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Newsletter Bavaria Community and Spouses Club - October 2013 - Issue 2
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Thrift Shop info - PG 2
Membership Drive - PG 3
Volunteer Info - PG 4
Welfare and Scholarships - PG 5
BCSC Buzz - PG 6
October Bunco - PG 8
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Bavaria Community and Spouses’ Club
A letter from our President Greetings: I am excited to be a part of such a dynamic Spouses Club in our newly named Garrison, USAG Bavaria, the Crown Jewel of Bavaria. The Bavaria Community and Spouses Club is in full swing as we implement many changes to our Club, planning and executing events, activities, trips, and professional development courses for our Community Mem-bers and all performed by our fabulous Volunteers. As we move forward implementing these changes, I ask for your patience. We are all working hard to make our Spouses Club what you want. If you have an idea, please let us know. If you can volunteer to Chair a board position to help implement some of our programs on Tow-er Barracks, WE WANT YOU! Lend your talent, expertise and time to your Community. It helps others and it makes you feel great to see the fruits of your labor. BCSC has numerous sub-clubs to help you experience life in Eu-rope. From Dining Out, Writers Workshop, Sewing Club, & Antiquing —we do it all. All you have to do is join in the fun! We always have a group going somewhere or engaging in an activity like our Chili Cook Off or the Fall Arts & Crafts Fair and most recently our Nuremberg Antik Market trip to Germany’s largest Antik market! There are incredible opportunities for you to meet new friends, travel and gain new experiences. Don’t forget to come out on Oct 5th for the Fall Arts & Crafts Fair at Bldg 134 on Rose Barracks. Our Spouses are so creative and talented and this Show gives them the opportunity to share their work with you, our Community. There will be something for everyone and unbelievable bargains! I hope to see you there to show our Spouses just how much we support them and their crafts. As the weather begins to change, it brings some incredible op-portunities to view the fall colors in Bavaria. Get out and join us as we explore Europe and all it has to offer. There is so much going on in our Community it seems we never have a spare minute. We are trying to squeeze in as many activities as possible before the winter weather ar-rives and I just wish there was more than 24 hours in a day or that I didn’t require sleep! Hope to see you at the Chili Cook Off this Saturday, the Arts & Crafts Fair on Oct 5th or at an event or activity soon! Best!
Christina Vaughn
Bring your gently used items to Bldg 221 on Rose Barracks.
*The October sales are: All GREEN tagged items are 25% off! Super Summer
CLEAROUT! Sandals, tank tops, shorts & t-shirts are 75% off! All Sales Apply to
Color Tags Only. Time to keep warm and save on coffee & tea items, coffee mak-
ers, tea pots, coffee cups, tea cups, etc. 25% off! Open 10am to 2pm Tues, Wed
&Thurs. Open Saturday October
12th. DSN 476-2649, CIV 09662-83-
2649, or email rosebarrack-
[email protected] for more in-
formation.
LIKE Us on FACEBOOK! Volunteers
and donations are always welcome!
Grand re-opening and ribbon cutting will be held on Tuesday, Dec 3rd
2013 at 10:00am.
New Name!
New Opening Hours Effective Immediately will be:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10:00 - 3:00 Thursdays 11:00 - 5:00
1st Friday of the Month 10:00 - 3:00 Consignments: Tuesdays Only.
Halloween and Christmas items are now available!
Tuesdays: 1/2 off on all COLORED ticket items
Thursdays: Buy 1 TSP item, get 2nd TSP item for 1/2 off
SPECIAL OCTOBER SALE : $ 1.00 BIN SUMMER SALE
(each summer item in Bin is $1.00)
For the month of November they will not be accepting any Clothing.
The Thrifty Tower Thrift Shop is looking to hire an Assistant Manager! Closing date to receive the employment applications is Oct 10th 2013. Interviews will be held on
Friday, Oct 11th 2013. Start date is Tuesday, Oct 15th 2013. Applications are available on our web-
site at http://www.bavariacsc.com/thrift-shop.html
Fall Membership Drive is a Success!
