March Snapshot 2011 San Diego ASYMCA

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Whale Watching Trip.....Wounded, Injured and Ill Programs

Father & Daughter Dance..Special EventValentines Day Party....Special Event

Operation Kid Comfort.....Youth and Community Outreach

Operation Love Life..........Family Outreach

Partnership with ARTs .Youth and Community Outreach

Thank you...GEICO Donation

Compiled & Edited by Katie DesBois

Welcome

In this issue_______________

San Diego Armed Services YMCA

Volume 6, Issue 3March 2011

Serving 9,000 active-dutyjunior enlisted military ser-

vice members and theirfamilies each month with

free programs!

Whale Watching ExcursionThis month a group of wounded warriors and theirfamilies enjoyed a day on the water with the San DiegoAnglers on the sport boat The Eclipse. They spent ahalf day whale watching and were lucky enough tocatch a glimpse of several whales. Thanks to the SanDiego Anglers and Ocean Science International for mak-ing the day a great success!

Hundreds of dads and their daughters twirled and tapped across thedance floor at the 5th Annual Father & Daughter Dance on Saturday,February 19, 2011. Watch out for our Special Edition Snapshot withhighlights from this fun evening!

Father and Daughter Dance


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Valentines Day Party for Spouses of Deployed

Operation Kid Comfort

Operation LoveLife

Calling all Unmarried Active Duty!

Unmarried active duty men and women (from allbranches) are invited to come out for a newand fun, interactive, educational group discussinghot topics on dating, relationships, and marriage.Join us for free dinner, games, and prizes at ournext event in March.

Next Event: Wednesday, March 30th at5:00 pm in Gameroom 2 at Pacific Beacon

of Naval Base San Diego

Operation Kid Comfort requests have in-creased dramatically with the continued de-ployment surge and in February YCO re-ceived over 60 quilt requests. The YCO de-partment is excited to welcome The Tues-day Quilters lead by Connie Rooten to assistthe American Sewing Guild in sewing treas-ured keepsakes for military children. A totalof3,423 quilts have been delivered to SanDiego military children since the program be-gan in 2005.

The Murphy Canyon Chapel was a sea of pink anred during the San Diego ASYMCAs 4th Annual

Valentines Day Party for spouses of deployed service members on Monday, February 14th. Over200 moms and children enjoyed live music, cooki

decorating, delicious cakes, balloons, raffles, anda visit from Chopper the Biker Dog.


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Please support the San DiegoASYMCA through the

15th Annual Stars & StripesFishing, Golf and Music Festival!

Please contact Brittany Catton at 858-751-5755 [email protected] to donate.

100% of the proceeds from Auction Items andSponsorships will benefit ASYMCA programs.

March9th KUSI Shopping Spree18th ASYMCA/ USO Golf Tournament24th ASYMCA Neighborhood Exchange29th Computer Giveaway30th Operation LoveLife

31st Volunteer Orientation at NMC

April11th-15th YCO Spring Weekly Program Open House14th- KUSI Shopping Spree16th- Healthy Kids Day26th- Computer Giveaway28th- ASYMCA Neighborhood Exchange28th- Volunteer Orientation at NMC

Visit our WebsiteEvent Calendar for moreevents, updates, and free ticket giveaways!

Calendar of events

Thank you from the ASYMCA

Thank you to GEICO for your donation ofcar seats to our Family Outreach Depart-ment and for your support for the San

Diego military community!

Partnership with ARTs

A new partnershipwith ARTs (A Rea-son to Survive)has provided 30

Operation Hero stu-dents with the op-portunity to exploredifferent art medi-ums to learn abouttheir feelings, selfesteem, familyseparation, andfriendship.
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Mr. Rudolf J. Van EwijkProject LinusUnited States Naval Academy NAVY

OLD GOATSMayor Sanders, City of San DiegoOld NavyMr. Arturo RamirezSew Much ComfortMr. and Mrs. Barry WeibelMs. Meredith Bowman & Girl Scout

Troop 6615Ms. Jennifer Patacsil & Girl Scout

Troop 1777Mr. Bob HamerRancho Santa Fe CommunityNativity SchoolTerra Santa CommunityAvant Garde

Irene SchwallGEICO

Lockheed MartinThe Laughing CowSinging SoloChopper the Biker DogPaul Bell and Bike FreeConnie Rooten and The Tuesday

QuiltersAmerican Sewing GuildARTs (A Reason to Survive)

TriWest Healthcare AllianceLincoln Military HousingSan Diego PadresDedrick Design CompanyThe Sundt FoundationCallaway GolfThe Caster Family Foundation at The Diego Foundation

The Nice Guys San Diego

Our Latest donors and

contributors

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Sutherland Management Company

Thank you Corporate Partner Members

and Major Donors...


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Final thoughts...

For more information on how YOUcan make a difference

[email protected]

www.militaryymca.org

From the Desk of Executive Director Paul Steffens:

Whale watching, Valentines Day party, more quilts, and a newpartnership lots of things happened in February and lots morewill happen in the rest of the year. Do us a favor and spread theword about our programs. Everyday new military families arrivefor duty in this beautiful city of San Diego. We cannot assumethat new arrivals are aware of our mission. Help us keep every-one informed- As a minimum give them our webpage address..

Im sure you know that we can not meet all the family needs that

arise so we partner with many organizations and agencies. Ihave to share with you a need that was met by the NICE GUYS,an organization that assists families with special needs and indi-viduals who would otherwise fall through the cracks. TheNICE GUYS recently stepped forward and helped us make a ma-jor positive difference in the lives of a young military family.Nice Guys provided funding for the purchase of an IPad for thisyoung family. Through this IPad, the mother of two autistic chil-dren found that her children had more capabilities than were

currently known. Through the use of the IPad, she discoveredthat they knew their numbers, knew colors and had other capa-bilities. Through this one gift, the lives of a military family weresignificantly improved and the future looks brighter for twoyoung children.

THANK YOU NICE GUYS

FOR ALL OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR THE UNIFORMOF THIS GREAT COUNTRY AND YOUR FAMILIES

GOD BLESS - THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!
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