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UPCOMING EVENTS

August 5, 2011: DONSA services on Fort Drum may be limitedAugust 11, 2011: FRG Meeting ITS A POTLUCK! Childcare available with reservation by August 1

A CO & B CO: DrinksRear D: Desserts & ChipsC CO & HHC: Side DishesDiana: Condiments, Paper ProductsAbbie: Buns and Veggies

CPT Conaway: Hamburgers, Hot Dogs and Grill

August 16, 2011: VTC Day! Sign up open through August 5

August 18, 2011: Volunteer of the Month, HHCs Beth Gonzalez will be recognized

August 27, 2011: VTC Day! Sign up times TBA

September 2-5, 2011: Labor Day weekend services on Fort Drum may be limited

September 6, 2011: First Day of School for most School Districts

September 8, 2011: FRG Meeting Dr. Benham Guest Speaker. Slideshow @ 5:45 PM

Childcare reservations are due by August 29, 2011. We request all attempts be made to

avoid children attending the meeting.

September 13, 2011: VTC Day! Sign up times TBA

September 24, 2011: VTC Day! Sign up times TBA

October 7-10, 2011: Columbus Day Weekend services on Fort Drum may be limitedOctober 10, 2011: Columbus Day NO SCHOOL / Services on Fort Drum VERY limited

October 13, 2011: FRG Meeting. Childcare due by October 3.

October 22, 2011: HALFWAY PARTY!

October 29, 2011: VTC Day! Sign up times TBA

November 3, 2011: Family Safety Day @ The Commons

November 10, 2011: FRG Meeting Childcare due by November 1.

November 11, 2011: Veterans Day NO SCHOOL / Services on Fort Drum VERY Limited

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For the Week of July 25-29, 2011

Flyers Included:

Page 2: Ride the River (September 1)Page 3: Super Sign Up (September 8)

Page 4: McEwen Library Jedi Game Knight (August 12)

Page 5: Back to School Bingo (August 13) / Vintage & Classic Street Meet (September 24)

Page 6: FMWR & BOSS Day (August 12)

Page 7: 4th Annual Perseids Meteor Shower Watch (August 13)

Page 8: Two Weeks with ACS August 1-16

Page 9: Two Weeks with ACS August 17-31

Page 10-13: FMWR Upcoming Events

Page 14: NASCAR at the Glen (August 11-14)

Page 15: Womens Equality Day (August 25)

Page 16: Story Time at McEwen Library (August)

Page 17: $1 Movies at Regal in Salmon Run MallPage 18: Operation Kid Comfort / Heart Walk Save the Date

Page 19: Operation Kid Comfort form

Page 20: Horseback Riding

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Time Saturday, August 13 8:30pm - 11:30pm

Location Saturday, August 13, 2011, in Watertown's Thompson park.

Created By Fort Drum Relocation Readiness Program

More Info 4th Annual Perseids Meteor Shower Watch

The Sci-Tech Museum of Northern New York is pleased to invite the community to itsnext free family-friendly event, at 8:30pm on Saturday, August 13, 2011, in Watertown'sThompson park. Although featuring observational astronomy, the evening will offer arange of other activities as well.

Between 8:30pm and 9:30pm, activities will take place at the Pavilion, including storytel-ling for the ...younger children and a workshop on fire starting with flint and steel, for theolder children.

At 9:30, weather permitting, telescopes will be set up in the field around the flag pole forviewers to observe some interesting celestial phenomena, and especially, our moon. Ifthe sky is clear, telescopes will remain available until 11:00pm, with Sci-Tech staff point-ing out some of the intriguing objects in the sky.

Sci-Tech staff will help participants explore the nighttime sky; learn about some of thedeep sky objects; find constellations; and discover how to use the stars for navigation.

With the full moon up all night, meteor viewing will be limited. However, the Perseids Me-

teor Shower always produces at least a few bright meteors, which should be visible evenin the moon light.

The Perseids Meteor Shower is one of a number of annual meteor showers that occurwhen Earth's orbit takes it through a patch of space debris. The Perseids event is the re-sult of debris left by comet Swift-Tuttle, a comet discovered in 1862.

Meteors are the streaks of light one sees as a bit of debris burns up on entering our at-mosphere. If anything survives and reaches the ground, it is then called a meteoritehowever, most burn up 30 to 80 miles above the Earth.

The Perseids meteors get their name from the constellation of Perseus, the Greek mytho-logical hero who slew the Medussa. Although the Perseids meteors are seen throughoutthe sky, they appear to radiate from constellation of Perseus. These meteors travel about30 miles per second - over 100,000 miles per hour.

The Sci-Tech Museum, located at 154 Stone Street, just off the Public Square in Water-town, is northern New Yorks hands-on science museum. It features more than40 participatory exhibits for all ages - children and adults. The Museum also includes ascience gift shop, with science kits, materials and novelties for all ages.

