 2011.