Christina Vaughn, Cheryl Hintz, Jaime Waterbury, Vicky Cunningham, Alisala Best, Amy Brown, Kelle Stisser, Robin Engram, Carol Lanigan, and Lauren Ashley. Thanks again! We have lots of members from last year who still need to renew for this year. Don’t miss out on all of the fun we have planned! Membership perks include:
Monthly social events * BCSC pays for members to attend the Red Cross First Aid class and their teens to
attend the babysitting course * Be the first to know about sales and specials at the Hidden Treasures Thrift Shop and Tower Barracks thrift shop * Access to rent items from our property list * Membership
fees go back to helping support our community through our Welfare Grants and Scholarship Fund! Membership runs from June 1, 2013 - May 31, 2014. Cost is $20.00 and you can pick up an ap-plication from either thrift shop, or print it off of our website at www.BavariaCSC.com. Once it is com-pleted, drop it back off at the thrift shop or mail it in to us! If you have any questions at all please don’t hesitate to contact me at [email protected]. Thank you for helping to get our year off to a great start!
- Kathy Spain, Membership Chair
We had a great time out at the Rose Barracks Commissary and I would like to say thank-you to all of our won-derful volunteers who helped kick off the Fall Bavaria Community and Spouses’ Club membership drive! We had a very successful start with more than 52 incoming applications including new members and renewing memberships! A special recognition to the fol-lowing for volunteering this past week-end. We could not have done it without your help!
Congratulations to Tiesha Saldana, BCSC Member who signed up at the
Membership Drive over the weekend and won the set of Nachtman Crystal Bowls!
BCSC Volunteer Coordinator
Vicki Cunningham
Volunteers with BCSC should follow this protocol when logging your hours!
Please contact Vicki with any questions!
Welfare Grants & Scholarships
The Bavaria Community and Spouses Club
has MONEY to give!!!
See if BCSC can help you with your education
expenses with a scholarship or if your
organization qualifies for a welfare grant!
The heart and foundation of BCSC is its distribution of welfare grants to organizations and scholarship
assistance to spouses, dependents, & graduating high school seniors in our community. We are looking
for individuals and organizations in need of support to ensure equal funding throughout our community.
Last year, VCSC gave over $75,000 in donations to various community organizations and over $25,000 in
educational scholarships!!
Applications and complete rules and eligibility requirements
can be downloaded at WWW.BAVARIACSC.COM
Deadlines for turning in
2013-2014 Welfare Applications:
1 November 2013
14 February 2014
18 April 2014
Deadlines for turning in
2013-2014
Scholarship Applications:
28 February 2014
The BCSC
Sue Ellen volunteered to help ALL DAY at the
BCSC Org day even though it was her birthday!
Many thanks to Patricia McCutchen, Hidden
Treasurers Thrift Shop Asst. Manager for bak-
ing her special cup cakes, a birthday cake, and
decorating to make her feel special!
A very special THANK YOU to our wonderful volunteer Dr. Hintz for
putting together the Hidden Treasures new hand truck!
BCSC Board Members and a hubby & a daughter Volun-
teer on a Sunday to help inventory, organize, clean, &
recycle items for the BCSC! Many thanks for all your
hard work!
Members enjoying a short rest and a cold beer during
the recent Antik Club trip to Germany's largest Antik
Flea market in
Nuremberg.
Antik Club recently went to Weiden hunting for Antiks and stoped for lunch
The BCSC Ways and Means team is
looking for help with a banner project
for our new name and logo! If you are
interested in sharing your talents and
time, please contact Melissa Hoff at
I am in love with Fall. The changing of
the colors, the new smells like pumpkin
and cinnamon and spices. I love the
cooler weather and the scarves. Yes,
Fall and I have had a long time love affair. Of course, the
avenue I use to feed this obsession is Pinterest! If you
are not familiar with Pinterest, don’t worry, you are just
a few clicks away from an organized collection of all
kinds of different things! The links below will send you
to two fabulous Pinterest Boards dedicated to all things
Fall, and they will give you some great ideas for deco-
rating, crafting, and recipes! If you see something you
like, just click on the picture twice. It will take you to
the website where the idea came from and give you
detailed directions on how to proceed. I’ve chosen
these two boards to share because they come from the
fabulous ladies from Everything Etsy and Craftaholics
Anonymous - both of whom have given me lots of good
ideas over the years! I hope you enjoy this months Pin-
terest Pick!