Special this summer is BUGS ALIVE! Live butterflies going through their metamorphosis,

microscopic pond life, mealworm life cycles, spiders, and more.

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Story TimeRobert C McEwen Library

Fort Drum NY

Tuesday and Friday 10:00-1:00 AM

Tuesday, August 2: Up, Up & Away!

Friday, August 5: Behind the Castle Walls

Tuesday, August 9: Read Me a Story!

Friday, August 12: If You Give a Dragon a Knight

Tuesday, August 16: Whats Cooking?Friday, August 19: A Tale Fit for a King

Tuesday, August 23: One More Book, PLEASE?

Friday, August 26: Doggonit!

Tuesday, August 30: No Story Time

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Operation Kid Comfort

ASYMCA Project Strong Communities is offering FREE quilts to children ofdeployed soldiers through our Operation Kid Comfort Program here at the

Fairgrounds YMCA! [Please note-- if the families have moved back homeduring the deployments, we will mail the quilts to them as well].

Operation Kid Comfort addresses the emotional stress that children sufferduring a parents absence from home due to a routine or extended deploy-ment. We offer photo transfer quilts that bear the images of the deployedfamily member, alone and/or interacting with the family, are made for eachchild in order to help comfort them. These quilts are durable, washable andmeant for the child to cuddle with, play with and sleep with. We offer lap

quilts free to children of deployed Soldiers.

Each quilt uses up to 9 photos which can be emailed or disk (preferrred) orsnail mailed for scanning. Minimum usable size is 3x5 though 4x6 and lar-ger are optimal as we resize to 4x4. I have found that the more photos oneuses the better. Attached please find the application that you can print outand give to the military families. You can visit our website atwww.watertownymca.org also.

Please have the families email their applications and photos to okcfort-drum@yahoo.com . Or, they may dropthem off to our YMCA Fairgrounds site off of Coffeen Street in Watertown.

If you or the families have any question, please call (315) 755-2016!

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Operation Kid Comfort Quilt Request

Operation Kid Comfort Quilts are for children of deployed service men and women. To receive a quilt, please submit this completed formalong with nine photographs (digital format that is emailed is preferred) that will help the child cope during the parents deployment. As all

materials and services are donated, there is no fee for this program.

Parent/Guardian Last Name: _______________________

First Name: _____________________________________

Soldier/Airman Name ___________________________

Military Unit: __________________________________Please check branch of service:

Army USMC Navy Air Force USCG National Guard Air Guard Reserve

Child(ren) Name and Age: 1. ______________________Age________ Boy Girl 2._______________________Age______ Boy Girl

3. _______________________Age _______ Boy Girl 4. ______________________Age _______ Boy Girl

Address:________________________________________________________________________________________

Phone: __________________________________ Email:______________________________________

ASYMCA/Operation Kid Comfort Release:

The Armed Services YMCA is actively pursuing corporate, business and individual support for Operation Kid Comfort and the many other

programs we offer. With your permission, we may use photographs provided for these projects, as well as photographs of the finished quilts

and photographs taken at Operation Kid Comfort workshops and events for these purposes. Please read our privacy statement and approve or

disapprove the use of your image, the image of your child(ren) and/or your spouse below. Please note that 6-9 high resolution digital photosare preferred and we will NOT be able to return any hard copies of photographs sent.

Armed Services YMCA Privacy Policy

We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you to anyone, except as permitted by law. We restrict access to your personal

information to those employees and volunteers who need to know that information to provide products and/or services to you. We maintain

physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.

I give permission for photographic images of my spouse, my child(ren), my family and myself to be used for ASYMCA/Operation Kid

Comfort media, promotional and fundraising purposes.

I DO NOT give permission photographic images of my spouse, my child(ren), my family and myself to be used for ASYMCA/OperationKid Comfort media, promotional and fundraising purposes.

Signature:__________________________________ Date:__________________________________

Please return form to:Project Strong Communities

Fairgrounds YMCA

585 Rand DriveWatertown, NY 13601-3323

Phone: (315) 755-2016Fax: (315) 755-9623

okcfortdrum@yahoo.com

Operation Kid Comfort Wish List

If you would like to make a contribution a list of the following items are always needed:

___ Material (100% Cotton preferred) ___ Jumbo 2.5 Gallon Zip Lock Bags (Hefty)

___100% Cotton Batting (Warm & Natural) ___ Joann Fabric Gift cards

___Monetary Contributions (to: Project Strong Communities)

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HORSEBACK RIDING

On Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-3 at

Remington Park there is now HorsebackRiding available for those 8 years andabove. The cost is $25 per ride and the takethem out on the trails. I think it is about anhour ride, but you will get all the information

through the horse trainers at RemingtonPark. This is open to everyone.

Please note: This information was mis-printed in the FMWR Coming Attractions andthe Preview as being free. There is a $25fee.