The March 2012 newsletter from the Wolfpack FRG provides information on upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. It recognizes 5 local students who are semi-finalists for the Military Child of the Year award and provides a quick shrimp scampi recipe. The FRG is collecting Easter eggs and thank you cards for deployed troops and lists upcoming FRG meetings including an egg stuffing event on March 15th. It also includes an announcement about becoming a foster parent from Cumberland County DSS.

1. March 2012
WOLFPACK FRG
Ben Myers is
Wolfpack no matter
where he goes!
NEWSLETTER
THIS ISSUE.... YOUR FRG: YOUR COMMUNITY:
FRSA FOSHEE FINDS: • note from the FRG • information about
• making contact to becoming a Foster
• note from the FRSA volunteer Parent/Family
• from the community • upcoming meetings • Cumberland County
• announcements has 600+ children
• upcoming events they service and
• quick & easy need your help
recipe
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2. FRSA FOSHEE FINDS...
Greetings From Your FRSA! recently spent two years living
with her grandparents while her
This past month featured my Health &
parents deployed. She plays 16
Awareness class that had been scheduled
instruments and uses music to
for February 29th at the Fort Bragg Army
escape the stress of military
Wellness Center. Since our previous class,
life.
back in November had a good turn out of
Brandon Gould, 17, of
spouses, I had to schedule it again. Karen Foshee
Hope Mills. Brandon was
Everyone received free assessments and TF Wolfpack FRSA
diagnosed with Asperger
the attendance was great! Watch for
Syndrome at the age of 7 and
upcoming monthly classes as the
also suffers from Tourette Marquis Hackett, 17, of Sanford.
information is released via your FRG!
syndrome. Despite his father's long Before moving to the area, Marquis
deployments, Brandon has helped build had attended nine schools in six states.
From Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg... After two years in local schools, Marquis
the community, becoming an Eagle Scout
Five students from the Cape Fear after four years. got into the N.C. School of Science and
region are in contention to become Mathematics. He hopes to study computer
Zachary Herbst, 17, of Pinehurst. An
Operation Homefront's 2012 Military Child avid soccer player, Zachary plays for his science at UNC Chapel Hill.
of the Year. school, the N.C. School of Science and The semi-finalists will be selected by a
Operation Homefront announced Mathematics, and also spends his committee of military personnel, teachers,
Friday that the five students are among summers teaching at a soccer camp called community members and others. The
100 semi-finalists for the annual award, Kicking for Hunger. He plans to study award is given to students who
which is given to one student representing engineering at Georgia Tech this fall. demonstrate "resilience and strength of
each branch of military service. character, and thrive in the face of the
Erika Jones, 17, of Raeford. Erika lived
All five of the candidates in the Cape with relatives when her mother deployed to challenges of military life."
Fear region represent the Army and will be Afghanistan and was responsible for most Operation Homefront will announce
competing against each other along with the winners March 8th. The winners will
household duties. But she also began
15 others. Operation Homefront identified pursuing her associate's degree at receive $5,000 and will be flown to
them as: Sandhoke Early College High School with Washington for a ceremony April 5th.
Marly Kwolek, 12, of Hope Mills. Her plans to become a midwife.
mom and dad are both soldiers, and Marly
Announcements
Information is included here for these Contact Information
WELCOME!!
announcements or will be coming out • SPC Acree had a baby girl on
You can reach your FRSA at...
shortly!! February 24th
• Marriage Seminar phone: 910-643-7594; or email:
• ASYMCA Deployed Family Ice Skating karen.m.foshee2.civ@mail.mil • CW3 Justin Lindgren and wife
• Spouses of Deployed Troopers Retreat Kaman had their second child
• TF Wolfpack Monthly Class
• TF Wolfpack Easter Egg Hunt
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3. Shrimp Scampi with Linguini to 8 minutes or until the pasta is not
quite done. Drain the pasta.
IN MARCH... Ingredients
• 1 pound linguini Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt 2
• 4 tablespoons butter tablespoons butter in 2 tablespoons
• 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, olive oil over medium-high heat. Saute
plus more for drizzling the shallots, garlic, and red pepper
• 2 shallots, finely diced flakes (if using) until the shallots are
• 2 cloves garlic, minced translucent, about 3 to 4 minutes.
• Pinch red pepper flakes, optional Season the shrimp with salt and pepper;
• 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined add them to the pan and cook until they
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black have turned pink, about 2 to 3 minutes.
pepper Remove the shrimp from the pan; set
• 1/2 cup dry white wine aside and keep warm. Add wine and
• Juice of 1 lemon lemon juice and bring to a boil. Add 2
• 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley leaves tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons
oil. When the butter has melted, return
Directions the shrimp to the pan along with the
For the pasta, put a large pot of water on parsley and cooked pasta. Stir well and
the stove to boil. When it has come to season with salt and pepper.
the boil, add a couple of tablespoons of
salt and the linguini. Stir to make sure Drizzle over a bit more olive oil and serve
the pasta separates; cover. When the immediately.
water returns to a boil, cook for about 6
If you have any questions
about the information
posted here please contact
our TF Wolfpack FRSA. She Shrimp Scampi
will either have the
answer for you or will be
with Linguini
able to direct you to who
you need to speak to!
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4. What the FRG is up to... donations of filled eggs (filled with mini-
toys and/or individually wrapped candy up
MEETINGS...
Coming up for the FRG we have a
until that date. Please contact Karen
couple of things in the works.
Foshee at 910-643-7594 or
On Saturday, March 10, we will
karen.foshee@us.army.mil to arrange to
travelling to Give to the Troops in
drop them off at Rear D. You are also
Greenville, NC. Give to the Troops is a
welcome to come out and help us stuff
great organization that receives corporate
and pack the eggs to ship at 6:00pm on
donations that can be handed over to
March 15th.
military units without having to deal with all
Finally, we would like to collect Thank
the red tape. In order to receive, we go to
you cards from friends, families, etc., to
their location and donate our time to
send over to the unit around the 4th of July
package up care packages going to
holiday. Please spread the word to your
deployed troops, sort and organize the
extended family and connections about
pallets of goods that are received into their
this effort. It would be great to see every
organization, etc. If you are interested in
one of our almost 400 troopers get a FRG Leaders Meeting and
going along, please contact
Thank you as they finish out this Easter Egg Stuffing
WolfpackFRGemail@gmail.com to find out
deployment.
more information and to make sure that Thursday, March 15th
If you have any additional ideas or
you are registered as a volunteer. We can We will be gathering at
suggestions for events or activities we are
use all the help we can get! Rear D on March 15 from
pleased to receive them at the FRG email 6:00 until approx. 7:30 to
In addition to this, we will be getting
address: WolfpackFRGemail@gmail.com. go over current
together on the evening of March 15th to information and stuff eggs
stuff and pack Easter Eggs to send over in for our troopers and our
time for the holiday. We are accepting upcoming Easter Egg Hunt.
TF Wolfpack is
always looking for
volunteers. If you want
to help, contact your FRG
Leader or the TF
FRSA.
Lonewolf FRG Meeting
Friday, March 16th
Echo Company FRG will have
their next meeting on
Friday, March 16th from
6:00pm until 7:00pm at the
Rear D/FRG Conference Room
at TF Wolfpack HQ.
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5. IN YOUR COMMUNITY...
Cumberland County Department of Social Service
If you are interested in becoming foster parents
please attend an information session.
Every 3rd Thursday at 12 noon and 6:30 pm
CCDSS Conference room.
Please call 910-677-2541 for more information.
“We need GOOD foster
parents to help with
the 600 plus children
we service. “