http://www.pinterest.com/CraftaholicAnon/fall-crafts/
http://www.pinterest.com/everythingetsy/fall-crafts-
decorations-diy/
The Cougar Foundation Presents
Please go to CougarFoundation.Org for more info
Come and join us in the wizarding world of Harry Potter! SATURDAY OCTOBER 12
3PM-7PM Special live performance from Square Peg Tribal Belly Dance! * Cake Spin and
Win * Costume Contest * Food * FREE Raffle * Balloon Beauty * Tons of Games and More!!
November 14th
February 20th
April 17th
Fresh flowers and crystal candelabras adorn each table. Pleasant music fills the air. The smell of lasagna and garlic bread greets the diners in their “Sunday Best” as they enter the room. The Vilseck Elementary School Multipur-pose Room has been transformed into an elegant setting to celebrate two well-deserving students from each of the 4th and 5th grade classes. Students are con-sidered for selection based upon highest GPA or most improved GPA. As they dine, an honored guest from the community encourages them to keep up their efforts to do their best. Sparkling cider and a custom cake provided by the Vilseck Commissary concludes the lunch. BCSC coordinates this unique celebra-tion once each quarter and the students love it! Approximately, 6-8 BCSC volun-teers cook, set-up, serve and clean-up to recognize about 18 students at each luncheon. Parents are encouraged to attend and witness the event. If you are interested in volunteering at this event, please contact our Hospitality Chair Amy Brown at [email protected]
Grafenwoher Community and Spouses Club and Vilseck Community and Spouses Club combine to create
Bavaria Community Spouses Club
Wednesday September 10, 2013
Over the summer the Grafenwoehr Community and Spouses Club (GCSC) disbanded and turned over its assets to the Vilseck Community and Spouses Club (VCSC). The Vilseck Community and Spouses Club is undergo-ing a name change and will now be the Bavaria Community and Spouses Club (BCSC) which will serve our entire community including Tower Barracks and Rose Barracks.
VCSC has been an active spouses club since 1956 and we will continue to provide the same level of ser-
vice to the entire Bavaria community under our new name. The BCSC is open to all US DOD ID Card Holders and has a reputation for encouraging participation from active duty, family members, civilian, enlisted and officer spouses.
Along with providing social and cultural opportunities for its members, our mission is to raise funds
throughout the year which we then distribute in educational scholarships and community welfare grants to members of the Bavaria Military Community. Last year the VCSC distributed $75,000 through these projects and we look forward to continued success as we serve the entire installation.
Christina Vaughn, President, states, “Another program close to our hearts is the Responsible Pet Care
Campaign, which VCSC implemented in 2007. It was instrumental in establishing the pet parks on both Rose Bar-racks and Tower Barracks, and we collect pet food and accessories at Hidden Treasures Thrift Shop on Rose Bar-racks and at many of our events and then deliver them once a month to the Amberg Tierheim to support the abandoned American animals in their care. In addition, we foster and re-home abandon pets to loving, forever homes as well as sponsor a FREE spay and neuter day once a year.”
The BCSC also pays for all members to attend the Red Cross First Aid and Babysitting certification courses. Some of the social opportunities we offer include sub-clubs with a variety of interests, (Sewing/Quilting
Club, Book Club, Writers Workshop, Maj Jong, Lunch Bunch, Dining Out Club, Antik & Trodel Club, Fit Club) Arts-and-Crafts fairs for spouses to share their talents with our community, an annual Bazaar, and exciting trips to ex-plore the local area and nearby countries.
Please visit our website at VCSConline.com and we will keep you posted as changes to the website and
Facebook page occur with our new name. Join in on all the fun and take advantage of our generous programs as
we continue to support and give back to our Community! We look forward to starting a new chapter with you all
as the Bavaria Community and Spouses Club.
